Mumbai: To enhance safety and security of passengers, the railways have installed closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV) in 25 local trains on the Central line. Four CCTVs are going to be installed in... Read more »
In Meghalaya, the ongoing rescue operations at Ksan, East Jaintia Hills will now be 24-hours, starting Tuesday night, informed the Meghalaya Disaster Management Minister, Kyrmen Shylla. Talking to newsmen, Shylla said that... Read more »
Earlier this month, Japan and the United States began sharing fingerprint data among their law enforcement agencies under a bilateral agreement. The little-known agreement, negotiated in 2014 by the administrations of Prime... Read more »
The High Level Committee chaired by the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, approved the additional Central assistance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) of Rs 7214.03 crore to 6 States and one Union... Read more »
Losses caused to India by extreme weather events more than doubled in the 10 years to 2017 from the previous decade (1998-2007), with the farm sector bearing the brunt, according to a... Read more »
Kolkata: Metro Railway and other stations like Howrah and Sealdah will soon get modern CCTV cameras with higher resolution and video analytics. The non-functional baggage scanners at Metro stations will also be... Read more »
A rare and powerful tornado that struck Havana killed three people and left 172 injured, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said early on Monday. Mr Diaz-Canel, who toured the darkened streets of Havana... Read more »
BRUMADINHO, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazilian rescuers searched into the night on Sunday for hundreds of people missing after a burst mining dam triggered a deadly mudslide, as the death toll rose to... Read more »
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will set up an additional monitoring centre for all the CCTVs in the city. All the CCTVs in the city are connected to a monitoring centre. The... Read more »
With some 60 million people affected by extreme weather in 2018, according to a new study, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) called for better management of the issue worldwide,... Read more »