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ICDRI 2025: coastal resilience

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: ICDRI 2025: coastal resilience (GS3 · Disaster management, 7 June 2025)
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What happened

  • The PM addressed the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure 2025, themed “Shaping a Resilient Future for Coastal Regions” [PIB].
  • He said India’s tsunami warning system benefits 29 countries [PIB].

Background

  • CDRI works with 25 Small Island Developing States on resilient homes, hospitals and early warning [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Coastal infrastructure must be built for rising seas.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Disaster and disaster management

  1. As per PIB (2025-06-07): the PM addressed the International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure 2025, themed "Shaping a Resilient Future for Coastal Regions".
  2. Coastal infrastructure must be built for rising seas.
Quotable data point

He said India's tsunami warning system benefits 29 countries.

PIB: PM at ICDRI 2025, 7 Jun 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: CDRI, SIDS.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

ICDRI 2025 theme concerned

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

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Official source: PIB: PM at ICDRI 2025, 7 Jun 2025

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