Disaster Management: Point-Wise Current-Affairs/GS Articles 2023 (Including PIB)- Download PDF

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Oct 10, 2023

🌟 SIPRI Yearbook 2023, a Recent Study on Lingering Health Effects of Bhopal Gas Tragedy (June 2023) 

Recently, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Yearbook 2023 revealed that China could potentially have as many Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) as U. S. or Russia by the end of the decade.

SIPRI Yearbook 2023

Global Nuclear Arsenals

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International Relations & OrganizationsHealthDisaster Management

🌟 Cyclone Biparjoy, UNDPs 2023 Gender Social Norms Index (June 2023) 

Cyclone Biparjoy was a very severe cyclonic storm that hit Gujarat and parts of Rajasthan. It caused significant damage to infrastructure, injuries and cattle deaths, but only two human fatalities. India escaped the worst of the cyclone՚s fury due to early warnings from the India…

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International Relations & OrganizationsEnvironmentBased on Down-to-EarthDisaster Management

Jun 15, 2023

🌟 Earthquakes in Turkey and Its Causes (February) 

Recently, important tremors were felt in Turkey after an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck along a well- known fault line called the Anatolia monumental block. The earthquakes emerged from relatively shallow depths and were a “strike- slip quake” .

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Disaster Management

Feb 18, 2022

🌟 MoU Approved between India and Bangladesh on Disaster Management (August 2021) 

The MoU signed in March 2021 on Disaster Management between India and Bangladesh has been approved by the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister of India. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) .

MoU Signed between

  • Ministry of Home Affairs.
  • The R…

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Disaster ManagementNewspaper Editorials

Sep 3, 2021

Quetta Blast in Pakistan 

In an improvised explosive device attack targeting the minority Hazra Community as many as 16 people lost their life. The attack took place in a green grocer՚s shop. The explosive device was planted in a gunny sack filled with potatoes.

As many as 30 people were injured in this di…

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International Relations & OrganizationsDisaster Management

Aug 31, 2021

Water Storage Level Country՚s Major Reservoirs Goes down by Two Percent 

Total storage capacity of these 91 reservoirs is 161.993 BCM, which is about 63% of the total storage capacity of 257.812 BCM, which is estimated to have been created in the country.

  • The water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the we…

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EnvironmentDisaster Management

Aug 28, 2021

Dams Causing Earthquakes: Capacity Building in Dam Safety Areas under Dam Rehabilitation 

Pressure applied to often-fragile geological structures by the vast mass of water impounded by a big dam can give rise to earthquakes. Landslide at the Vaiont dam in Italy in 1963 triggered off by seismic activity, killed 2,000 people.

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Disaster Management

Aug 27, 2021

Expected Most Important Topics for UPSC - 2018 (Part - 10) 

India and African Continent - India and South Africa are celebrating 20 years of strategic partnership this year. 2 decades of fruitful cooperation in trade, science, technology and development spanning across the knowledge chain resulted in robust networking of institutions.

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Policies & GovernanceInternational Relations & OrganizationsDisaster Management

Aug 26, 2021

Indian Navy՚s Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel (DSRV) Capability 

Indian Navy has inducted its 1st Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV) to rescue downed or disaster-struck submarines at high sea. It will be based in Mumbai, Maharashtra & enhance Navy՚s operational capabilities. 2nd DSRV is expected to be inducted at Visakhapatnam in 2019.

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Science & TechnologyInternational Relations & OrganizationsDefenseDisaster Management

Aug 25, 2021

Global Care Crisis, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Happiness Report and Population Projections, Prison Projections 

Global Care Crisis

Cautions of a severe shortage of care workers. There are unpaid and paid care works. Direct, personal and relational care activities. For example a mother feeding a baby or a son nursing his ill parents. Takes care of patients, aged people and people with simila…

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Government Schemes/ProjectsDisaster Management