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Pakistan still an ‘ongoing Nightmare’ for Millions of Children, Following Major Flooding

Four million children are fighting for survival near contaminated and stagnant flood waters in Pakistan, the United Nations Children’s Fund...

Earthquake on Indonesia’s main Island of Java Kills at Least 162 People

In November, 2022, at least 162 people have been killed after a magnitude-5.6 earthquake struck Indonesia’s main island of Java,...

Morbi Bridge Collapse: How India Tourist Spot Became a Bridge of Death

The horror in the town of Morbi is one of the worst tragedies in India for years, killing 135 people,...

Joshimath Sinking: Will it be Declared National Disaster?

Joshimath, the gateway to famous pilgrimage sites like Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib and international skiing destination Auli, is facing a...

Govt gives BBMP Rs 350 cr to flood-proof Bengaluru

The Karnataka government has acted at lightning speed to sanction Rs 350 crore to the BBMP for carrying out works...

A Concrete Disaster – A review of structural failures in Turkey and Syria

Rajkumar Gade is a civil engineer working in the area of Disaster management for more than 15 Years. He has...

2023 Turkey Earthquake: Historicity, Impact & Rehabilitation

Tasaduq Hidayat is a Ph.D. Scholar at Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Islamic University of Science & Technology, J...

Road Accidents- a Disaster that can be Mitigated

Dr. Ruheela Hassan is a Fulbright Fellow and Senior Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the Islamic University...

Road Safety: Disaster Management & Mitigation

Surjeet Singh Panwar works for the Uttarakhand Police Services, and has vast experience in dealing with mega crowd & traffic...

Road Accidents in India: Causes and Mitigation Measures

Sandeep Kumar is a Professor & Ex-Head, of the Department of Economics, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur Nikhil Kumar Gautam is...

Impact of Pandemic on Children

With more than a decade long work experience in the develomnet sector, Vishal Vasvani is currently working at UNICEF as...

Lightning Resilient India

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Managing Flood Risk on Saturday-July-30, 2022

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Are Disasters Gender Neutral?

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Earthquake Preparedness

Dr. H. Kit Miyamoto is the global CEO of Miyamoto International, Inc. He is an expert in disaster resiliency, response,...

Indigenous Knowledge and Earthquake Resistant Traditional Houses of Tribes

Dr Sunita Reddy is an Associate Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and founder chair of Anthropos India Foundation. The...

What Vision Zero is & Why India Desperately Needs It

Akash Basu is an Associate, Research and Communication at Raahgiri Foundation. Shivani Khurana is Project Associate at Raahgiri Foundation. Vision...

FIFA World Cup 2022: A Case Study of Traffic and Crowd Management in Qatar

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Road Safety for Children – an Indispensable need for India’s Future

Abhinav Walia has a more than a decade-long national and international work experience as a Disaster Management professional with focus...

Road Safety and Role of Key Stakeholders

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Road Safety for Livestock: Need for Compensation Policy

Suraj Indwar is studying Disaster Management at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai article flags the issue of cattle...

DRR and Children and Youth as Agents of Change

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Regular Learning Loss of Children in Flood Prone Areas : A Case Study from Flood Prone Assam

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Growing up, I would spend time with my grandparents in Khagaria – one of the flood-prone districts of Bihar. I have, therefore, witnessed and experienced floods first-hand. Reading this magazine brought back childhood memories of those annual flood events. My daughter recently gave me the latest issue of Know Disasters. I was amazed to see this kind of magazine in the public domain. It stands out above the rest. I appreciate the magazine for its simple yet defining approach and broad perspective on diverse topics related to disasters.

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I liked the arguments in the article on ‘India’s Disaster Response Mechanism’ authored by Colonel Razzaque Adil that was published in the March-22 issue of Know Disasters. The United States follows a similar approach, realizing the victims were the first responders, not the police, etc. This caused a shift in training and educating the public on emergency preparedness to incorporate the up to 72-hour delay in response from major disasters and a (roughly) up to 10-minute response gap is rapidly evolving emergencies such as active assailants. The training helped to reemphasize the need to learn first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). I also liked the fact that the article included modulating plans, keeping them adaptable and flexible in any situation.

Chris Beyer Emergency Management Specialist, USA.

I liked each and every article published in the March-22 issue as analysing the gender dimension in resilience, recovery, response and Impact of disaster is very important. Differential gender roles mainly created by societal norms led to discrimination of men and women in every sphere of life. The theme Gender and Disasters is so interesting and insightful and will help to increase awareness to focus more on gender dimension in policy making for disaster management.

Vinita University of Delhi

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