UNCCD launches ‘Global Drought Snapshot’ report at COP28 in collaboration with International Drought Resilience Alliance (IDRA) Recent drought-related data based on research in the past two years and
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In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists --Nawab Mallik, MLA & Chief Spokesperson, NCP; Tehseen Poonawalla, Political Analyst & Columnist; Sunita Narain, Director,
Caritas India is the official national organisation of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India for social development. It was established in 1962 to assist the Church in India in efforts to eradicate
<p>This film produced by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) explores increase in flood affected areas in India and analyses the Himalayan floods. It presents an agenda for change and shows how the
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Orissa State Disaster Mitigation Authority (OSDMA) was set up by the Government of Orissa as an autonomous organization vide Finance Department Resolution No. IFC- 74/99-51779/F dated the 28th December 1999 ( in the intermediate aftermath of the Super-cyclone in 1999). It was registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 on 29.12.1999 as a non-profit making & charitable institution for the interest of the people of Orissa, with its headquarters at Bhubaneswar and jurisdiction over the whole State.
Significant advances have been made in tsunami detection and forecasting since the Great Indian Ocean (Sumatra) Tsunami of 2004. Watch this video. Courtesy: NOAA Centre for Tsunami Research <p><iframe
Rain, snow, hail, ice, and every slushy mix in between make up the precipitation that touches everyone on our planet. But not all places rain equally. Precipitation falls differently in different parts
Flood fury continues in Southwest India. According to the reports, 42 are dead in Kerala and 24 in Karnataka. Also, more than two lakh people have been evacuated to safer places from three districts of
Record rainfall and floods in some parts of the country have killed hundreds of people. Yet, some areas have seen less than average rain. Some statistics bring to light how these weather patterns are anything
