India loses $9.8 billion every year due to disasters

Last Updated: Monday, May 4, 2015, 23:14

India suffers losses of $9.8 billion every year owing to multi-hazard disasters as 58.6 percent of its land is prone to earthquakes and 8.5 percent vulnerable to cyclone, as per a UN estimate.

India-origin billionaires to build 1,200 houses in Nepal

Last Updated: Sunday, May 3, 2015, 19:01

Nepali billionaire businessman Upendra Mahato has announced Rs 150 million in assistance for the relief and rehabilitation of the earthquake victims.

SBI Nepal opens rupee exchange counters at Kathmandu airport

Last Updated: Sunday, May 3, 2015, 13:47

Stranded Indians are using benefits of these counters and getting their funds exchanged, he added.

IMF says ready to help quake-struck Nepal

Last Updated: Thursday, April 30, 2015, 22:42

The International Monetary Fund said Thursday it was ready to extend aid to Nepal to help it begin rebuilding after a devastating earthquake that left nearly 6,000 dead.

CII to send relief material to quake-hit Nepal

Last Updated: Monday, April 27, 2015, 21:09

Industry body CII has constituted a task force to assist in relief work in earthquake-ravaged areas in Nepal and affected parts of India.

FICCI joins hands with govt to provide relief to Nepal

Last Updated: Sunday, April 26, 2015, 19:37

Industry body FICCI Sunday said it has joined hands with the government to extend relief to quake -hit Nepal.

Telecom operators slash call rates to quake-hit Nepal

Last Updated: Sunday, April 26, 2015, 19:20

Telecom operators MTS India and Tata Teleservices Sunday said they have slashed charges for calls made to earthquake-hit Nepal to support disaster relief efforts.

No major impact on Indian companies operating in Nepal

Last Updated: Sunday, April 26, 2015, 17:57

Indian companies operating in the earthquake-hit Nepal Sunday said there has not been any major imapct on their operations in the Himalyan nation.

Strong earthquake rattles Greek island

Last Updated: Monday, February 3, 2014, 11:04

A strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck near the Greek island of Cephalonia in the Ionian Sea early on Monday, the the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported.