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12 dead due to heavy rains in Tamil Nadu
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 10 (ANI): The death toll due to heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu stands at 12, informed Tamil Nadu Revenue and Disaster Management Minister KKSSR Ramachandran on Wednesday.
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Atul Karwal appointed as new Director-General of NDRF
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy Director Atul Karwal has been appointed as the new Director-General of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), an official order informed on Tuesday.
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Chhath Puja: Delhi Police appeals to people to follow COVID protocols, DDM
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Delhi Police on Tuesday appealed to the people of Delhi to follow COVID-19 protocols and instructions issued by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) during celebrations of Chhath Puja.
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Imran Khan urges global community to fulfil 'moral obligation', save Afgha
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 9 (ANI): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has reiterated his plea to the international community to intervene and save Afghans from hunger pointing out that it is their "moral obligation" to avert the humanitarian disaster confronting people in Afghanistan,
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NDRF teams deployed at different ghats in Patna for Chhath Puja
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 9 (ANI): National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams were deployed at different ghats in Patna for Chhath Puja in case an emergency arises.
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Climate change is a reality, challenges would increase in future: NDRF Dir
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 8 (ANI): National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Director General SN Pradhan on Monday accepted that climate change is a reality and would lead to challenges in future.
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China floods: Close to 60 million people affected; 590 reported dead or mi
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 8 (ANI): As many as 590 people died or went missing in China, from January to October this year, due to flood-related disasters which affected 58.9 million people in the country, China's Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) said on Monday.
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Over 20 NDRF teams to be deployed in TN, Andhra as heavy rainfall expected
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 8 (ANI): More than 20 NDRF teams will be deployed in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh by Tuesday as heavy rainfall is expected in both the states between November 9 to 11, Director General National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) S.N. Pradhan said.
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NDRF deploys two teams in Madurai owing to incessant rains
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India] November 8, (ANI): Two National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams consisting of 22 persons each have been deployed in Madurai, said NDRF Inspector K K Payasi.
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NDRF pre-deploys 4 teams in Tamil Nadu following IMD's heavy rainfall aler
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Arakkonam (Tamil Nadu) [India], November 7 (ANI): National Disaster Management Authority (NDRF) on Sunday pre-deployed its four teams in Tamil Nadu after the state government's Commissioner for Revenue Administration's request following the alert issued by IMD, regarding the low pressure in
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108 killed, 92 injured in fuel tanker explosion in Sierra Leone
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Freetown [Sierra Leone], November 7 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 108 people were killed and 92 others injured in a fuel tanker explosion here late Friday, Sierra Leone's National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) confirmed on Saturday.
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China appears to have pumped the brakes on its big green energy push
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 6 (ANI): Power outages and natural disasters even in normal times in China alarm people as temperatures plummet. But this year has not been normal as a sudden energy crunch shuttered factories in northeast China and cut power to residential compounds forcing preg
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