New Delhi [India], August 5: In a gesture of support for families affected by the devastating natural disaster in Wayanad, KIMSHEALTH has donated Rs 1 crore to the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF). Dr M.I. Sahadulla, Chairman and Managing Director of KIMSHEALTH, met with Chief M
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday alleged that BJP and Congress were indulging in politics over the loss of life and property in natural disasters in different parts of the country and there is a need to pay urgent attention to "imbalanced growth" and environmental degrada
As the search and rescue operations are still underway in landslide-hit Wayanad, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor called for an active policy framework on disaster response and mitigation on Saturday and asserted that long-term responses from the government are needed to rehabilitate the people
A bill that seeks to create Urban Disaster Management Authority for state capitals and large cities having Municipal Corporations and strengthen the working of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the State Disaster Management Authorities was introduced in Lok Sabha on Thurs
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi today and apprised him about the vulnerability of the state to natural disasters and urged for speedy release of funds pending with the ministry for effective managemen
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund to the kin of each deceased due to the natural disasters in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal in Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and West Bengal.
Over three dozen people have lost their lives, and more than two lakh have been affected across the northeastern states due to flash floods, heavy rains, and landslides caused by Cyclone Remal over the past four days.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma thanked Union Home Minister Amit Shah for assuring complete support of the Centre in these trying times as the state witnesses natural disasters triggered by Cyclone Remal.
The Home Minister took detailed information about the situation in all the five north-east states during his separate in separate telephonic conversations with respective Chief Ministers.