The Shillong-based North-Eastern Space Applications Centre (NE-SAC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation has tested unmanned aerial v...

Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar launched the Param-Ishan supercomputing facility at IIT, Guwahati on Septemb...

Kerala is embarking on a project to strengthen the network of emergency operations centres at the State and district-level and bolster its...

The report of  on the Spot Study of Water Situation in Drought Affected Areas of the country (2015-16)  was recently submitted to the gove...

A Parliamentary panel has rejected Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi’s contention that there cannot be preparation for a disaster like t...

To ensure resilience and better preparedness against disasters, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has trained over a lakh people...

In a bid to protect lives of citizens reeling under severe drought in several states, the Supreme Court recently directed the centre...

Investigators probing the cause of the fireworks disaster at the Puttingal Devi temple near Kollam recently, hinted that rival teams po...

With around 10 states reeling under drought, the Supreme Court has asked the Centre  why the natural calamity could not be brought under ...

Eight new cities and towns have been added to a government list of urban areas vulnerable to earthquakes of “very severe intensity”. ...