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Drones help reshape crime-fightingAs US authorities grapple with how to regulate the use of unarmed drones in US skies, a small network of police, first responders and experts is already flying unmanned aircraft. These operators More… |
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Air Arabia ties up with UAE emergency authoritySharjah-based Air Arabia, a leading low-cost carrier in the region, has signed a MoU with the UAE National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority (NCEMA), the federal organisation responsible for coordinating the national response t More… |
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Reuters launches new interactive mapThomson Reuters has added an interactive map for monitoring the impact of weather, natural disasters and political events on commodity production and freight to its flagship desktop, Thomson Reuters Eikon. Interactive Map allows c More… |
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Global economy ‘could bear disaster for a week’The global economy could withstand widespread disruption from a major natural disaster or attack by militants for only a week, a report by UK-based think-tank Chatham House said on Friday. The frequency of natural disasters, such as extrem More… |
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Disaster recovery plan 'key for businesses'Two-fifths of Gulf businesses do not have a disaster recovery (DR) plan in place for their IT section and 49 per cent have no business continuity plan for their workplace requirements. The catastrophic spate of disasters that occurred in 2 More… |
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Rosenbauer wins $320m Saudi ministry contractRosenbauer, a leading manufacturer of firefighting and disaster protection vehicles, said it has clinched a Saudi ministry contract worth 245.3 million euros ($320 million) for supply of fire engineering equipment. As per the contract More… |
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180 killed as typhoon lashes PhilippinesA typhoon hit the southern Philippines triggering flash floods and landslides that killed nearly 180 people and forced about 100,000 from their homes, government and army officials said Saturday. Typhoon Washi, with winds gusting up to 90k More… |
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Disaster response plan for GCC drawn upDisaster victims in Bahrain could be treated at hospitals across the region under a new agreement being drawn up at GCC level. The agreement is being finalised as Iran goes ahead with plans to fire up its first nuclear plant just across th More… |
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Bahrain to have oil spill disaster planBahrain will soon have a new contingency plan to manage an oil spill disaster in light of the massive leak at the British Petroleum oil rig off the Gulf of Mexico. The updated plan will be tested out during a comprehensive drill immediatel More… |
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UN disaster report to be launched todayUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Bahrain today to attend the launch of the UN Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction. He will be attending the launch at the Ritz-Carlton Bahrain Hotel and Spa alongside Prime More… |
