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European Central Bank plans insurance for climate risks
One part of the plan is a voluntary public-private reinsurance...
Centre sanctions Rs 1,480 crore to Uttarakhand for disaster management
Earlier, a high-level committee, headed by Union Home Minister Amit...
Govt implementing disaster mitigation project to reduce sufferings in cyclone-hit states: Shah
Amit Shah,Union Home Minister ''In order to reduce the sufferings caused to the coastal community by cyclones and other calamities, the Modi government is implementing the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project in eight coastal states with a total outlay of Rs 4,903...
EU releases 2 million euros to support flood victims in Bangladesh, India
The floods this year are considered worse than those experienced in 1998 and 2004 New Delhi; The European Commission has released 2 million euros in funding for emergency relief assistance to those affected by the current floods in India and Bangladesh. The support...
Strong earthquake kills at least 280 in Afghanistan
Most of the confirmed deaths were in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika, where 255 people had been killed and more than 200 injured, said interior ministry official Salahuddin Ayubi. In Khost province, 25 people had been killed and 90 taken to hospital, said a...
Assam flood situation critical, CM reviews state of affairs
The state has been reeling under devastating floods for the past one week with 127 revenue circles and 5,137 villages affected in 33 districts, according to a bulletin of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) With the flood situation in Assam remaining...
5 million people in India were internally displaced due to climate change and disasters in 2021
The annual Global Trends Report by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) highlighted that globally 100 million people were forced to flee their homes last year due to violence, human rights abuses, food insecurity, the climate crisis, war in Ukraine and other emergencies from...
Odisha CM directs state admin to be prepared for natural disasters
Naveen Patnaik chief minister,,Odisha Citing the huge number of natural calamities between June and October, the chief minister said that the period is important and there is a need to strengthen preparations as many natural calamities such as floods, storms and...
Assam floods: 54 deaths reported so far, over 18 lakh people affected
The flood waters have submerged 43338.39 hectares of cropland in the flood-hit districts As many as nine more persons died in Assam due to the flood, taking the overall death toll to 54, according to Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Friday. As many...
5 NDRF units, Army columns, Navy, Coast Guard teams part of BMC plan to tackle monsoon
The civic body had held meetings with officials handling major infrastructural projects like metro rail and coastal road construction works to ensure channels carrying rain water are clear and do not have blockages, BMC additional commissioner P. Velrasu said Mumbai:...
‘NDRF is in constant touch with all state govts to deal with flood situation’
A large area in India is prone to floods in which the Ganga and the Brahmaputra are the main flood basins. Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal are the most flood-prone states Earlier, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, also directed the officials to make the...
US P/C insurer capital sufficient to withstand Hurricane Season
Capital strength provides insurers with an ability to withstand losses from large adverse events, including catastrophes. Industry policyholders’ surplus (PHS) increased by 40% over the last three years and now exceeds $1 trillion The June/July mid-year 2022...