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Chandigarh University joins hands with Punjab Remote Sensing Centre for re
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India] August 5 (ANI/PRNewswire): Marking a revolutionary moment, Chandigarh University, Gharuan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Punjab Government's premier enterprise Punjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC) Ludhiana to enhance research and academic collaborat
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MHA issues draft guidelines for police buildings under rights of PwDs
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Monday issued draft guidelines for MHA specific built infrastructure and Associated Services for Police Stations, Prisons and Disaster Mitigation Centers to ensure disabled people can access the buildings and their s
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New NASA Earth System Observatory to help address, mitigate climate change
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 25 (ANI): NASA will design a new set of Earth-focused missions to provide key information to guide efforts related to climate change, disaster mitigation, fighting forest fires, and improving real-time agricultural processes, the US space agency on said Monday.
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6 killed after earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Java
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Six people are dead after an earthquake struck off Indonesia's Java island on Saturday, then national Antara news agency reported, citing the national disaster mitigation agency.
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Death toll in Indonesia flash floods rises to 70, 70 others still missing
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], April 5 (ANI): The death toll in flash floods triggered by torrential risen in eastern Indonesia has risen to 70, while 70 others are still missing, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency on Monday.
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12 people die as landslide hit Indonesia's East Java
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], February 17 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 12 people have died in a landslide that hit a rural part of the Indonesian province of East Java on Sunday, while seven others remain missing, according to the latest figures released by the country's disaster mitigation agency on Wedne
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U'khand's DMMC gets Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre (DMMC), Uttarakhand, (in the institution category) and Kumar Munnan Singh (individual category) have been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar for their commendable work in Disaster Manageme
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DMMC and IPS Kumar Munnan Singh jointly win Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Pra
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Disaster Mitigation And Management Centre (DMMC), Uttarakhand and IPS officer Kumar Munnan Singh, ex-DG CISF named the winners of Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabhandan Puruskar on Thursday.
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Uttarakhand: 9 children killed, 10 injured after bus falls into gorge in T
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Tehri (Uttarakhand) [India], Aug 6 (ANI): At least nine children were killed and ten others injured when the school bus with 18 children in it fell into a gorge in Kangsali of Tehri Garhwal here on Tuesday morning.
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Naveen Patnaik urges UN to set up International Centre for Disaster Mitiga
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], May 15 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday put forth a proposal before United Nations officials to set up an International Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Recovery in Odisha.
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Anak Krakatau reduced to quarter of its original size
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Dec 30 (ANI): The volcanic Mount Anak Krakatau, also known as the 'angry child of Krakatoa', which had triggered a devastating tsunami striking the Sunda Strait here on the night of December 22, has reduced to a quarter of its size, Indonesia's Centre for Volcanology an
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Indonesia tsunami: Death toll mounts to 373
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Dec 24(ANI): At least 373 people lost their lives in the devastating tsunami that struck Sunda Strait, an official from Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (NDMA) said on Monday.
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