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10 killed as cyclone Batsirai hits Madagascar
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Antananarivo [Madagascar], February 7 (ANI): A total of 10 people have been killed and approximately 48,000 were left displaced, after Cyclone Batsirai struck Madagascar, according to the office of disaster and risk management.
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Odisha govt dismisses senior IAS officer found guilty of corruption
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], February 2 (ANI): Odisha Government has dismissed senior IAS officer and former Managing Director of Odisha Rural Housing Corporation Binod Kumar after he was found guilty of corruption, informed the Chief Minister's office (CMO) on Wednesday.
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At least 32 killed after Tropical Cyclone Ana sweeps across Malawi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Lilongwe [Malawi], January 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Malawi has recorded at least 32 deaths caused by the Tropical Cyclone Ana which tore across the country on Tuesday, the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) said in a statement Sunday.
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2021 was challenging year for force but it responded with utmost professio
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): The year 2021 has been challenging for the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) but the force response during various disasters like cyclones, floods, landslide incidents was undertaken with utmost precautionary measures and professionalism while takin
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Centre approves Rs 3,063 crore additional assistance to six states affecte
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): A High-Level Committee chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah has approved Rs 3,063.21 crore of additional central assistance to six states under the National Disaster Response Fund.
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Centre approves Rs 3,063.21 cr additional Central assistance to six states
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi, December 30 (ANI) A high-level committee under the chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday approved additional Central assistance under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to six states which were affected by floods, landslides, and cyclones during 2021.
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Odisha CM announces financial package worth Rs 507 crore for farmers affec
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 28 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday announced a special financial package worth Rs 507 crore for the farmers affected by cyclone 'JAWAD'.
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7 dead, thousands displaced after heavy rains hit Brazil's Bahia state
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Rio De Janeiro [Brazil], December 13 (ANI/Xinhua): At least seven people were killed and thousands displaced after heavy rains hit the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia over the weekend, the regional Civil Defense reported on Sunday.
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ISRO has requisite technologies to help protect small island states from i
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said that ISRO has the requisite technologies and expertise to provide information on advance warning of cyclones, monitoring of coastlines and coral reefs using space-based inputs to support small island states
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Cyclone Jawad: Low pressure area lies over north-west Bay of Bengal, rainf
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): A low-pressure area, that is a remnant of Cyclonic storm Jawad, lies over northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts.
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Cyclone Jawad to weaken further into low-pressure area during next 6 hours
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): Cyclone Jawad, which had hit Odisha, West Bengal and other parts of the eastern coast, will weaken further into a low-pressure area on Monday.
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Cyclone Jawad weakens into depression near Odisha coast
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], December 6 (ANI): Cyclonic storm Jawad weakened into a depression over the northwest Bay of Bengal near the Odisha coast on Sunday.
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