Second World Congress on Disaster Management kicks off in Visakhapatnam

The second World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM) has started in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The 4-day conference was inaugurated by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and was attended by Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu and Union ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2015

50 districts in Uttar Pradesh declared drought-hit

50 districts out of total 75 in Uttar Pradesh have been declared drought-hit by the state government led by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Decision in this regard was taken by state government on the recommendation of a natural calamity committee. ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2015

Indian Red Cross Secretary General Dr. Satya Paul Agarwal passes away

Well-known neurosurgeon and Secretary General of Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) Dr. Satya Paul Agarwal passed away in New Delhi. He was 70. Dr. Agarwal was a well-known public health administrator. He had played pivotal role in execution of various ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2015

Tsunami early Warning system successfully tested in Mumbai

A newly-installed Tsunami Early Warning System Siren was successfully tested near INS Angre, off Reserve Bank of India (RBI) head office in south Mumbai. It was tested nearly 11 years after the Boxing Day tsunami which had hit the east ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015

NDRF ties up with 30 PSUs to jointly tackle emergencies

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has partnered with about 30 Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) to jointly tackle and mitigate man-made or natural disasters or emergencies. In this regard, a coordination meeting was held between NDRF and prominent PSUs like ONGC, ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015

SAARC countries' conference on Disaster Mitigation begins in New Delhi

Disaster Mitigation conference of member counties of South Asian Association on Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has begun in New Delhi on 3 September 2015. The two day conference seeks to chalk out and undertake various joint efforts on various issues related ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015

NASA’s SERVIR-Mekong project to help monitor environment in Southeast Asia

NASA and US Agency for International Development (USAID) have started the SERVIR-Mekong project, to strengthen the environmental monitoring in Southeast Asia region. It has been launched in the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in Bangkok, Thailand to serve the 5 countries ..

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2015

Sendai framework for Disaster Reduction 2015-2030

Key international arrangements related to disaster risk reduction and management are as follows: Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 Adopted in 2015 by UN member states, it is a 15-year voluntary, non-binding agreement that maps out approach to reduce ..

Japan nuclear reactor for first time start operations since Fukushima Nuclear disaster

Japan for the first time has switched on a nuclear reactor nearly two years after all nuclear power stations were closed aftermath of the Fukushima disaster of 2011. The No 1 reactor at Sendai plant of Kyushu Electric Power started ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015

India inks $250-million loan pact with World Bank for Andhra Pradesh Disaster Recovery project

India has inked a financing agreement with World Bank (WB) to raise US 250 million dollars financial assistance for Andhra Pradesh Disaster Recovery Project (APDRP). The agreement was signed by the Union Government, Andhra Pradesh government and the World Bank ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2015