Beirut, Dec 14 (IANS) Over a quarter, or 26 per cent, of households across Lebanon had children not attending school as the country continues to reel under an unprecedented financial crisis, according to a new Unicef report.
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday approved the first urban flood mitigation project of Rs 561.29 crore for ‘Integrated Urban Flood Management activities for Chennai Basin Project’ under the National Disaster Mitigation Fund (NDMF), which also includes Central assistance of Rs. 500 crore.
Manila, Dec 6 (IANS) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday that it has approved a $250 million loan to improve Indonesia's flood management capacity.
Hyderabad, Dec 5 (IANS) An alert was sounded in a few north and south Telangana districts on Tuesday as the Met office forecast heavy rains due to the impact of the severe cyclonic storm Michaung in the Bay of Bengal which crossed the coast into neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
Chennai, Dec 5 (IANS) At least eight people have died in Tamil Nadu due to the severe cyclonic storm Michaung, which has also led to inundation of arterial roads roads and subways in Chennai and other major cities of the state, authorities said on Tuesday.
Jakarta, Dec 4 (IANS) Eleven climbers died and some others remain missing following the eruption of Mount Merapi, the most active volcano in Indonesia located in the Sumatra Island, a rescue official said on Monday.
Gaza, Nov 29 (IANS) At least 160 bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes were retrieved by rescue teams in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, the Hamas-run Government Media Office (GMO) said.
Dehradun, Nov 28 (IANS) In a major breakthrough to bring out the 41 trapped workers from Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday afternoon said that the work of laying pipes in the tunnel has been completed and all the workers will be brought out soon.
Canberra, Nov 28 (IANS) Thousands of residents of South Australia state were left without power on Tuesday amid severe thunderstorms.
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) forged a strategic partnership in disaster risk reduction to foster knowledge and innovation in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and to cultivate a culture of safety.
