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Srinagar: A three-day training programme on disaster management concluded at the University of Kashmir on Friday.Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad inaugurated the online programme titled “Disaster Management in Mountain Areas with Special Reference to Kashmir Himalaya”, organised by the varsity’s Department of Geography and Disaster Management (DGDM).Stressing on collaborations with ...

#Pakistan News According to reports in the Pakistani press, the minibus in the province's Dera Ismail Khan district, where people returning from the wedding, fell into the canal.Authorities stated that 20 people, mostly children, died in the accident that occurred near the town of Paroa, and 3 people were ...

A Pakistani court has sentenced two men to death due to an arson attack at a garment factory in Karachi, southern Pakistan, in 2012, killing more than 260 people. The two defendants had set fire to the "Ali Enterprises" factory on September 11, 2012, after its owners refused to ...

As many as 153 earthquakes were between 3.0 and 3.9 magnitude. (Image used for representation) However, confusion over the tremors prevailed on social media, which was abuzz with speculations of a blast. News18.com Last Updated: September 22, 2020, 11:08 PM IST FOLLOW US ON: ...

However, Rajasthan has reported crop damage of 33% and more due to locust attack in 2,234.92 hectares area in Bikaner, 140 hectares in Hanumangarh and 1,027-hectares area in Sri Ganganagar.The Ministry of Home Affairs has now identified locust attacks as a natural disaster and has directed states to undertake ...

A collapse at a marble mine in a remote area of Pakistan has killed at least 19 people, with rescuers scrambling to retrieve more bodies from the rubble, officials said on Tuesday. Boulders of white marble came crashing down on workers on Monday evening in the mountainous Mohmand district ...

A collapse at a marble mine in a remote area of Pakistan has killed at least 19 people, with rescuers scrambling to search the rubble, officials said on Tuesday. Boulders of white marble came crashing down on workers on Monday evening in the mountainous Mohmand district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

Recurring landslides on the 889-km roads being widened under the Char Dham Project in Uttarakhand have made life miserable for residents this monsoon. The project, with an estimated cost of Rs 10-thousand crore ($1.64 billion), is one of the largest road-widening projects in the Himalayan region of India. It ...

China’s massive buildup of troops and infrastructure in pockets across the border not only violates bilateral agreements, but also forces Indians to confront a new reality. India has spent decades of emotional, political and military capital on Pakistan. But the bigger adversary was always China.For more than three months, ...

At around quarter past nine on the morning of Friday 21 October 1966, disaster struck the coal mining village of Aberfan in South Wales.What began as a typical morning escalated quickly into tragedy when a colliery spoil tip located directly above the village slid downhill.The devastating event – which ...