Disaster management

March 27, 2025 9:12 AM

Parliament today: Disaster management, immigration bills on agenda

Parliament is set to take up several key bills for consideration and passage on Thursday. In the Lok Sabha, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will move for consideration of the amendments made by the Rajya Sabha to the Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024, and seek agreement on these changes. The Lok Sabha had originally passed the bill on December 12, 2024, and sent it to the Rajya Sabha for concurrence. The Upper House passed the bill with amendments on Wednesday and returned it to the Lok...

September 16, 2024 6:14 PM

Thousands displaced in floods in north-eastern India, rain abates

Thousands of people have been displaced in India's north-eastern state of Assam and at least 37 people have died in heavy rain, floods and landslides in the last two months, officials said on Monday. Although rains have abated in the last two days and improved the flood situation marginally, at least 200,000 people were affected in 11 districts of the state due rain-related incidents, a release from the state's disaster management authority said. More than 12,000 people have been displaced fro...

September 16, 2024 5:55 PM

South Asia faces extreme weather with heatwave in India, cyclone in Bangladesh

South Asia is experiencing extreme weather conditions, with at least nine killed due to a suspected heat stroke in India's west, while parts of Bangladesh and neighbouring states are likely to be hit by a cyclone in a couple of days. Extreme temperatures throughout Asia last month were made worse most likely as a result of human-driven climate change, a team of international scientists said. India's summer temperatures often peak in May, but scientists have predicted more heatwave days than us...