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Tuesday, October 7, 2025
TopicNational Disaster Response Force (NDRF)

Topic: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)

55 dead in Punjab floods, 111 relief camps operational across state

Punjab Revenue Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian said 40 more people were evacuated in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of evacuees across the state to 23,337.

Palghar building collapse: Death toll rises to 14, many feared trapped

The rear portion of the four-storey building collapsed Tuesday night in Maharashtra’s Virar. NDRF has deployed two teams from its 5th battalion to the site.

Rs 9,578.40 cr released to 22 states in current fiscal under disaster relief fund, Govt tells LS

In a written reply, MoS for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, said financial assistance under SDRF and NDRF is provided as relief, not as compensation for losses suffered or claimed.

8 including infant injured after multi-storey building collapses in Delhi’s Seelampur

Officials say 3-4 people are feared trapped under debris. Collapse occurred at 7 am Saturday and rescue ops are currently underway.

The crash, the rescue & aftermath—Inside the first 36 hours at ground zero of Air India crash

The Air India flight took off by 1.38 pm Thursday & had crashed by 1.40 pm. Airport’s own fire dept responded immediately & 1st 2 fire engines of Ahmedabad civic body reached by 1.43 pm.

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China is run by engineers. India lacks such first-generation technocrats

STEM students account for a much larger share of the graduates emerging from China’s increasingly high-quality universities each year, compared to any other country.

Niti Aayog CEO flags India’s trade imbalance — ‘we trade in stuff world doesn’t require in large quantities’

According to the Niti Aayog quarter trade watch report launched Monday, India’s total trade in FY 2025 was at US$1.73 trillion—exports at US$823 billion & imports US$908 billion.

Op Sindoor is India’s first AI-enabled operation. How ‘heavy use’ of modern tech by Army played out

Senior Army officer says AI use enabled pinpoint targeting with 94% accuracy. The capabilities are being upgraded with military-specific LLM, expected to become operational in 6 months.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.