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Floods, cyclones … business and governments must wake up to disaster | Mark Tran
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20.5.2013 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| Companies need to take more consideration of disaster risks when looking for investments in Africa and Asia
• Worst natural disasters of 2012 by numbers displaced – in pictures
• Climate disasters displace millions of people worldwide
Companies will be looking increasingly at investment opportunities in Africa and Asia in coming decades as that is where growth is strong, but for most of them the risk of disasters is unlikely to be on the radar. Steps are being taken to try to change this mindset.
In exploring investment opportunities, companies will look at political risk, access to natural resources and infrastructure. However, country briefings, analyst reports and business forecasts rarely mention disaster risk. Analysts are unlikely to mention the threat from volcanoes and tsunamis when looking at investment opportunities in, say, Indonesia.
Conversely, emerging economies will be competing to attract foreign investors by offering tax holidays and special economic zones. In the ... |
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Rs. 1,481 crore for coastal risk mitigation project
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17.5.2013 |
Hindu: News |
| Tamil Nadu, which has faced several natural disasters, including the 2004 tsunami, is to have a Rs. 1,481-crore ‘Coastal Disaster Risk Reduction Project’ this year, with financial assistance from... |
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Sanghi to succeed Sathiyavathy as Chief Secretary of Puducherry
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15.5.2013 |
The New Indian Express - Tamil Nadu - http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/ |
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Manmohan Singh to go to Japan, Thailand May-end
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14.5.2013 |
New Kerala: India News |
| New Delhi, May 14 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh goes to Japan May 27-29 for the annual bilateral summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during which nuclear energy cooperation will be high on the agenda. He will then go to Thailand at the invitation of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. |
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Manmohan Singh to go to Japan, Thailand by May-end
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14.5.2013 |
Zee News : India National |
| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh goes to Japan May 27-29 for the annual bilateral summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during which nuclear energy cooperation will be high on the agenda. |
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Strong Iran quake kills child, causes damage
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12.5.2013 |
TOI: All Headlines |
| Strong Iran quake kills child, causes damage |
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Minds traumatised by disaster heal themselves without therapy
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12.5.2013 |
The Guardian -- World Latest |
| Aid agencies that promote one-off counselling sessions after major traumas only prolong victims' suffering
One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded hit on Boxing Day 2004. The resulting tsunami devastated huge swaths of the Indian Ocean coastline and left an estimated quarter of a million people dead across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand. Aid agencies quickly arrived to help battered and traumatised survivors.
Mental health was a massive part of the emergency response but the World Health Organisation promptly did something it has never done before or since. It specifically denounced a type of psychological therapy and recommended that it shouldn't be used. The therapy was a single session treatment called "psychological debriefing", which involved working with disaster victims to encourage people to supposedly "process" the intense emotions by talking through them in stages. It was intended to prevent later mental health problems by helping people resolve difficult emotions ... |
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6.2 magnitude earthquake hits Iran
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11.5.2013 |
Deccan Chronicle: World |
| Tehran: A strong earthquake of 6.2 magnitude hit southern Iran early on Saturday, killing one child and injuring at least 20 others in remote, mountainous villages, state television reported.
The US Geological Survey registered the quake at 0738 IST, measured at 85 kilometres (52 miles) southeast |
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6.2 magnitude quake kills child, causes damage in southern Iran
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11.5.2013 |
IE: Latest News |
| Iran is prone to frequent earthquakes, some of which have been devastating. |
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Strong Iran quake kills child, causes damage
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11.5.2013 |
Latest News |
| A strong earthquake of 6.2 magnitude hit southern Iran early today, killing one child and injuring at least 20 others in remote, mountainous villages, state television reported.
The US Geological Survey registered the quake at 0738 IST, measured at ... |
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Strong-Iran-quake-kills-child-causes-damage
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11.5.2013 |
Hindustan Times: World |
| Strong-Iran-quake-kills-child-causes-damage |
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Research Centres to Predict Earthquakes, Floods etc.
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6.5.2013 |
Govt of india: PIB |
| Research Centres to Predict Earthquakes, Floods etc. |
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Jayalalithaa hands over new homes to Tsunami affected
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6.5.2013 |
Zee News : States |
| Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J
Jayalalithaa today handed over 3,616 housing units constructed at a cost of Rs 139.51 crore to those who were affected by the 2004 Tsunami. |
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Dhaka defends collapse aid refusal
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30.4.2013 |
BBC: Front Page |
| Bangladesh defends its decision to turn down foreign help in a rescue operation after the collapse of a building that killed at least 382 people. |
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Cause Celebre : Srars Promoting Social Causes
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19.4.2013 |
New Kerala: India News |
| Star power can make a difference to causes that benefit the public. Some of the agendas stars of the tinsel world are taking up show a side of themselves which many are unaware of as Shoma A. Chatterji reveals. |
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Not enough clamour from citizens for reforms in city governance, says Bangalore MP
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16.4.2013 |
Citizen Matters |
Rajeev Chandrasekhar says he wants the voters to be aware of the real direction required for Bangalore, about the positions of the MLA candidate and political parties, about the real reforms required in city governance
Rajeev Chandrasekhar is an independent MP representing Karnataka and Bangalore Urban in the Rajya Sabha. In April 2012, he was elected unopposed for the second term with the support of the JD(S) and BJP MLAs in the Karnataka Assembly. He is the founder of RC foundation which focuses on primary education for poor children; and has been at the forefront of raising finances and resources for supporting Tsunami-affected people, Kargil war-affected and defence personnel and rehabilitation of children impacted by the tragic burning of school in Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu. Chandrasekhar has been looking forward to…  |
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Rolling back the architect
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15.4.2013 |
Down to Earth |
Durganand Balsavar’s designs incorporate community demands even at the cost of violating architectural principles
 Houses designed by Artes for tsunami victims in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu (Photographs Courtesy : Durganand Balsavar)
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37-dead-850-injured-in-6-3-magnitude-quake-in-Iran
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9.4.2013 |
Hindustan Times: World |
| 37-dead-850-injured-in-6-3-magnitude-quake-in-Iran |
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TN fishermen to get VHF radio devices
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6.4.2013 |
deccanherald.com |
| TN fishermen to get VHF radio devices |
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A Story of Love…
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4.4.2013 |
Hindu: Cities |
| Charity workers Susanna and Jesse Joseph put their concern and compassion into action to transform lives of girl children in and around Madurai |
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