Jammu, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) J&K State Executive Committee (SEC) meeting for the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) has approved for inclusion of five more local disasters to the already notified list of disasters as per…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Ministry of Mines said on Tuesday that the Geological Survey of India (GSI) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding with The Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection of the National…
Chennai, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has announced that the low-pressure system over Tamil Nadu is expected to strengthen within the next 24 hours. The system, formed over the southeast Bay of…
Kolkata, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Monday sought prompt action by the Central government to provide assistance to the victims of the devastating landslide in Kerala’s Wayanad in July this…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The country is generating 41.36 lakh tonne per annum (TPA) plastic waste every year and Tamil Nadu is the largest polluter with an annual quantity of 7.82 lakh TPA, the…
Jakarta, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hydrometeorological disasters that have hit Sukabumi in Indonesia’s West Java province since last week have claimed at least 10 lives, with two others still missing, the local disaster mitigation agency said…
Gwalior, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) A disaster was narrowly avoided when a fire broke out in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of Kamla Raja Hospital, a government-run medical facility in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior, on Monday….
Sao Paulo, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Brazil’s Santa Catarina state remains on alert for heavy storms, which have triggered flooding, landslides, and evacuations in 22 cities, according to the country’s civil defence authority. Joinville, the…
Chennai, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) issued an orange alert for coastal districts of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, warning of heavy to very heavy rains due to low pressure formed over the…
Chennai, Dec 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) After the landslide in Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu claimed seven lives, an expert committee’s report was awaited on whether devotees will be allowed to climb the Annamalai Hills for the Karthigai…
Kochi, Dec 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Kerala High Court on Saturday reprimanded the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government for its failure to provide clarity on the utilisation of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF). This comes a day…
Chennai, Dec 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) An inter-ministerial team of the Centre has begun assessing the damage caused by Cyclone Fengal in various districts of Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry. The Tamil Nadu government…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Central government has approved the release of Rs 944.8 crore to the Tamil Nadu government as two installments of central share from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) to…
Jakarta, Dec 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Five bodies have been recovered, and seven others are missing after flash floods and landslides destroyed hundreds of houses and infrastructure in Indonesia’s West Java province, an official said on Friday….
Nairobi, Dec 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The number of food-insecure people in the Horn of Africa stood at 64.8 million as of November, according to a report released on Friday by the United Nations Food and Agriculture…
Tehran, Dec 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least 29 people were injured as an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. The quake, which occurred…
Los Angeles, Dec 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 shook parts of Northern California, temporarily forcing a tsunami warning that led to evacuations in some coastal areas of Northern California and the…
Los Angeles, Dec 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) More than five million people in northern California in the US were under a tsunami warning after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the area. The notable quake struck the area around…
Chennai, Dec 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least three people died, and 30 others fell ill in Pallavaram near Chennai on Thursday after reportedly consuming drinking water contaminated with sewage. The affected individuals, residing in areas such…
Chennai, Dec 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on Thursday contributed his one-month salary to support relief efforts in the districts affected by Cyclone Fengal. The Chief Minister handed over a cheque…