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39 rescue operation teams deployed in flood prone areas by NDRF
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Assam [India], July 13 (ANI): The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have pre-positioned its thirty nine self-contained flood rescue operation teams in various flood affected area.
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Delhi HC issues notice to MHA over vacant post in NDMA, NIDM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Ministry of Home Affairs in wake of vacant post pending in the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) from the past two years.
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Hillsborough disaster: Six people including two cops, charged with crimina
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [U.K.], June 28 (ANI):Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield, former chief constable Sir Norman Bettison and four other people have been charged with criminal offences relating to the deaths of 96 people at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
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When disaster strikes, selfless heroism may not be good
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 24 (ANI): Putting others first can cost lives in life-and-death disaster situations involving groups of people, a new study suggested.
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London fire: Protesters swarm Downing Street, demand May's resignatio
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], June. 17 (ANI): Angry protestors marched to Downing Street from the Home Office headquarters, chanting against Prime Minister Theresa May over the deadly Grenfell Tower fire disaster
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Himachal: One killed, two rescued after building collapses
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) [India], June 16 (ANI): The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Friday recovered one body and rescued two persons after a commercial building collapsed in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra.
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National Conference on Chemical (Industrial) Disaster Management (CIDM) or
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI-NewsVoir): Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) jointly with Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB), National Disaster Management Authority of India (NDMA) with the Government of Maharashtra as host and Government of Guja
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India hands over 33 rescued Bangladeshi fishermen
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): India on Thursday handed over disaster relief supplies and 33 rescued fishermen to Bangladesh. The fishermen had been adrift for more than 36 hours after Cyclone MORA stuck Chittagong on May 31.
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Armed man arrested from Trump hotel, averting possible 'disaster'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 01 (ANI): A Pennsylvania man was arrested on gun charges on Wednesday inside the Trump International Hotel, after a Bushmaster AR-15 assault-style weapon and dozens of rounds of ammunition were found in his vehicle.
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Cyclone Mora: Indian Navy sends second ship to Bangladesh
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Indian Naval Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Wednesday said, that the second ship has sailed with relief materials for Bangladesh and the Indian Navy is running two Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Relief (HADR) operations as well.
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Cyclone Mora: WB fishermen advised not to venture into sea
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Tuesday issued an advisory asking the fishermen in West Bengal not to venture into sea for the next 12 hours, as the cyclonic storm Mora has made landfall in Bangladesh and is 'very likely to move nort
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Your eyes can reveal if you have the post-disaster blues
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 24 (ANI): Turns out, your eyes really are the windows to your soul as a recent study has found that depression risk following a natural disaster can be predicted via pupil dilation.
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