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Narendra Modi announces national award in Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's name for exceptional disaster relief workers
•A national award in the name of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose will be given every year to police personnel who do excellent work in rescue and relief operations during any kind of disaster, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Sunday.
Cyclone Titli: Odisha govt asks Centre for Rs 1,000 cr as interim assistance, claims flood caused losses worth Rs 2,765 cr
•The Odisha government asked the Centre on Thursday to release an interim assistance of Rs 1,000 crore for relief-and-restoration work in 17 districts as last week's Cyclone Titli and the subsequent flood caused a loss of about Rs 2,765 crore and affected 60.11 lakh people.
Cyclone Titli: Toll rises to 52; financial losses estimated at Rs 2,200 crore; Odisha govt says relief work underway
•95 percent of the roads damaged by Cyclone Titli in Odisha have been repaired. Almost all thoroughfares have been repaired and power and drinking water supply restored in the urban areas. In rural areas, work is still in progress.
Hurricane Michael toll rises to 16; Florida governor Rick Scott says Mexico Beach 'devastated' due to storm
•Dozens of structures in Mexico Beach — homes, shops and restaurants — were lifted off their foundations by Hurricane Michael, and moved hundreds of feet inland or smashed to bits.
Cyclonic storm DAYE makes landfall in Odisha, triggers heavy downpour in several parts of state; IMD predicts damage to roads, crops
Fp Staff •The cyclonic storm DAYE over the northwest Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestward with a speed of about 23 kilometres per hour and crossed south Odisha and adjoining Andhra Pradesh coast close to Gopalpur in the early hours of Friday, Director, Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, HR Biswas said.
Cyclone DAYE in Odisha, coastal Andhra Pradesh: NDMA issues PSA, cites safety and evacuation guidelines during cyclonic storm
Fp Staff •Cyclonic storm DAYE crossed the coast near Gopalpur in Odisha early Friday, triggering heavy downpour accompanied by high-velocity wind in several parts of the state. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a warning on Thursday for southern Odisha and coastal Andhra Pradesh.
Kerala, After The Floods: Denying aid to disaster-struck state is cruelty; India should see flaws in govt policy
Aakar •If national pride is indeed the reason behind rejecting foreign aid for Kerala, it should be the person and the community that is affected by the disastrous floods that should determine whether or not their honour is dented in accepting assistance
Lombok earthquake: Indonesia disaster management agency puts toll at 555; 390,000 remain displaced
•The spokesperson for Indonesia's disaster management agency said that troops have been sent to hard-to-reach villages in Lombok, where aid is provided on foot.
Centre says Rs 600cr provided to flood-hit Kerala till now only 'advance assistance', further funds subject to damage-assessment
Fp Staff •On Wednesday, Kerala Congress leader Oomnen Chandy had termed the Centre's financial assistance to flood-ravaged Kerala as "disappointing."
Will Kerala accept UAE's Rs 700 crore contribution for floods? Centre will decide, KJ Alphons tells Firstpost
Rishirajbhagawati •The minister's comment came hours after the UAE, Maldives and Qatar pledged assistance to India for relief and rehabilitation measures in Kerala.