A woman senior citizen was killed as monsoon abruptly hit Mumbai with full force, with 300 mm rains recorded in just six hours on Monday, throwing flights, railways and road traffic into chaos, stranding lakhs of commuters, and leading to closure of all educational institutions.
With the coastal State attracting millions of endangered olive ridley sea turtles every year and housing the world's largest-known nesting ground of these species at Gahirmatha
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has prepared a draft policy on “Mitigation and Rehabilitation measures for people displaced by Coastal and River Erosion”.
The NFHS-5 field survey in the State was conducted from 19 January 2020 to 21 March 2020 prior to the lockdown and from 30 November 2020 to 31 March 2021 in the post-lockdown. The survey was conducted under the stewardship of Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR). The surveyors had gathered data from 26,467 households, 27,971 women, and 3,865 men, according to officials.
Two fresh fatalities took the death toll to 8,346 while the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) at 0.29% continued to remain below 1% for almost a month.
Six districts- Nabarangpur, Kandhamal, Nuapada (2 each), Keonjhar (3), Deogarh (7), Malkangiri (8)- are on the threshold of becoming Covid-free with single digit active cases.
Cyclone Warning Centre Visakhapatnam warned that tidal wave of about 0.5 m height above the astronomical tide likely to inundate low lying areas of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Ganjam districts during the time of landfall
The government is planning to develop 14 Coastal Economic Zones (CEZs) under its ambitious Sagarmala Programme to promote port-led industrialization,…
