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NDMA holds workshop on CAP-based Integrated Alert System
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 31 (ANI): The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) organised a one-day workshop on ''Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)-based Integrated Alert System'' on Wednesday at Hotel Ashoka in New Delhi.
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Pakistan "unapologetically close" to China in strategic ties, says Ministe
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 31 (ANI): Pakistan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Monday said that the country was "unapologetically close" to China in a strategic partnership which was growing.
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Pak Planning Minister warns of acute food shortage amid grim flood situati
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 30 (ANI): As Pakistan continues to battle the country's worst monsoon floods, the Federal Minister of Planning and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Monday warned that the country will be confronted with acute food shortages in the near term.
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Death toll from Pakistan floods climbs to 1,136, over 33 million people af
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 30 (ANI): The death toll from floods has crossed 1,100 in Pakistan and over 33 million -- one in every seven Pakistanis -- have been affected.
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Ukraine: Shelling at Zaporizhzhia plant underlines nuclear risk
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], August 29 (ANI): Recent fighting near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine has again highlighted the potential risk of a disaster, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned on Sunday.
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Pakistan floods: PM Shehbaz Sharif calls emergency multi-party meeting
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 29 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called a multi-party meeting on Monday to mull over the future course of action with regard to devastations caused by floods and heavy rainfall nationwide, local media reported.
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Ukraine shells Zaporizhzhia NPP again to create threat of nuclear disaster
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow, August 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Kiev has shelled the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) again to create a threat of a nuclear disaster, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
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Women are more likely than men to suffer during natural disasters
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 28 (ANI): Women are more likely than men to suffer when disaster strikes, a Pakistan-based journalist said calling for the need for media to highlight the plight of women, and the unequal effects of natural disasters in the wake of the recent devastating floods i
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Pakistan floods death toll crosses 1,000, rainfall continues
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 28 (ANI): The death toll from floods has crossed 1,000 in Pakistan and thousands more have been injured or displaced since June.
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Wildfires in Russia's Ryazan spread to peatlands: Environment Ministry
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ryazan [Russia], August 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The wildfires in Russia's Ryazan Region have moved to peatlands, requiring the use of planes to combat the natural disaster, Sergey Anoprienko, the deputy minister of natural resources and environment said on Saturday.
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As Ganga, Yamuna level rises, water enters colonies in Prayagraj
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 27 (ANI): The water level continued to be above the danger mark in the Ganga and Yamuna in Prayagraj, so water entered densely populated colonies in the Uttari Rajapur area on Friday night. It left the residents searching for shelter, despite the res
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UP: Two Dozen villages face flood
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Auraiya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 26 (ANI): Around two dozen villages in Uttar Pradesh face the possibility of floods leaving residents searching for shelter even as rescue missions are underway.
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