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Saturday, April 4, 2026
TopicNatural disaster

Topic: natural disaster

Wayanad paying the price because Kerala ignored Gadgil report. Landslide is wake up call

Wayanad landslides should serve as a catalyst for change, prompting a re-evaluation of our developmental priorities and a commitment to building a more resilient and sustainable future.

Budget 2024: Funds, schemes for flood mitigation in Bihar, 4 other states

Bihar to get Rs 11,500 core; environmentalist says holistic plan needed as natural disasters only to get worse.

A burst glacial lake caused Sikkim flood. What’s a GLOF & why Indian subcontinent’s at great risk

Scientists have ample evidence of GLOF events unleashing megafloods. The Sikkim flash flood happened after decades of warnings about exactly such an occurrence. 

How AI can help speed up Turkiye-Syria relief work

Technology is essential to disaster relief efforts, but what marks out the Türkiye-Syria situation is the scale of open-source websites, AI and social media usage.

Indian restaurateur in Turkey offers food, refuge to people displaced by earthquake

Deependra Garain opened the doors of his restaurant and hotels in the city of Nevşehir in Cappadocia to over 30 civilians, including many women and children.

Why Joshimath should have moved ground beneath India’s planners decades ago

Two large developmental projects that lie close to Joshimath have come under the lens — the NTPC thermal power project and Char Dham road widening work.

Landslide kills 12 at campsite in Malaysia, over 20 missing

More than 90 people were caught in the landslide and 59 have been found safe. The calamity struck early Friday morning from a height of roughly 30 metres above the campsite.

Only climate change isn’t driving natural disasters. There are ‘human’ factors

Besides climate change, there are several 'underreported' drivers of losses from natural disasters. We need to build models to mitigate the harm.

‘Company people said run or you’ll die’ — NTPC worker recalls fleeing Uttarakhand flood

While 12 labourers were rescued from one end of a tunnel at the site of an under-construction NTPC plant, 34 remain trapped in the other segment.

IIIT-Hyderabad, NDMA devise method to check structural safety of buildings during earthquakes

The methodology can be used before and after an earthquake to understand the threat to lives and determine whether a building can be occupied after a quake.

On Camera

This is how Strait of Hormuz shock is forcing a global trade reset

The current Iran war has laid bare a fundamental reality: 20 per cent of global energy trade cannot afford to rely on a single artery, no matter how resilient and cost-effective.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.