Death toll rises to 58 as hope dims after Brazil dam collapse

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 »

Mumbai: CCTV monitoring centre will be set up in Parel

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 »

Extreme weather hit 60 million people in 2018, no part of the world spared

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 »

Gurugram Building Collapse: Death Toll Rises as Six Bodies Recovered, Rescue Operations Underway

Gurugram, January 24: A total of six people have lost their lives in a building collapse in Gurugram. All the six bodies have been recovered during rescue operations. Meanwhile, rescue operations are still underway.... Read more »

8th Battalion of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) gets “Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar” for disaster management

New Delhi: The Central government has instituted an annual award titled “Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar”, which is to be announced every year on January 23, on the birth anniversary of... Read more »

Israeli Police Begin Equipping Officers, Including Riot Police, With Body Cameras

The police in the Tel Aviv district police began outfitting officers on Sunday morning with body cameras. At a ceremony rolling out the use of the cameras, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan... Read more »

Internet firm, Shenzhen police join forces to stop suicide

Thirty-five people contemplating suicide have been rescued in China since July in a joint effort by internet giant Tencent and the Shenzhen police to prevent people from carrying out the act. The... Read more »

State failed in disaster management: Prof. Amita Singh

KOCHI: The recent floods in Kerala has exposed the failure of state government in alerting local bodies about the impending disaster, said Amita Singh, professor and chairperson of Special Centre for Disaster... Read more »

BBMP to install 460 CCTV cams along Bengaluru roads

To ensure security and safety and to keep an eye on garbage blackspots, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has proposed to install around 460 CCTV cameras along 2,000 km of arterial... Read more »

Illegal emigration: surveillance stepped up

Surveillance on the premises of Beypore Port has been strengthened against the backdrop of  reports of illegal emigration attempts from Munambam in Kochi. The coastal police have given new directives to the... Read more »