The UN’s latest report, titled ‘The Humanitarian Implications of Climate Change’, identifies India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Indonesia as global warming hotspot nations that are particularly vulnerable to an increase in extreme natural disasters More...

Emergency meetings are on in the state to take stock of the situation and work out plans to monitor proper implementation of measures initiated to deal with the heatwave conditions More...

India’s indigenously developed system will generate timely advisories about changes in sea levels after an earthquake, based on real-time calculations of data collected through sensors, tide gauges and bottom pressure recorders More...

Northern India, Nepal and Bangladesh suffer their worst flooding in a century, but relief efforts continue to be inadequate More...

The Comptroller and Auditor General has reported poor financial management of emergency relief funds in Maharashtra, with compensation being doled out without proper identification of affected persons. It also criticises the government's flood-preparedness and slack monitoring of rehabilitation efforts More...

Rehabilitation programmes for those affected by the December 2004 tsunami have created a new class of have-nots in Tamil Nadu, reports Ramya Kannan

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