United Nations: India has suffered economic losses of $79.5 billion due to natural disasters during the last two decades, according to the UN. Between 1998 to 2017, two of the worst years for lower-middle income countries — a category that India falls into — were 2002 when a severe drought[Read More…]
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India to work with other nations on disaster risk reduction: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India is ready to work with other countries to build disaster resilient infrastructure. Inaugurating a three-day Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction 2016, Modi said India is even ready to share its space technology and resources with any country to deal with[Read More…]