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China raises flood alert to second-highest level
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 12 (ANI): China's Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) on Sunday raised the emergency response for flood control to level II, the second-highest in the response system, as heavy downpours continued to lash vast stretches of the country, Xinhua reported.
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Disruption of supply chain due to COVID-19 to be considered as a case of n
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 19 (ANI): The Ministry of Finance on Wednesday said the disruption of supply chain due to the spread of coronavirus in China or any other country would be considered as a case of natural calamity.
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App launched in J-K's Udhampur to provide immediate relief to natural disa
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Nov 24 (ANI): Udhampur district administration in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday launched a mobile application 'SAKOON- E- AWAAM' with an aim to bring accountability and transparency to settle and disburse compensation to people whose houses were affected
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Delhi: Shiv Sena holds protest, demands relief measures for farmers
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 18 (ANI): Shiv Sena leaders on Monday staged a protest near the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj here on Parliament premises, demanding the declaration of unseasonal rains in Maharashtra as natural calamity.
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PMO takes stock of preparations to deal with cyclone 'Bulbul'
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 7 (ANI): After Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed concern over situation in view of cyclonic storm 'Bulbul', Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dr PK Mishra held a high-level meeting on Thursday with the Chief Secretaries of Odisha, West Bengal and Union Te
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Bihar: Flood not a natural calamity, but result of Nitish Kumar's failure,
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Oct 6 (ANI): Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday said the flood in the state capital is not a natural calamity but the failure of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar led government for which he should resign.
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We alerted people but we were not alerted: Giriraj Singh on Bihar floods
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Begusarai (Bihar) [India], Oct 2 (ANI): With flood creating havoc in Bihar and claiming around 40 lives across the state, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday said that government is responsible for the deluge and it cannot shrug its responsibility in garb of terming it a "natural calam
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U'khand: MHA team visits Arakot to assess damage in cloudburst
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Arakot (Uttarakhand) [India], Aug 30 (ANI): A team from Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) visited cloudburst-hit Mori Tehsil of Uttarkashi to take stock of the damages incurred due to the calamity.
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Central team to visit calamity-hit states without waiting for memorandum
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 20 (ANI): In a significant decision, Home Minister Amit Shah has decided that Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) will be immediately constituted in the aftermath of a natural calamity without waiting for the memorandum from the state concerned.
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Rahul Gandhi urges Centre to help flood-ravaged Kerala
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Malappuram [Kerala], Aug 11 (ANI): Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi on Sunday urged the Centre to help the state in dealing with the natural calamity.
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Bihar floods: JD (U) MP faces wrath of villagers over 'negligence'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Madhubani (Bihar) [India], July 15 (ANI): Janata Dal (United) MP from Jhanjharpur constituency, RP Mandal, who went to Bihar's Madhubani to take stock of the flood situation in Naruar village, faced the wrath of villagers for allegedly showing negligence and laid back attitude towards the pe
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Cyclone Idai one of Africa's worst disasters: UN
Updated : 6 years, 11 months 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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