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Cabinet: Ordinance to cut salary of PM and MPs by 30% approved

On April 6, 2020, the Union Cabinet approved to cut the salary of Prime Minister and other MPs...

📅 April 6, 2020

“Operation Vanilla” launched by Indian Navy for Disaster Relief at Madagascar

On January 29, 2020, the Indian Navy launched Operation Vanilla in the Southern Indian Ocean. The operation was...

📅 January 29, 2020

October 13: International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction

The International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDRR) was begun in 1989 by the United Nations General Assembly....

📅 October 13, 2019

Hurricane Dorian: India announces $ 1million humanitarian aid for Bahamas

India has announced an immediate humanitarian assistance of $1 million to help people in The Bahamas affected by...

📅 September 9, 2019

Unique Flood Hazard Atlas: Odisha

Odisha has come out with a unique flood hazard atlas aided by satellite imagery, which is expected to...

📅 June 24, 2019

CFTRI to send food to Cyclone Fani hit areas

Mysore based Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), has prepared nearly one lakh meals for distribution in cyclone...

📅 May 4, 2019

Hurricane Patricia makes landfall near Mexico's Pacific coast

Hurricane Patricia has struck Mexico’s Pacific coast with destructive winds that forced thousands of people to flee homes...

📅 October 24, 2015

Typhoon Koppu hits northern Philippines

Powerful Typhoon Koppu (also known as Lando) has hit the northern Philippines battering the coast with powerful winds...

📅 October 19, 2015

Maharashtra declares drought-like condition in 14,708 villages

Maharashtra Government has declared drought-like condition in 14,708 villages of the state’s total 43,000 villages. This means the...

📅 October 17, 2015

6.6 magnitude earthquake hits off east Indonesia

A powerful earthquake magnitude 6.6 on Richter scale has hit Indonesia’s eastern region of Papua. As per US...

📅 September 25, 2015

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