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To boost readiness for cyclones, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has introduced a new, interactive tool called the Cyclone Warning and Marine Weather Services Decision Support System (DSS). Running on a Web Geo...
The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) studied the disaster exposure of telecom towers in Assam, Gujarat, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand. In Tamil Nadu, 57% of the 48,416 towers are located in zon...
The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction is marked every year on 13 October. The observance encourages people, communities and governments to understand disaster risk and act to reduce it before a hazard strikes...
The government has now listed 375 allowed works under the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) [VB-G RAM G] Act, 2025. That is 41% more than the 266 works allowed earlier. The works are groupe...
India hosted the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, with its chairship built on four pillars: Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability. The New Delhi Declaration covers cooperation in global development, peace...
The Ministry of Communications launched India's indigenous Cell Broadcast System (CBS) with its first large-scale nationwide demonstration. CBS pushes geo-targeted emergency alerts to millions of phones simultaneously, n...
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari launched 'Arjun Vahini' on 1 September 2026. It is a specialised disaster response squad with 200 members. The force has been designed on the pattern of the National Disaster R...
ISRO successfully launched the Earth observation satellite EOS-05 aboard GSLV-F17 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, placing it in a Sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. EOS-05 is India's first imaging satellite...
At the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, India urged a shift in global drought policy from reacting to crises towards proactive, technology-based resilience. It called for st...
India and Japan signed a Memorandum of Arrangement (MoA) on Maritime Security Cooperation on 20 August 2026. It covers Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA), information sharing, Search and Rescue (SAR), Humanitarian Assistanc...
IntroductionAddressing national emergency preparedness and community resilience during his 80th Independence Day address on 15 August 2026, the Prime Minister announced the creation of a “massive, modernized Civil Defenc...
IntroductionIn a historic policy shift driven by accelerating climate change and extreme weather risks, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on 16 August 2026 officially notified Heatwaves and Lightning as recognized natur...
