The Scheme for Forest Fire Risk Management has been introduced for 144 forest fire-prone districts of 19 states, including Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, and Assam.
Situation will return to normal and supplies will start coming in once road opens, says Bhatwari SDM as rescue work continues in the region hit by flash floods.
A SDRF staff recalls how an ominous thick black smoke blanketing the sky outside his office gave him a hunch that something was amiss. Team reached crash site at 1.45 pm,he adds.
4 people have lost their lives. Officials say rescue work hampered as building in congested locality and can only be reached through bylanes where movement of heavy machinery not easy.
17-day ordeal for 41 workers trapped inside under-construction Silkyara tunnel ended late Tuesday after rat-hole miners burrowed through last 18 metres of rubble. How it unfolded.
Three augers from Odisha & Gujarat yet to reach tunnel site. Gadkari says if machines work, rescue could be facilitated within 2.5 days but others say it could take longer.
An American auger machine drilled through 24 m of debris before breaking down. Another on its way from Indore. Workers who escaped fate similar to their colleagues can do nothing but wait.
Child has been rushed to hospital in Nalanda & said to be in stable condition. NDRF official says established communication between child and parents with help of cameras.
Residents of Civil Lines say NDRF, police personnel swiftly started evacuation. At settlement on the Yamuna banks near Rajghat, labourers left with no homes say they got ‘no warning, no help’.
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.
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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