'Over 1300 lives lost to natural disasters in China in 2012'
Over 1300 people were killed in natural disasters in China last year with such calamities also causing over USD 66 billion losses.
January 6 2013, 8:08 pm
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Over 1300 people were killed in natural disasters in China last year with such calamities also causing over USD 66 billion losses.
January 6 2013, 8:08 pm
Read MoreTwo new battalions of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), to be based in Haridwar and Mysore, have been sanctioned by the central government.
May 8 2013, 6:31 pm
Read MoreFor the first time, a large-scale exercise in the prevention and elimination of the aftermaths of emergency situations and natural calamities has begun in Russia`s Kamchatka territory.
August 27 2012, 5:31 pm
Read MoreNatural disasters cost the global economy 380 billion dollars last year, making it the costliest year ever recorded.
January 17 2012, 2:05 pm
Read MorePrime Minister Manmohan Singh has said Assam`s erosion problem will be included in the list of the country`s natural disasters.
July 3 2012, 4:05 pm
Read MoreScientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have come up with a method to identify wildlife populations likely to experience drastic changes when faced with extreme events such as natural disasters.
December 23 2011, 7:12 pm
Read MoreAmid a row over South China Sea with its maritime neighbours, China said it is leading a plan to set up a Tsunami and other natural disaster warning systems in the area.
December 27 2012, 6:25 pm
Read MoreA devastating natural disaster should be declared "severe" within three days, a Parliamentary panel has said.
August 14 2012, 1:58 pm
Read MoreThe massive landslide that engulfed a gold mine in Tibet was result of aggressive expansion of the colliery in which fewer Tibetans are employed, Tibet`s government in exile has alleged, as rescuers found 11 bodies out of the 83.
March 31 2013, 7:07 pm
Read MoreMelting glaciers; increasing sea levels; long and severe droughts and increase in natural disasters -
February 12 2013, 12:00 am
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