Environment
Three dead as Cyclone Fani pummels temple town Puri
03 May 2019
The IMD said `Fani’ is very likely weaken further over the next nine hours as it continues to move north-northeastward and weaken further after it reaches Gangetic West Bengal tomorrow
Over 2 lakh evacuated along east coast as Cyclone Fani looms
02 May 2019
Authorities expect a total of about 800,000 people to be evacuated from low-lying areas of Odisha to cyclone shelters, schools and other buildings before the cyclonic storm makes a landfall by Friday
NDRF, Coast Guard on alert as Cyclone Fani intensifies
30 Apr 2019
The storm currently lies about 620 km east-northeast of Trincomalee in Sri Lanka, 770 km east-southeast of Chennai and 900 km south-southeast of Machilipatnam, the IMD stated in a morning release
Cyclone `Fani' to intensify in 6 hrs, change course in 24 hrs
29 Apr 2019
It is very likely to move northwestwards till 1 May evening and thereafter recurve north-northeastwards gradually, the Indian Meteorological Department said in its latest forecast
Why lightning often strikes twice
18 Apr 2019
Green plastic production made easy
17 Apr 2019
Cyclone Idai claims over 700, displaces millions in Southern Africa
25 Mar 2019
While almost 110,000 people have been saved, according to the National Institute of Disaster Management, at least 600,000 people have been displaced, the WFP said
SC stays own order to evict a million forest dwellers
28 Feb 2019
The court asked the state governments details about forest dwellers currently occupying the forest areas, along with a timeline to evict those who are not entitled to occupy such lands
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