How India Quietly Rolled Back the Legal Right to Disaster Relief

The deletion of key provisions from the Disaster Management Act, 2005 undermines humanitarian principles and decades of institutional progress, yet it has gone almost unnoticed.

by P. G. Dhar Chakrabarti
The Wire
January 7, 2026

https://thewire.in/government/how-india-quietly-rolled-back-the-legal-right-to-disaster-relief

📑 #press release #UNDRR DEC-30

Aden -- #yemen is taking important steps to strengthen national resilience by advancing the National Implementation Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation (2026-2030)

#DisasterRiskReduction

#civilprotection #disastermanagement
#SendaiFramework #UN

🔹 The plan aims to translate national priorities into a practical, time-bound roadmap

🔹 🔵 UNDP-UNDRR joint collaboration

Full report (prime source) 👇🏽

https://www.undrr.org/news/yemen-advances-national-roadmap-resilience-undrr-support

Phó Thủ tướng Thường trực được giao trách nhiệm làm Trưởng ban chỉ đạo phòng không nhân dân Trung ương. Đây là bước quan trọng để củng cố khả năng phòng đoàn thiên tai và bảo vệ nhân dân. #Policy #Vietnam #Leadership #DisasterManagement

https://vtcnews.vn/pho-thu-tuong-thuong-truc-lam-truong-ban-chi-dao-phong-khong-nhan-dan-trung-uong-ar994701.html

One-Day Workshop on “IRS” (Incident Response System)

#MumbaiTimes #IncidentResponseSystem #IRSWorkshop #DisasterManagement #EmergencyResponse #DisasterPreparedness #CapacityBuilding #IRSIndia

https://mumbaitimes.org/one-day-workshop-on-irs-incident-response-system/

One-Day Workshop on “IRS” (Incident Response System)

#TycoonWorld #IncidentResponseSystem #IRSWorkshop #DisasterManagement #EmergencyResponse #DisasterPreparedness #CapacityBuilding #IRSIndia

https://tycoonworld.in/one-day-workshop-on-irs-incident-response-system/

இமயமலையில் நிலநடுக்க அபாயம் ஏன் அதிகம்? முன்னெச்சரிக்கை நடவடிக்கைகள், எச்சரிக்கை அமைப்புகள், மக்கள் விழிப்புணர்வு அவசியம் குறித்து விளக்கம்.
#earthquake #himalaya #naturaldisaster #earthquakerisk #disastermanagement #earlywarning #safetymeasures #seismicactivity #publicawareness #latestnews
https://viralnewstatus.blogspot.com/2025/12/blog-post_14.html

324th Mountaineering and Adventure Sports Training Programme Concludes at Regional Mountaineering Institute.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/hp_324_mountaineering_programme_concludes

#Mountaineering #AdventureSports #McLeodganj #NSSVolunteers #YouthTraining #DisasterManagement #TriundTrek #HimachalPradesh #AdventureEducation

Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters

Sri Lanka pledges $33,000 aid after Cyclone Ditwah

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://dailytimes.com.pk/1413489/sri-lanka-pledges-33000-aid-after-cyclone-ditwah/

🎓 GeoTech Cohort Sharing

More highlights from the GFP Annual Conference 2025 in Budapest! 🇭🇺🌊

Our GeoTech student Ayesha Tariq joined workshops on improving flood forecasts, risk mapping in data-scarce regions, and integrating Earth Observation with local knowledge for resilience planning.

The conference concluded with a visit to the Kvassay Dam, emphasizing the importance of connecting early warnings with community action.

#GeoTech #GFP2025 #CohortSharing #DisasterManagement #RemoteSensing

Researchers created the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a high-resolution #3Dmap of all buildings worldwide. 🌍 The data enables more acurate #urbanplanning, #disastermanagement and #infrastructuredevelopment: http://go.tum.de/160500

#datascience

📷Earth System Science Data

📑 The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched a new weekly #podcast called IFRC News

🔹 🎧 The programme brings listeners the latest stories from across the IFRC network and features voices from major #humanitarian operations around the #world

#ihl #humanrights #geneva #civilprotection #emergencyresponse
#disastermanagement

📌 Check it out, IFRC News is available on major podcast platforms 👇🏽

https://www.ifrc.org/press-release/ifrc-launches-new-weekly-podcast-ifrc-news

Volcanic ash India: Effect of Ethiopian volcanic eruption: Ash cloud reaches Delhi, major impact on flights
https://hindi.vaartha.com/national/ethiopia-volcano-ash-cloud-india-flight-disruptions-news/72555/
#VolcanicAsh #EthiopiaVolcano #AshCloud #DelhiNCR #FlightDelay #AirTraffic #Eruption2025 #HayliGubbi #EnvironmentalImpact #AirlineSafety #WeatherAlert #AshPlume #IndiaWeather #DisasterManagement #VolcanoEruption #SulphurDioxide #FlightCancellations #SkyHaziness #ClimateImpact

🚨 Gia Lai kích hoạt kịch bản ứng phó lũ cấp độ 3.1 cho 58 xã, phường. Đề nghị bố trí chỗ ở tạm ngay tại các cơ sở quân đội, công cộng hoặc hình thức xen ghép, không để người dân thiếu nơi ở an toàn. #GiaLai #Lũ #FloodResponse #Vietnam #DisasterManagement #AnToan #KichBanUngPho #Emergency #Safety

https://vtcnews.vn/gia-lai-kich-hoat-kich-ban-ung-pho-lu-cap-do-3-1-doi-voi-58-xa-phuong-ar988037.html

Trung Bộ tiếp tục chịu đợt mưa lớn; Thủ tướng yêu cầu nhanh chóng khắc phục hậu quả bão lũ, rút kinh nghiệm và chủ động ứng phó ngập lụt. #Vietnam #TrungBộ #MưaLớn #NgậpLụt #Thủtướng #FloodResponse #PrimeMinister #DisasterManagement

https://vtcnews.vn/trung-bo-tiep-tuc-chiu-dot-mua-lon-thu-tuong-yeu-cau-chu-dong-ung-pho-ngap-lut-ar987582.html

Bộ đội, công an tại Đắk Lắk, Gia Lai dồn toàn lực sơ tán người dân đến nơi an toàn trước khi bão số 13 Kalmaegi đổ bộ, di chuyển rất nhanh và mạnh. #BãoSố13 #Kalmaegi #Sơtán #ĐắkLắk #GiaLai #PhòngChốngThảmHọa #Vietnam #Typhoon13 #Evacuation #DisasterManagement #Rescue

https://vtcnews.vn/bo-doi-cong-an-don-toan-luc-so-tan-dan-den-noi-an-toan-truoc-them-bao-so-13-ar985527.html

Additional overlays are now available showing damage on #Jamaica from #HurricaneMelissa. The map link below opens at White House which is a town on the coast NW of Black River.

One screenshot shows the NOAA aerial zoomed in at part of White House and the other screenshot shows the Google aerial for the same location. #SearchAndRescue #DisasterManagement

Open GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=18.090718,-77.968292&zoom=18&basemap=Open_Topo_Map&overlay=Melissa_Oct_31a,Melissa_Nov_01a,Melissa_Nov_02a,Melissa_Nov_02b&data=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/NOAA_damage_aerials/2025_hurricane_Melissa_damage.txt||18.024542,-77.848874

#rewatch 📲 Dennis Zulu, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in #jamaica, The Bahamas, Bermuda, The Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands, joins the daily noon briefing of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, OCT-29 2025, to provide an update on the devastation caused by #hurricanemelissa in Jamaica and offer insights into the #emergencyresponse and #disastermanagement

Video: UN Caribbean

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWiDy35RWc4

Africa: Indirect Disaster Effects Cost the World Nearly $2 Trillion Per Year, Says UN Secretary-General On International Day: [UN News] From 1970 until 2000, the costs of disaster averaged $70-$80 billion. Those mainly preventable costs doubled this century to average $180-$200 billion annually, according to a recent report published by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNfpn2 #DisasterManagement #ClimateChange #SustainableDevelopment #UNDRR #Africa

Latest News: 200 cylinders exploded in Jaipur for two hours.
https://hindi.vaartha.com/national/200-cylinders-exploded-in-jaipur-over-two-hours/66069/
#BreakingNews #JaipurExplosion #LPGBlast #GasCylinderExplosion #JaipurIncident #DisasterNews #EmergencyResponse #FireExplosion #JaipurFire #JaipurAccident #JaipurNews #ExplosionUpdate #JaipurHighway #SafetyAlert #DisasterManagement #GasCylinderBlast #RescueOperations #JaipurBlast2025 #JaipurEmergency #CrisisNews

Gas Cylinder Truck Accident: Gas cylinders exploded like bombs!
https://vaartha.com/national/gas-cylinders-exploded-like-bombs/560625/
#GasCylinderAccident #LPGExplosion #TruckAccident #JaipurAjmerHighway #GasCylinderBlast #LPGTruckFire #Explosions #AccidentNews #FireBrigadeResponse #DisasterManagement #TelanganaNews #HighwayAccident #SafetyAlert #BreakingNews #VaarthaTelugu