The Inter-governmental Meeting to finalise the text of the draft SAARC Agreement on Rapid Response to Natural Disasters concluded in Male last Thursday with a broad agreement on the issue that needed to be addressed.

According to the global database on disasters, over the past forty years, South Asia faced as many as 1,333 disasters that killed 980,000 people, affected 2.4 billion lives and dam

The buildings of the Anganwadi Centres selected under Atal Bal Arogya Evam Poshan Mission in Madhya Pradesh will be developed into Model Anganwadis (Anganwadi Nursery Schools) as per Build As Leaning Aid (BALA) scheme. The State Government has allocated Rs. 10 thousand each for 25 Anganwadi Centres in every district for wall paining and re-decoration. Out of this, Rs.

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POLLACHI: The 130 houses of the tribal people in Kozhikamudhi, Erumaiparai and Koomatti hamlets in Anamalai Tiger Reserve area near Top Slip have been taken up for renovation at a cost of Rs 19.50 lakh.

Tribal people have been living in these settlements for ages and are helping the Forests Department in maintenance of camp elephants and some of them are employed with the department as anti-poa

Adjudicating a bunch of petitions pertaining to noise pollution in the area surrounding IGI Airport, the Delhi High Court asked the residents on Wednesday if had agreed to a clause that they would not complain against the noise at the time of getting the land allotment.

A Division Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the counsel of one of the three petitioners if t

The steep decline in the country