Protecting floodplains is the need of the hour
Context Humanity is struggling with a shortage of water as well as an excess. As the World Health Organization stated, “Floods are increasing in frequency and intensity, and the frequency…
Context Humanity is struggling with a shortage of water as well as an excess. As the World Health Organization stated, “Floods are increasing in frequency and intensity, and the frequency…
Context The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI), headed by India, is readying a global database Global Infrastructure Risk Model and Resilience Index to track the risk to infrastructure at…
Context Recently, the Joshimath town have developed major or minor cracks on the floors, ceilings and walls. Beams had been dislodged in many houses. Key Causes of the land sinking It has been…
Context The ground is shaking and swelling at Mauna Loa volcano, the largest active volcano in the world, indicating that it could erupt. Scientists say they don’t expect that to…
Categorization of CDRI Context Recently, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister has approved the categorization of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) as an ‘International Organization’ and…
Context Of all the atmospheric phenomena, lightning perhaps is the most dangerous and mysterious. In India, lightning kills about 2,000-2,500 people every year. Bihar is just one of the several…
Context Environmental factors like human environmental damage and natural resource crisis were also believed to be among the top 10 risks in the period, the Global Risks Report 2022 stated. Key Findings…
Context Recently, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved ACROSS Scheme i.e. ‘Atmosphere and Climate Research-Modeling Observing Systems and Services’ along with its eight sub-plans for the next fiscal…
Context The Air India Express-operated Boeing 737-800 aircraft overshot Kozhikode airport’s runway — a tabletop runway like Mangaluru’s — and fell 35 feet down a slope, resulting in the aircraft…
Context The catastrophic explosion at Beirut port evening, according to the government of Lebanon, caused by over 2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate kept in storage for over six years. A common…
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