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India gifts disaster relief materials to Nepal
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 15 (ANI): India on Friday handed over food and disaster relief material to the Nepal government at a ceremony held at the Nepalese Home Affairs Ministry in Kathmandu.
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No paucity of funds for rescue, relief operations in flood-affected areas:
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Ullala (Karnataka) [India], July 13 (ANI): There is no paucity of funds for taking up rescue and relief works in the flood-affected areas. We already have about Rs 750 crore under the National Disaster Relief Fund, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.
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Assam CM thanks PM Modi for Centre over Rs 324 cr advance to state from SD
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], July 7 (ANI): Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the release of Rs 324.40 crore as advance share of State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) and said the amount will help combat the current floods and assist in making pr
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IAF airlifts 96 tonnes of relief material for flood-hit Assam, Meghalaya
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati / Shillong (Assam/Meghalaya) [India], June 26 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) has airlifted at least 96 tonnes of relief material on Saturday using the aerial platforms in continuation with its humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) operation in Assam and Meghalaya,
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Centre releases Rs 324 crore advance from SDRF for flood-hit Assam
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): The Central government has released an advance of Rs 324 crore from the State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) to the flood-hit Assam.
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India delivers 272 packages of Disaster Relief Supplies to Tonga
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Nuku'alofa [Tonga], May 24 (ANI): As part of humanitarian assistance to Tonga in the aftermath of the volcano eruption and tsunami, a consignment carrying 272 packages of Disaster Relief Supplies from India reached on Monday.
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J-K: Forest fire in Udhampur area continues to rage, villagers fear it mig
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 1 (ANI): A forest fire broke out in the Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday morning.
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Parliamentary Committee recommends induction of NCC cadets, sportspersons
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): In a bid to strengthen the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the Parliamentary Committee on Estimates recommended that the National Cadet Corps (NCC) and sportspersons should also be incorporated into the disaster relief teams.
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Centre approves additional assistance of Rs 1,887 cr to five disaster-hit
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): The Central government on Wednesday approved additional assistance of Rs 1,887.23 crore under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to five states, which were affected by natural disasters last year.
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Rajnath Singh witnesses multi-agency HADR exercise PANEX-21 in Pune
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday witnessed a Multi-Agency Exercise (MAE) and inaugurated an equipment display on the second day of PANEX-21, a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise for BIMSTEC member nations, organised at C
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Cyclone Jawad: Indian Navy ramps up for rescue, relief ops; carries out pr
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): With Cyclonic Storm, 'Jawad', likely to hit North Andhra Pradesh on Saturday morning, the Indian Navy on Friday said that it has ramped up rescue and relief operations to minimise damages.
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Death toll from landslide in Colombia rises to 17
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], November 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll from a landslide in southwestern Colombia has risen to 17, the country's disaster relief agency said on Friday.
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