Readymade bridges

A modular bridge kit made of railroad flatcar decks

The importance of good-neighbourliness

Discounting the future

Towards cheaper fuel

UNITED NATIONS

PROMOTING CNG

Bengal floods kills 893

Tidal wave kills 26

CALLING FOR MANDATE

EL Salvador

Gas find fuels debate

Energy analysts divided on the impact of the discovery off the Andhra coast

Hitler's minefield

We did our bit

Amongst the tsunami-affected in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Mission impossible

Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka traverses the snag-infested path to disaster management

Latest World Disasters Report focusses on neglected crises

Sorrow of Bihar

South Sudan’s oil and water give it bargaining power — but will it benefit the people?

More than 50% of the population is facing acute food insecurity and barely 1% has access to electricity

Slovenia floods: Damage caused by ‘worst-ever natural disaster’ due to poor spatial planning, research shows

Government adopts changes to Natural Disaster Recovery Act to expedite relief, remedial actions

Loss and damage from floods, storms cost India $7.6 bn in 2021: Report

Ocean warming could contribute to sea level rise, alter storm paths and ocean currents and increase stratification, the report warned

A question of sales: Natural farming faces challenges in Himachal; here is how

Natural farming practices have drastically reduced input costs, but Himachal Pradesh’s farmers still lack market access 

No provision to declare any natural disaster as a ‘National Calamity’: Panel report

Standing Committee on Water Resources recommends setting up a permanent National Integrated Flood Management Group under the chairmanship of the …

Killer heat wave is on, but no relief in sight

As heat wave is not recognised as a natural calamity by the central government, there are no relief measures in place

WHO fund to boost emergency preparedness in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia Regional Health Emergency Fund to help 11 member countries prepare for natural disasters and health emergencies

Subduing the bulldozer

For centuries, the Dutch have been trying to keep their heads over water by barricading out the sea and the rivers. But there comes a point when …

Landslide dams river, and then frees its fury

Through many weary days and nights since March, the residents of a south Ecuadorean valley kept a wary eye on a landslide holding back the rain-…