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Geneva: High-level Indian delegation participates in Global Platform for D
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): A high-level Indian delegation headed by Dr P.K. Mishra, Additional Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, is participating in the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2019 being held at Geneva, Switzerland from May 13-17, the government said in a s
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Naveen Patnaik urges UN to set up International Centre for Disaster Mitiga
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], May 15 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday put forth a proposal before United Nations officials to set up an International Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Recovery in Odisha.
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Kedarnath: SDRF personnel help devotees cross snow laden paths
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 14 (ANI): A team of State Disaster Response Fund on Tuesday helped the devotees to cross the snow-laden paths and provided first-aid to the injured in Kedarnath.
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Assam: Baby elephant rescued by NDRF and state forest department
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kamrup (Assam) [India], May 11 (ANI): A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and state forest department rescued a baby elephant after it fell into the Deepor Beel freshwater lake on Friday.
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India, UK agree to boost Indo-Pacific cooperation
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): India and the United Kingdom on Friday agreed to increase their collaboration in the fields of Indo-Pacific cooperation, climate change, disaster resilience, development in third world countries amongst other areas.
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Death toll rises to 41 in Russian passenger plane fire, Putin orders 'thor
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 6 (ANI): At least 41 people were killed after a Russian passenger plane caught massive fire while making an emergency landing on Sunday.
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Indonesia: 4 people killed in mine slides
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 5 (ANI): Four miners were killed after mine slides struck an illegal gold mine in the South Kalimantan province, according to provincial disaster agency officials.
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Pune: 17-year-old drowns in quarry near Chakan
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 4 (ANI): The body of a 17-year-old youth, who drowned in a stone quarry near Chakan on May 3 has been recovered by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), police said on Saturday.
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Over 4 lakh people evacuated as Bangladesh braces for cyclone Fani
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 3 (ANI): Over 400,000 people, who reside along the coast have been evacuated as cyclone Fani made landfall along India's eastern, killing at least three people, on Friday afternoon, Bangladesh's Disaster Management and Relief said.
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Cyclone Fani: NDRF pre-positions 54 flood rescue and relief teams
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has pre-positioned its 54 rescue and relief teams along the seacoast and in flood-prone areas in the wake of severe cyclone 'Fani' for rescue and relief operations.
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Thane: Body of 49-year-old woman found in Upvan lake
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], May 1 (ANI): The body of a 49-year-old woman was found in Upvan lake in Maharashtra's Thane on Tuesday.
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Odisha ready as 'Fani' expected to hit Puri on Friday
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Apr 30 (ANI): Twenty units of state and 12 units of Central disaster response forces were alerted as "very severe cyclone storm" 'Fani' is expected to reach Odisha coast on Friday, the state government said on Tuesday.
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