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Thursday, August 7, 2025
TopicDisaster management

Topic: Disaster management

ASEAN Nations commit to strengthen disaster resilience

Meeting held in Brunei Darussalam underscored the importance of inclusive, sustainable recovery.

Cyclone Dana hits Odisha: 3.6 lakh evacuated strong winds uproot trees, block roads in Bhadrak

As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Odisha is currently experiencing strong winds at a speed of 100-110 Kmph gusting to 120 kmph.

Everyone should learn wilderness first aid. It’s more than just dressing wounds

Wilderness first aid is considered a vital life skill in countries like Germany, Denmark, and Brazil, where WFA knowledge is a prerequisite for obtaining a driving license.

ADB, Vanuatu commission project to provide electricity in rural, remote areas

The 45-kilometer-long Santo transmission line is part of the ADB supported Vanuatu Energy Access Project (VEAP).

Modi govt’s new disaster management bill — disaster database, urban authority, convergence of roles

Bill aims to strengthen working of national & state disaster management authorities. Oppn says its legislative powers should be clearly defined & that they encroach upon powers of states.

Indian company enters Japanese market with swarm tech solution for disaster management 

Bengaluru firm NRT conducted 1st swarm demonstration in Japan on 1 August. The tech helps identify disaster survivors, assess damage as well as large-scale data collection.

IIT Bombay team is creating a model to study evolution of glacial lakes, predict breaking point

Using the available meteorological data the researchers were able to estimate how the lake will grow and arrive at a conclusion that the lake will reach its maximum length by 2030. 

Why is Joshimath sinking? ‘Construction on unstable land, poor drainage, deforestation’

Local residents and researchers have long warned of land subsidence in the area. The 2021 avalanche in Chamoli that killed over 200 people possibly exacerbated the problem.

At annual meet of Disaster Response Force, pat on the back from Amit Shah & roadmap for future

Several top officers were present at NDRF's 'Annual Conference on Capacity Building for Disaster Response', including BSF's Pankaj Kumar Singh & NSG's M.A. Ganapathy.

3 killed, 1 missing after cloudburst hits Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi

Police and State Disaster Response Fund personnel immediately launched rescue operations and succeeded in rescuing most of the people trapped in slush after the incident Sunday night.

On Camera

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

Web of spoof sites, scam call centres. Crypto theft racket modus operandi in focus amid ED crackdown

As part of the crypto theft racket, businessman Chirag Tomar and his aides targeted 542 victims and managed to steal a total of Rs 19.9 million.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.