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Vision-2047: India targets 100-pc severe weather detection, zero deaths
IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said the Vision-2047...
Need to develop earthquake warning systems: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Addressing a function to celebrate 150...
Cyclone Biparjoy: No lives lost after landfall, says NDRF
"Twenty-four animals have died and 23 people have been injured. Electricity supply has been interrupted in about a thousand villages. 800 trees have fallen. It is not raining heavily anywhere except Rajkot," the NDRF DG Karwal said. NEW DELHI: National Disaster...
IRDAI asks insurers to put up special measures for any cyclone Biparjoy claims
It needs to be ensured that all claims are surveyed immediately and claim payments/ on account payments are disbursed at the earliest and in any case not exceeding the stipulated timeline Hyderabad: Insurance regulator IRDAI has asked the chiefs of all general...
Phailin to Amphan A look at deadliest cyclones that hit India in last 10 years
India, with a total coastal area of 7,516 km, is exposed to around 8 per cent of the world's tropical cyclones. Nearly 32 crore people in 9 coastal states -- Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal on the east coast and Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa...
Sitharaman chairs meeting of banks, insurance firms; reviews preparedness for cyclone ‘Biparjoy’
Niramala Sitharaman,Union Finance Minister ''MDs from the banks & insurance companies provided a detailed update on the precautionary measures for the #CycloneBiparjoy. During the meeting, Smt @nsitharaman stated that all Disaster Management protocols should be...
Amit Shah announces disaster management schemes worth Rs 8,000 crore
Amit Shah,Union Home Minister "A total of Rs 5,000 crore project to expand and modernize fire services in states, Rs 2,500 crore project for the seven most populous metros - Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Pune - to reduce the risk of...
Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ may cause extensive damage, Reliance suspends Sikka diesel exports
Cyclone 'Biparjoy' may cause extensive damage and it is likely to impact Kutch, Devbhoomi Dwarka, and Jamnagar districts of Gujarat the most, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday Reliance said in a letter sent to traders that it had declared a...
Gujarat braces for Cyclone Biparjoy; landfall likely on June 15, 7,500 moved to safety
Two of India biggest ports - Mundra and Kandla - are in the Gulf of Kutch, while the Jamnagar refinery, the world's biggest oil refinery complex owned by Reliance Industries, is based in Saurashtra Ahmedabad: A storm off India's west coast has strengthened to become a...
Guj prepares for impact as cyclone Biparjoy likely to make landfall between Kutch and Pakistan’s Karachi
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the ''extremely severe cyclonic storm 'Biparjoy''' is very likely to cross Saurashtra-Kutch and adjoining Pakistan coasts between Mandvi in Gujarat and Karachi in Pakistan around the noon of June 15 with a maximum...
Extreme weather events claimed 233 lives in India between January and April: Report
Between January and April 2022, extreme weather events claimed 86 lives and damaged 0.03 million hectare of cropland, according to the report. Lightning and storms occurred on 58 days this time as compared to 35 days during the corresponding period in 2022. Most of...
After text messages on phone, extreme weather alerts on TV, radio soon
The National Disaster Management Authority had conceived the “Common Alerting Protocol Based Integrated Alert System” to bring together the alert generating agencies, including the India Meteorological Department, Central Water Commission, Indian National Centre for...