disaster relief

March 11, New Delhi — India dispatched humanitarian assistance to support ongoing relief efforts in Madagascar, following the widespread devastation caused by Tropical Cyclones Fytia and Gezani earlier this year.An Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft carrying 12 tonnes of medical aid and 18 tonnes...

India has dispatched humanitarian assistance to support ongoing relief efforts in Madagascar. In a social media post, spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal, announced that an Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft carrying 12 tonnes of medical supplies and 18 tonnes of...

Antananarivo, March 11: India dispatched humanitarian aid, consisting of 12 tonnes of medical supplies and 18 tonnes of disaster relief materials, to Madagascar on Wednesday, following the widespread destruction caused by Tropical Cyclones Fytia and Gezani earlier this year, the Ministry of...

New Delhi, March 10 – On Tuesday, India dispatched 500 metric tonnes of rice, 10 metric tonnes of essential relief supplies such as tents, hygiene kits, and rehabilitation support items, and 3 metric tonnes of critical medicines to Mozambique following the floods that have impacted the African...

Chandigarh, March 8 The Punjab government has allocated Rs 1,010 crore for comprehensive disaster relief and mitigation following the devastating floods that struck the state last year, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said on Sunday.While presenting the state budget for 2025-26 in the...

Wayanad, March 7 Superstar Mammootty unexpectedly visited the newly built township for landslide survivors in this hill district on Saturday and interacted with residents and officials there.The actor visited a few completed houses in the township, which were inaugurated last week by Chief...

New Delhi, March 5 Just two weeks before Eid, when many families in a slum settlement in northwest Delhi's Rithala had begun buying new clothes and making preparations for the festival, a devastating fire early Thursday reduced their homes and belongings to ashes, leaving dozens of migrant...

New Delhi, March 1 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed his condolences for the loss of lives in an explosion at an explosives factory in Nagpur, Maharashtra, and announced an ex gratia of ₹2 lakh each for the families of the deceased and ₹50,000 for the injured from the Prime...

Wayanad, February 28 – Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Member of Parliament from Wayanad and General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), criticised the Centre on Saturday for being "not very forthcoming" in providing financial assistance to survivors of the July 2024 landslides, even as...

Wayanad (Kerala), February 28 Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expressed pride on Saturday that all parties had made their best efforts to fulfill their promises to provide necessary help and support to the survivors of the Chooralmala-Mundakkai tragedy.Vadra was speaking on the occasion of...

Wayanad (Kerala), February 28 Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expressed pride on Saturday that all parties had made their best efforts to fulfill their promises of providing necessary help and support to the survivors of the Chooralmala-Mundakkai tragedy.Vadra was speaking on the occasion of...

Wayanad, February 28 – A disaster that devastated lives and landscapes in Wayanad has given rise to one of Kerala’s most ambitious rehabilitation efforts, spanning 49 hectares.On Sunday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the newly-built resettlement township near Kalpetta, a...

Brasilia, February 28 – The death toll from heavy rains in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais in Brazil has risen to 68, local authorities have said.Among all the victims, 62 were found in the city of Juiz de Fora, while six others were found in the city of Uba, officials said on Friday...

Geneva, February 26 India remains firm and uncompromising in its opposition to terrorism in all its forms, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, asserting that there can be no justification, especially when innocent lives are targeted.“Confronting terrorism requires collective resolve,”...

Wayanad, February 26 – In a significant outreach to landslide-affected families in Wayanad, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, and Wayanad MP, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, laid the foundation stone for 100 houses being constructed by the Congress for survivors of the...

Wayanad (Kerala), February 26 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday laid the foundation stone for 100 houses to be constructed by the party for victims of the 2024 landslide here.The Congress is constructing 100 houses, each measuring 1,100 sq ft and 8 cents of land.The Leader of the...

Wayanad (Kerala), February 25 Congress MPs Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will arrive in Kerala on February 26 to participate in the foundation stone laying ceremony for houses to be built by the party for survivors of the Chooralmala-Mundakkai landslide.The landslides claimed over 200...

Kalpetta, February 25 – In a significant outreach to landslide-affected families in Wayanad, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will lay the foundation stone on Thursday for houses being constructed by the party for survivors of the Chooralmala Mundakkai disaster that...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 24 The Kerala government on Tuesday approved a comprehensive group insurance scheme to provide financial protection to homes damaged by natural disasters.The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, as the state seeks...

Jammu, February 24 The heavy rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir last year resulted in 152 deaths, injured 179 people, and caused damage to nearly 21,000 structures, mostly residential houses, while 1515 livestock perished, official data revealed.Of the total fatalities, 151 were reported from the...