Australia long hot summer has barely begun but already the dams are running dry, crops are stunted form lack of water and livestock markets are being over whelmed by farmers trying to sell

A hi-tech tsunami warning system would soon be installed along the coasts in the country, said P S Goel, secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences. Inaugurating an international conference on Research

Denying reports that people are forced to commit suicide due to starvation and debt chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav challenged anyone to prove that people were dying of starvation in

The Gurgaon administration has called up a meeting to sensitise its machinery to avert any major disaster, natural or man-made. All possible hazards to the Cyber City had been discussed with the

Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy assured that the government would modernise the Krishna western delta region at a cost of Rs 5,000 crore to prevent floods, which every year, causes havoc in the

With armies of rodents ravaging paddy fields in hilly areas, villagers in the eastern and north-eastern parts of Mizoram are facing an acute famine and officials fear the situation may worsen next

Calcutta and its surrounding areas, the state government has decided to run a ground reality check. As Step I to combat calamities, a comprehensive study

Thousands of rats have been poisoned to death in Mizoram after armies of rodents rampaged rice fields, fuelling fears of a famine in the region. "Countless number of rodents got killed in the past

Which is the most dreaded disease today: cancer, AIDS? There could be an endless debate on this. But, by all accounts, hunger in its different manifestations is the biggest killer of all. A UN report

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter said his organisation, Jimmy Carter Work Project, a partner of the Habitat for Humanity's Programme to build houses for the needy, is committed to construct houses