Opposition parties in Tamil Nadu on Thursday demanded answers from the Vijay government over 37 Tamils still missing after flash floods in Nepal. Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin asked in the Assembly…
Flash floods swept through Kishtwar district in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir on August 1, destroying roads, homes and shops. Local trader Iqbal Ahmad described the sudden devastation from thunderstorms. The disaster has…
A global study by World Weather Attribution (WWA) says human factors, not climate change, worsened the floods that killed at least 103 people in eastern Assam between late June and early August…
The Punjab State Human Rights Commission has recommended setting up a formal 'State CSR Authority' to channel corporate social responsibility funds into welfare and disaster relief, especially after last year's devastating floods.…
On August 4, the Centre declared heatwaves a notified natural calamity, allowing states to access the State Disaster Response Fund and State Disaster Mitigation Fund for mitigation. Krishna S. Vatsa of the…
Lieutenant General C Rajesh Pushkar, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Command, has expressed the Indian Army's readiness to establish training centres for youth at district headquarters across Telangana. He made the…
Assam's flood death toll this year climbed to 103 after two more people drowned in the last 24 hours, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority said. One person died in Sivasagar and…
An overloaded ferry capsized on Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people and leaving 27 missing, according to the national disaster management agency. Seventy-seven people were rescued and reached…
A parliamentary standing committee on home affairs has flagged critical gaps in Kerala's disaster management framework, including poor last-mile dissemination of early warnings in landslide-prone and remote areas. Despite the state's vulnerability…
The Uttarakhand government has identified 49 locations across Uttarkashi, Chamoli and Pithoragarh districts as vulnerable to high-velocity debris flows. Disaster Management Secretary Vinod Kumar Suman said the danger is not limited to…
