Page-2 of NDRF Current Affairs, GK & News
NDRF: New unit to save heritage structures
The National Disaster Response Force is to establish a specialized unit for heritage structures. Highlights The specialized unit is to be established in every battalion of the NDRF. It will help preserve monuments and heritage structures that are damaged and battered by natural disasters. It will also hold the responsibility of rescue and restoration of ..
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: Disaster Management • NDRF • NDRF battalions • Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction • UNESCO • World Heritage Committee • World Heritage Sites
NDRF hosts 2019 SCO Joint Exercise on Earthquake Rescue
On 4th November 2019, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Joint Exercise on Urban Earthquake Search and Rescue in New Delhi. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is hosting the event which will continue till 7th of this month. The purpose of the exercise is to rehearse the disaster ..
Topics: Disaster response • Foreign relations • International Relations • Ministry of Home Affairs • Modeling and simulation • National Disaster Response Force • NDRF • Politics by country • Shanghai Cooperation Organisation • Simulation
SCOJtEx-2019: Shanghai Cooperation Organization Joint Exercise
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Joint Exercise on Urban Earthquake Search and Rescue- ‘SCOJtEx-2019’ in New Delhi. The four day exercise will be held from 4-7 November 2019. The joint exercise is being hosted by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF). The SCOJtEx will be followed by a meeting between ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: Defence Current Affairs
Topics: Amit Shah • International Search and Rescue Advisory Group • Joint Exercise • NDRF • SCO • SCOJtEx-2019
National Disaster Management Authority
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) along with the Uttar Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (UPSDMA) conducted one of the largest Mock Search and Rescue Exercises to review preparedness for floods in the ongoing monsoon season. Rising river waters have a tendency to wreak great havoc and cause significant loss of life and limb in ..
Topics: Disaster Management • Disaster response • Disasters • NDMA • NDRF
Housing Redevelopment in Mumbai
The onset of the Southwest Monsoons has started to pose significant challenges to the urban planners and administrators all over India. However, in the densely populated city of Mumbai, where land is a premium and housing is scarce, the challenges are even more so. Why? On July 16, 2019- the Kesarbai building collapsed which killed ..
Topics: Housing • MAHARASTRA • Monsoons • NDRF