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Pune: 22-year-old drowned in Bhama River, body recovers
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 22 (ANI): A National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) diving team on Friday recovered the body of a 22-year-old man who was drowned in Bhama River in Maharashtra.
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Cyclone Idai one of Africa's worst disasters: UN
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New York [USA], Mar 21 (ANI): Cyclone Idai is one of the worst disasters to hit southern Africa in living memory, according to the United Nations.
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Dharwad builidng collapese: IAF airlifts NDRF teams to Hubli
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Hindon (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 20 (ANI): Indian Air Force has airlifted two teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to Karnataka's Hubli to undertake rescue operations after an under-construction building collapsed at Dharwad.
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First responder to Cyclone Idai: India provides HADR to Mozambique
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Beira [Mozambique], Mar 20 (ANI): India's three naval ships have reached Port Beira of Mozambique, which has been ravaged by Cyclone Idai, and have delivered the first batch of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) stores including food, medicines and clothing to the Maputo's
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India launches private sector alliance to reduce disaster losses and risks
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Mami Mizutori has highlighted the importance of private sector in preventing and reducing the existing disaster related risks.
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Cyclone Idai: India diverts 3 naval ships to Beira to provide humanitarian
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): In the wake of Cyclone Idai which ravaged South African nations of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, killing as many as 100, India diverted three naval ships to the port city of Beira in Mozambique to provide immediate humanitarian aid and disaster relief
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Japan govt discusses ways to mitigate disasters
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Singapore, Mar 10 (ANI): Japan on Sunday held a panel discussion in Singapore to discuss ways to prevent disasters.
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Our government is committed to effective disaster response: CM Adityanath
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 9 (ANI): The government of Uttar Pradesh is committed to effective disaster response, said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath here on Saturday.
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Karnataka CM meets PM Modi, seeks release of funds
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday and appealed for release of pending funds under the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) and Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for drought rel
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Joint rescue operation for missing Army personnel resumed in Himachal Prad
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Feb 25 (ANI): A joint operation by the Army, ITBP, local police and District Disaster Management Authority to rescue five Army personnel trapped in a snow avalanche in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh on February 20, has now resumed after it was sto
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NDRF constable who saved pilgrim from drowning in Kumbh dies
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 23 (ANI): National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) constable, Rajender Gautam, who had sustained a severe spinal injury while rescuing a pilgrim from drowning at Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, died at Safdarjung hospital in New Delhi, an NDRF official said.
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NDRF jawan who saved woman from drowning at Sangam Ghat passes away
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 23 (ANI): National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel Rajendra Gautam, who saved an elderly woman from drowning at Sangam Ghat during the ongoing Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, succumbed to injuries while being treated at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital.
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