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Tag: Disaster
Mitul Baruah’s Slow Disaster: Lives of Majuli’s Storytellers
Mitul Baruah | photo credit: special arrangement Mitul Baruah, who teaches sociology, anthropology and environmental studies,…
Fast fashion under the spotlight on Bangladesh factory disaster anniversary
On April 24, 2013, a garment factory complex collapsed near the capital of Bangladesh, killing at…
Nepal plane crash vs miracle on the Hudson: Same day, 14 years apart, different endings
The date of January 15 will forever be inscribed in the history of aviation disasters. Two…
Morbi scale disaster is completely avoidable
Implementing a risk mitigation framework and an event checklist for Morbi Bridge could have prevented significant…
Odisha government will prepare disaster management warriors in every household: Do this:
In yet another step to build disaster resilient Odisha, the state government has announced the introduction…
International Day 2022 for Disaster Risk Reduction: All you need to know
October 13 has been designated as the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, with a focus…
Earthquake in Mizoram today: Earthquake tremors were felt 13 km below the earth’s surface
The National Center for Seismology reported that, on September 7, a magnitude 4.0 earthquake occurred 50…
Danger of dam breaking in Madhya Pradesh, villagers returning home
Water is to be released from the reservoir itself, after which the under-construction dam can be…