NCP chief Sharad Pawar spoke at the 30th anniversary of the 1993 Killari earthquake in Maharashtra, highlighting the effective disaster management system that was implemented during that time. He stated that India now has a strong administrative system in place to confidently face any kind of disaster. Pawar also mentioned that the UN and the World Bank recognized the country s disaster management efforts.
Civil rights group plans online homage to Corona spate every Friday starting May 7
Counterview Desk
A civil rights organisation, Rashtra Seva Dal (RSD), which claims to work to promote democracy, secularism, Constitutional values, equality and scientific thinking, has decided to offer collective homage for victims of the corona spate, which it says is both “biological and ideological.”
Titled Friday Flame: For a Fear Free India , and proposed as anon-line homage and tribute, the on-line shraddhanjali, says an email alert to Counterview by well-known linguist Ganesh Devy, president, RSD, “will include lighting five candles or diyas, symbolising Courage, Unity, and Hope, Freedom and Equality, and two-three minutes short speeches in memory of the the departed.”