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India records 5.4 mn displacements due to disasters in 2024, highest in 12 years: Report
According to the report, Assam saw 2.5 million internal...
A massive explosion at Iran’s largest port linked to missile fuel shipment kills 18, injures some 800
On Saturday night, the state-run IRNA news agency said that the...
Centre and NDMA abdicated responsibility on loan waiver for Wayanad disaster victims, says Kerala HC
"We direct the Union government/NDMA to deliberate on whether the situation projected in these proceedings calls for the invocation of the provisions of the Disaster Management Act to direct banks to waive their loans advanced to victims of the natural disaster at...
Union govt, NDMA can ask banks to waive loans of Wayanad landslides victims: Kerala HC
A bench of Justices A K Jayasankaran Nambiar and Easwaran S said it will pass orders "nudging" the Centre and the NDMA to ask the banks to waive off the loans Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Thursday said that while the RBI cannot ask banks to waive the loans of...
Japan estimates feared megaquake could cause $1.8 trln in damage, kill 300,000 people
Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries, and the government sees about an 80% chance of a magnitude 8 to 9 earthquake along a tremulous seabed zone known as the Nankai Trough. TOKYO: Japan's economy could lose as much as $1.81 trillion in the event...
1 killed 3 injured as Bengaluru-Kamakhya AC Express derails in Odisha
Eleven coaches of the SMVT Bengaluru-Kamakhya AC Express derailed at Nirgundi near Manguli at 11.54 am, Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of the East Coast Railway Ashok Kumar Mishra said Cuttack: One person was killed and seven others injured as an express train...
Aftershocks rattle devastated city of Mandalay
The initial 7.7-magnitude quake struck near the central Myanmar city of Mandalay early Friday afternoon, followed minutes later by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock. The tremors collapsed buildings, downed bridges and buckled roads, with mass destruction seen in the city of...
Japan issues mid-level volcano warning
"Volcano warning issued for Kirishimayama (Shinmoedake) (near crater) (Volcanic alert Level 3: Do not approach the volcano). An eruption may occur. Follow local government’s instructions and stay away from dangerous areas," the disaster management agency said on X...
Myanmar quake death toll passes 1,600, as junta lets in foreign rescuers
Friday's 7.7 magnitude quake, among the biggest to jolt the Southeast Asian nation in the last century, crippled airports, bridges and highways amid a civil war that has wrecked the economy and displaced millions In neighbouring Thailand, where the quake rattled...
Powerful earthquake rocks Myanmar and Thailand and kills more than 150 people
Rescuers work at the site of a collapsed building after the tremors of a strong earthquake that struck central Myanmar on Friday affected Bangkok, Thailand, (REUTERS) Myanmar’s government said blood was in high demand in the hardest-hit areas. Images of buckled and...
Insurers increasingly tap AI to tackle surging Cat losses
Risk experts are increasingly using AI to crack an especially intractable challenge: modeling hailstorms, thunderstorms and tornadoes, collectively known as severe convective storms, or SCS. Insured losses from SCS events totaled $61 billion in 2024, the...
Disaster is directly linked to climate change: Amit Shah
This Bill does not infringe on the federal structure. The primary responsibility for disaster management lies with the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), which operates under the state government,” Union Home Minister Amit Shah New Delhi: Union Home...