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Natural Disasters

 DEADLY COUNT

Natural disasters have left some 147,753 people dead in Bangladesh over the last decade, according to a report published by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society. This

Publication Date: 
30/08/2001
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 Drought hit state

Titanic sank not because it hit the iceberg, the reason for its sinking lies in its inability to take a turn on time'. These words are aptly used by Mahesh Bhat, the noted filmmaker, to describe the

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14/06/2001
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Natural Disasters, Drought, Migration, Children, Education, Rajasthan
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 Follow Up

On April 26, 2001, Ukrainians commemorated the darkest day in their history

Publication Date: 
30/05/2001
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Health Effects, Cancer, Natural Disasters, Radiation, Nuclear Accidents, Europe, Russia, Diseases, Chernobyl Disaster
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 Dealing with disasters

For appropriate disaster management, it is essential to give due importance to political, social, economic as well as environmental aspects. Ignoring any one of them will only compound the crisis

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29/04/2001
Satendra
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 EL Salvador

At least 274 people were killed and 2,937 injured when an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale shook El Salvador on February 13, 2001. The epicentre of the earthquake was 20 kilometres

Publication Date: 
14/03/2001
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Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Landslides, El Salvador
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 Republic quaked

Gujarat is paying a heavy price for a calamity that is by far the biggest government made disaster since Independence. As the state crawls out from a landscape of debris, it appears as the most imposing symbol of a system that is in comatose, though not d

Publication Date: 
27/02/2001
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 No signs of science

D eath and earthquakes do not come by appointment. However, an earth

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27/02/2001
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 Shaky business

A deadly nexus between government officials and builders reduce most of Gujarat s homes to rubbles

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27/02/2001
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 Science is a political orphan

This country does not need a Crisis Management Group. It needs a Governance Crisis Management Group

Publication Date: 
27/02/2001
Anil Agarwal
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 Earth shaking intervention

An earthquake rocks El Salvador causing widespread destruction. Deforestation aggravates the situation

Publication Date: 
14/02/2001
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Deforestation, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Disaster Management, Governance, El Salvador, Guatemala

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