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Chinese Disaster Warning Technology to Enhance Pakistan Climate Resilience
The Chinese official also highlighted the close collaboration between China and Pakistan in meteorology, mentioning the recent establishment of a dedicated meteorological and disaster...
Climate change
Pakistan’s People Victims of Calculus of Climate Injustice: António Guterres
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said at the United Nations General Assembly that a third of Pakistan had been deluged and that many island States...
Climate change
‘What happened in Pakistan will not stay in Pakistan’, PM Shehbaz Sharif Warns
Sharif had recently actively sought international help for the flood-hit country on international platforms, including at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Uzbekistan, in...
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Shows How Long-Term Investments in Risk Reduction Save Lives, Says World Bank
After 50 years of providing it support on climate resilience and disaster management, the World Bank feels that Bangladesh needs to continue investments to...
Climate change
Pakistan Reaches Out to ‘Friendly Countries’, Donors, as Floods affect 33 Million
Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority and the Economic Affairs Division also briefed ambassadors on the current status of the flood. The Foreign Office and...
Agriculture
Maharashtra Doubles Compensation for Farmers Following Excessive Rain
Currently prevailing ‘National Disaster Response Fund’ norms stipulate a compensation of Rs. 6,800 per hectare for farmers’ land affected by a disaster. The cabinet...
Disaster Management
Dams Have to Prepare Emergency Action Plans, Minister Tells Rajya Sabha
The minister pointed out that the union government has constituted the national committee on dam safety to discharge functions to prevent dam failure related...
Climate change
$33 Billion Funding Gap for Climate ‘Loss And Damage’
As costs of extreme weather events are rise rapidly and as campaigners urge for a loss and damage finance facility ahead of COP27, an...
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Health Ministry, NDMA Issue Joint-Advisory to States on Preventing Hospital Fires during Summer
States and union territories have been directed to ensure all accredited hospitals within their jurisdiction conduct thorough inspections, address...
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Sri Lanka Banks to Set Up Business Revival Units for Troubled Borrowers
The Asian Development Bank is helping with the establishment of a guarantee institute. This is part of the larger...
ILO Reaches Agreement on Living Wages
A decision by the ILO’s Governing Body opens the way for new work by the ILO on estimating and...
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Health Ministry, NDMA Issue Joint-Advisory to States on Preventing Hospital Fires during Summer
States and union territories have been directed to ensure...
Sri Lanka Banks to Set Up Business Revival Units for Troubled Borrowers
The Asian Development Bank is helping with the establishment...