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Make India No 1 in world in mitigating natural disasters: Shah
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 29 (ANI): Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday urged all those working in disaster response forces to make India number one in the world in mitigating and responding to natural disasters.
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Delhi: Amit Shah inaugurates 2-day annual conference on capacity building
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday inaugurated two-day annual conference on capacity building of State Disaster Response Forces in New Delhi (SDRF) and said that the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) must work with the Defence Research and Devel
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Genoa: Bridge demolished in controlled explosion, 10 months after it colla
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], June 29 (ANI): The two remaining towers of Morandi Bridge in central Genoa were blown up in a controlled explosion on Friday, nearly a year after the structure collapsed in a disaster killing 43 people.
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North and South Goa to receive heavy rainfall
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], 28th Jun (ANI): IMD on Friday predicted rain and thundershowers in North Goa and South Goa.
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Extensively using technology to keep an eye: Jammu IGP ahead of Amarnath Y
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Jun 27 (ANI): We are making extensive use of technology to keep an eye on anything suspicious, said MK Sinha, Inspector-General of Police, Jammu, ahead of Amarnath Yatra, on Thursday.
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Expedite completion of NIDM's Southern Campus training centre in AP: VP Na
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 27 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday urged the Ministry of Home Affairs to expedite the completion of the Southern Campus building of the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district.
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Centre has not released MGNREGA, NDRF amount for Karnataka, says Kumaraswa
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], June 27 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday said that the Central government has still not released Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) amount of about Rs 2,000 crore. Kumaraswamy also said that the National
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Odisha minister faces flak for calling himself 'God', CM Naveen Patnaik 'L
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Jun 22 (ANI): Odisha's Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Sudam Marandi on Friday drew flak for calling himself "God" and equating Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik with Lord Jagannath.
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Hyderabad: Cow rescued from septic tank after 10 days
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jun 20 (ANI): The GHMC Disaster Rescue team on Wednesday safely pulled out a cow which had fallen in a septic tank 10 days ago in the Allwyn Colony under Chandnagar circle.
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Heavy rains predicted for Rajasthan, Andaman and Nicobar, Chhattisgarh
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): Heavy to very heavy rains are expected in Rajasthan, Andaman and Nicobar, Chhattisgarh and few other parts of the country today, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Monday.
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Cyclone Vayu to hit Kutch as deep depression: IMD chief
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], June 15 (ANI): Cyclone Vayu is moving towards westwards and is "likely to hit Kutch as a deep depression," said IMD director Jayant Sarkar on Saturday.
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Cyclone Vayu: 65 evacuated from Diu, Gujarat
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India] June 12 (ANI): 65 people were evacuated and shifted to shelters from Diu and Gujarat by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) with the help of civil police and civil administration on Wednesday in the wake of Cyclone Vayu.
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