Govt launches national disaster helpline 1078
The Government of India launched a national disaster helpline 1078 to help people seek information about their near and dear […]
Earthquake: Govt using social media as key means of communication
Social media platforms have emerged as the key means of communication with government, various agencies and individuals using Twitter and […]
Facebook, Google help families, friends locate loved ones
Tech giants Facebook and Google are helping families locate loved ones trapped in earthquake-affected areas. Facebook’s safety tool, Safety App […]
Online disaster & emergency response communities formed for 100 districts
Online and mobile based local communities have been formed for 100 districts of India over the last month Iorder to […]
G2G Initiative
GSI Enterprise Portal Implementing Agency: Geological Survey of India www.portal.gsi.gov.in GSI Enterprise Portal Project has made possible the building of […]
Tech@work when disasters strike
[This article was published in the April 2011 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
We are very vulnerable to nature
Making Cities Safe and Secure : Sanjay Bahl, Chief Security Officer-Microsoft India
India has been making rapid progress in the areas of public safety and security. While this wasn
New Products by C-DAC
Four new products have been launched by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) which are, Saarathy (mobile navigation solutions); MI SDK – medical informatics SDK suite with SDK for DICOM and SDK for HL7; EQ-Check (software for computer aided seismic checking and design of concrete structures) and GO-Write (GIST online writer independent text entry).
San Francisco honoured for emergency preparedness website
The City’s Office of Emergency Services and Homeland Security, San Francisco, won a Webby Award for its emergency preparedness website, 72hours.org.
