A deadly cyclone causes large-scale devastation in Pakistan and despite early warnings the toll on the Indian side is as high

The United Nations Food Agency (UNFA) has predicted that 1999 will be a difficult year as far as natural disasters are concerned. "Forecasts for the 1999 show there will be a likely increase in the

There seems to be no reprieve from a natural disasters this year. The latest culprit is the Typhoon Babs, which caused havoc in the Philippines leaving behind at least 124 dead and forcing thousands

The setting up of a task force may streamline and coordinate the various environment related activities of the UN

India is one of the 39 countries that has been listed as facing human emergencies in the latest annual World Disasters report of the Intenational Federation of Red Cross and red Crescent

To develop an infrastructure in the hill region expected to be declared as a separate State soon, the Uttar Pradesh Government has ordered the bureaucrats to frame schemes which can be carried on

though El Ni

Continents break up, move away and rejoin again. Such unsteady phenomenon on the Earth has been happening for ages. Recently, scientists have predicted that in 50 million years from now, the