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This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of ...

In the wake of Himachal Pradesh being classified entirely under Seismic Zone-VI, the highest risk category in India’s updated earthquake map, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi has launched a ...

The approval marks a significant expansion of the National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF), launched by the Modi Government in 2021 to build a disaster-resilient society.

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Innovative Technologies for European Disaster Response: BIBA completes iTEK re-search project | Study results published | Basis for EU-wide research created | Find-ings and technologies from ...

The V.I. Public Finance Authority voted Tuesday to approve a three-year $137 million project management contract with CH2M Hill, Inc. for the Office of Disaster Recovery’s “Rebuild USVI Super Project ...

Unplanned urbanisation, violations of the National Building Code and the Detailed Area Plan (DAP), and rampant filling of wetlands with sand for housing projects have made Dhaka the riskiest city in ...