Bihar canal collapse brings lack of dam safety in focus

A CAG report released in July found that less than 10 per cent dams had disaster management plans in place

‘Faults inactive for long period could pose greater hazard’

Chan Lung-sang, professor at Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, speaks to Kundan Pandey about the probability of a bigger …

The eye in the sky

India is one of the few developing countries to have its own space satellite systems. And, now Indian planners are depending increasingly on …

Space age

SPACE ’99·Organised by the Indian Space Research Organisation and Exhibitions India Private Limited, New Delhi

Extreme weather events led to 12 million displacements of children in 2022, estimates UNICEF

Some 25.8 million children were displaced by internal conflict and violence

"Psychosocial care should be a component of overall health care"

K SEKAR, assistant professor, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, talks to NEELAM SINGH about …

Simply Put: Bushfires in Australia

Simply Put: Living in toxic air

Around 300 kids in Uttar Pradesh fall ill due to toxic gas from sugar mill waste

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has asked Shaharanpur police to probe into the incident

Africa records 152 disasters every year

The impact of risk reduction on the ground is what matters most, say experts

Sendai framework on disaster risk reduction disappoints

Goals are without specific time plan and targets

Cyclone Phailin's progress

Uttarakhand's displaced

Building to resist quakes

Survivors' hopes rise

Danger sensors

Infernal blow

Death trap

Rajasthan affected

NORTH KOREA

KILLING FLOODS

UNITED NATIONS

Wronged again

Drought desperation

Exposure: Portrait of a corporate crime

Photos of Bhopal by Raghu Rai