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ड्रॅगनचा उदय: दक्षिण बांगलादेशात चिनी गुंतवणुकीत संभाव्य वाढ
May 21, 2024

ड्रॅगनचा उदय: दक्षिण बांगलादेशात चिनी गुंतवणुकीत संभाव्य वाढ

दक्षिण बांगलादेशातील चिनी गुंतवणुकीमुळे या प्रदेशाच्य�

Dragon’s descent: Potential surge of Chinese investments in southern Bangladesh
May 03, 2024

Dragon’s descent: Potential surge of Chinese investments in southern Bangladesh

While Chinese investments can help in developing southern Bangladesh, it will create ripples in the geopolitics of the Bay of Bengal

Strategies for strengthening disaster finance in Indonesia
Sep 26, 2023

Strategies for strengthening disaster finance in Indonesia

Indonesia is highly vulnerable to climate change disasters and requires the integration of insurance and mitigation strategies as integral components

Cursed by the rain gods? Assam’s climate challenge
Aug 17, 2023

Cursed by the rain gods? Assam’s climate challenge

Unless strategic measures are undertaken to address Assam’s climate and disaster risks, the losses to the state will only continue to mount in the y

Coping with floods: Indigenous survival strategies in Bangladesh
May 18, 2020

Coping with floods: Indigenous survival strategies in Bangladesh

Vulnerable communities are more confident and comfortable about using their local knowledge in crisis situations and indeed their functional knowledge

Creating Pathways for Disaster Risk Financing Post-COVID-19
Mar 25, 2021

Creating Pathways for Disaster Risk Financing Post-COVID-19

As South Asia faces an increasingly complex and expanding disaster risk landscape, the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the systemic gaps in risk management. There is a need for a paradigm shift in disaster risk reduction—from a single-hazard, single-sector perspective to a multi-hazard, multi-sectoral, and systemic risk perspective supported by parallel risk financing measures. This brief examines the current gaps in the efficient operatio

Making India’s coastal infrastructure climate-resilient: Challenges and opportunities
Aug 12, 2019

Making India’s coastal infrastructure climate-resilient: Challenges and opportunities

In recent years, India’s coastal regions have become more vulnerable to multiple risks related to climate change. Intense and more frequent cyclones such as the recent Fani, Gaja and Hudhud as well as severe floods have caused massive devastation to the country’s coastal states. While efficient disaster preparedness in many of these states has helped save many lives, there remain significant challenges in rebuilding damaged infrastructure and

Nepal earthquake: Women's special role in disaster management
Apr 28, 2015

Nepal earthquake: Women's special role in disaster management

The quick succession of large-scale natural calamities has highlighted the shortcomings in our disaster management and rehabilitation strategies at the national and state levels. Quite often, women's role and potential in disaster management and disaster risk reduction is overlooked.

Time to reset the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative
Nov 22, 2024

Time to reset the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative

India must enhance cooperation with like-minded partners on key issues that count for the region’s pursuit to progress and prosperity.

आपत्ती व्यवस्थापनाची दिशा… ओडिशा
Sep 09, 2020

आपत्ती व्यवस्थापनाची दिशा… ओडिशा

नैसर्गिकदृष्ट्या असुरक्षित असूनही लवकर पूर्वपदावर येण्याची क्षमता मिळविल्याने, ओडिशा हे राज्य आज संपूर्ण देशासाठी आपत्ती व्यवस्थापनातील आदर्श ठरले आहे.