Tabletop Runways

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Post published:September 5, 2020
Post category:Daily Current Affairs Brief / Disaster Management / GS Paper-3
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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…

Beirut Explosion : Ammonium Nitrate

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Post published:September 5, 2020
Post category:GS Paper-3 / Daily Current Affairs Brief / Disaster Management
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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…

Angikaar Campaign

Post author:IAS ABHIYAN
Post published:September 6, 2019
Post category:Disaster Management / GS Paper-3 / PIB Analysis / Topic for Mains-2019 / Topic for Prelims-2020
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Context Recently the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) launched “Angikaar” a campaign for change management and e-Course on Vulnerability Atlas of India. About Angikaar Campaign The e-course is…

International Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

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Post published:September 6, 2019
Post category:Disaster Management / GS Paper-3 / PIB Analysis / Topic for Mains-2019 / Topic for Prelims-2020
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Context Recently the Union Cabinet has given ex-post facto approval for the Establishment of an International Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) along with its supporting Secretariat Office in New…

Lessons after the great deluge

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Post published:August 16, 2019
Post category:Crux of Editorials / Crux of Editorials / Disaster Management / GS Paper-3 / Topic for Mains-2019
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Context The unique geography of Kerala, with its steep climbdown from 900m high elevations of the Western Ghats to the coast of Malabar, has resulted in a land with a…

The International Charter Space and Major Disasters

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Post published:July 31, 2019
Post category:Biodiversity & Environment Current Affairs / Disaster Management / GS Paper-3 / Topic for Mains-2019 / Topic for Prelims-2020
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Context With Assam inundated by floods, several countries including China, Russia and France collaborated with India on sharing satellite images of the scale of inundation. As signatories to the The International Charter…

Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP)

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Post published:March 27, 2019
Post category:Disaster Management / Economic Development Current Affairs / GS Paper-3 / PIB Analysis / Topic for Mains-2019 / Topic for Prelims-2020
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Context: The World Bank, the Government of India and representatives of 5 States of Government of India and Implementing Agencies signed here in New Delhi today the Loan Agreement for Additional…

Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP)

Post author:IAS ABHIYAN
Post published:March 27, 2019
Post category:Daily Current Affairs Brief / Disaster Management / Government Schemes / GS Paper-3 / PIB Analysis / Topic for Mains-2019 / Topic for Prelims-2020
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Context: The Union Cabinet has approved the “Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP)” for Flood Management Works in entire country and River Management Activities and works related to Border Areas for…

Odisha launches disaster alert system for its coast

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Post published:October 31, 2018
Post category:Daily Current Affairs Brief / Disaster Management / GS Paper-3 / Topic for Mains-2019 / Topic for Prelims-2020
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Context Recently the Odisha government has launched the Early Warning Dissemination System, the first-of-its-kind technology in India, to simultaneously warn coastal communities and fisher folk about impending cyclone and tsunami…

Amritsar disaster: avoidable tragedy

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Post published:October 22, 2018
Post category:Crux of Editorials / Crux of Editorials / Daily Current Affairs Brief / Disaster Management / GS Paper-3 / Topic for Mains-2019
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Context: The ghastly Dasara disaster at Amritsar that has left 59 people dead is a harsh reminder, if any were needed, that government departments have not yet taken official protocols…

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Tabletop Runways

Beirut Explosion : Ammonium Nitrate

Angikaar Campaign

International Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

Lessons after the great deluge

The International Charter Space and Major Disasters

Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP)

Flood Management and Border Areas Programme (FMBAP)

Odisha launches disaster alert system for its coast

Amritsar disaster: avoidable tragedy

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