To mitigate damages caused due to annual flooding in various states,which come within the Ganges catchment area, the government on Monday approved sanction of a revised scheme amounting to Rs 305

The government on Monday announced a multimillion-dollar relief package for farmers facing a crippling drought that is threatening the country's economic growth. Prime Minister John Howard said

A strong earthquake rippled through the Hawaiian Islands, shaking residents and tourists from their sleep, knocking out electrical power to several areas and triggering a landslide that rained

At least 57 people have been killed and thousands forced to abandon their homes as the worst floods in recent memory wreaked havoc across Thailand and Burma. Military-run Burma, one of the world's

Aid agencies are urging the world's powers not to suspend humanitarian aid to North Korea as punishment for Kim Jong-il's claimed nuclear test, warning of widespread hunger in the isolated state if

The UNICEF is sending shortly a team of experts to study the drought-like situation the State is facing due to the failure of monsoon this time. Disclosing this yesterday before the newsmen here,

Massive erosion by the river Brahmaputra at south Ahatguri has become a matter of serious concern. The erosion has caused so much havoc that 158 families have been rendered homeless. Several

South Asian countries will have a common institutional mechanism to tackle disasters with the setting up of the Saarc Disaster Management Centre (SDMC). The centre, the first of its kind in the

very shoddy approach of the State government in bringing a vital problem to the attention of the Central government once again came to light when the Union Minister for Agriculture and Consumer