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AAI closely monitoring cyclone Tauktae, yet to take decision on closing ai
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): An Airports Authority of India (AAI) official on Saturday said there is no immediate plan to shut airports in the wake of cyclone Tauktae as there is no clarity about areas that will be "most affected" due to the natural disaster.
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Cyclone Tauktae: NDRF team from Bhubaneshwar leaves for Gujarat
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 15 (ANI): In wake of Cyclone Tauktae, a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team from the 3rd battalion Munduli, Bhubaneshwar left for Gujarat on Saturday from Bhubaneswar airport here for the emergency relief work.
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PM Modi to hold review meeting on preparations against Cyclone Tauktae
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting to review preparations against the upcoming Cyclone Tauktae. Senior officials from the Government and National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will be present in the meeting.
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Cyclone Tauktae: 308 people relocated from disaster-prone areas to relief
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 14 (ANI): A total of 308 people from 78 families have been relocated from disaster-prone areas to relief camps in Kerala's capital Thiruvananthapuram where the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert due to Cyclone Tauktae, on Fri
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Cyclone Tauktae: NDRF teams deployed in five states
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is well prepared ahead of Cyclone Tauktae striking the coasts of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra, NDRF officials said on Friday.
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Kerala Disaster Management Authority bans fishing over IMD's cyclone predi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], May 13 (ANI): Acting on the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) warning to fishermen in Kerala over a cyclonic storm prediction, the State Disaster Management Authority on Thursday banned fishing on the coast till further notice.
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8 lakh cash, gold and silver jewellery found in rescue operation after clo
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Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 12 (ANI): In the ongoing rescue operation at Devprayag in Tehri district after an incident of cloudburst on Tuesday, the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) found Rs 8 lakh cash, and jewellery.
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Centre files reply on plea seeking to stop construction activity in Centra
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that it will hear tomorrow, a petition seeking to stop construction activity in the Central Vista Project in compliance with orders issued by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority during the subsistence of the peak phase
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Delhi HC to hear plea seeking to stop construction activity in Central Vis
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New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday said it will hear tomorrow the plea seeking direction to stop or suspend all construction activity of the Central Vista Avenue Redevelopment Project in compliance with orders issued by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority dur
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews are a state within a state in Israel
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], May 10 (ANI): The Meron Tragedy, the worst civilian disaster in Israel's modern history in which 45 people were killed and about 150 were injured shows that ultra-Orthodox Jews - called the Haredim (singular Haredi) - are really a state within a state in Israel and that due
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Delhi: Marriage ceremonies prohibited in public places, metro services sus
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New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Soon after the lockdown was extended by another week in the national capital by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi government updated its guidelines for the lockdown stating that metro services will temporarily remain suspended till 5 am on May 17 and m
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Oxygen shortage: Major disaster averted in KC General Hospital in Karnatak
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Bengaluru(Karnataka) [India], May 6 (ANI): A major disaster that could have spelled doom to many lives due to shortage of oxygen at KC General Hospital in Karnataka's Malleshwaram was averted by timely action taken by Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N.Ashwatha Narayana and alertness exhibited by
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