Pagal Nala is one of the most susceptible places among nine disaster-prone locations identified enroute Badrinath Shrine.
Eyewitnesses reported that the fire quickly filled the hospital with smoke, and many on-duty doctors and staff fled the scene.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced emergency disaster payments for people affected by a major bushfire in the country's southeast.
He recalled that the INCOIS was conceptualised following the tragic Tsunami of 2004 and after 2014, with an unflinching support and priority received from Prime Minister Sh Narendra Modi, it made rapidstrides to be recognised as the world's most state -of-the - art institute of its kind.
The US Senate passed a spending measure early on Saturday, ensuring that federal government funding will continue through mid-March, the New York Times reported.
The Yogi Adityanath Government in Uttar Pradesh is gearing up to introduce Shakti Sadan across the state to support the rehabilitation and reintegration of women affected by domestic violence and disasters.
The Indian Army successfully conducted its multilateral annual Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise, Sanyukt Vimochan 2024, at Ahmedabad and Porbandar, Gujarat, recently.
Turkey's disaster agency reported on Wednesday that a 5.9-magnitude earthquake occurred at 10:46 am local time (0746 GMT), and that the epicentre was in the Kale district of southern Malatya province.
Fiji and Japan signed an exchange of notes on Wednesday for a second stand-by disaster loan financing of around 72.0 million Fijian dollars (around 32.4 million US dollars), which will assist in any future needs for disaster recovery and rehabilitation.
Even as Uttarakhand government is patting its back on the successful rescue of 15,000 stranded pilgrims it remained clueless to the persons who have gone missing in the July 31 rain havoc in Kedarnath Valley.
