<span style="color: #222222;">The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has underlined the need for sharing the best practices and cooperation among countries to build a safer world. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Inaugurating a two-day preparatory meeting for Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO), joint exercise on urban earthquake search and rescue in New Delhi, MDMA member RK Jain highlighted the vulnerabilities of the SCO region, its impact, challenges and measure for effective emergency management. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The event was aimed at getting well prepared in advance before any possibility of natural calamities. The main joint exercise will take place in February next year.</span>