Sundarbans has 'lost 110 square kilometres of mangroves in two decades'"Huge mangroves were lost in the British era as well. There is a 5.2 mm rise in sea levels in the Sunderbans. People have been affected by ...
24 Jan, 2023, 12.13 AM IST
Central teams do ground, aerial surveys to assess Yaas damageEighteen districts across the state, including Purba Medinipur, South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas and Paschim Medinipur, were impacted b...
08 Jun, 2021, 07.19 AM IST
Centre announces Rs 1,000 crore aid to Odisha, Bengal, JharkhandPrime Minister Narendra Modi conducted an aerial survey of Balasore, Bhadrak districts of Odisha and East Medinipur district of West Bengal...
29 May, 2021, 08.03 AM IST
About 1500 houses, crops on 75 hectare area damaged;18 injured & 10L impacted by Cyclone Yaas in J'khand"Initial assessment of the damage suggests collapse of 76 houses while partial damage was caused to 1,432 houses due to incessant rains in ...
28 May, 2021, 11.15 PM IST
Cyclone Yaas: PM Modi to conduct aerial survey, review situation in OdishaThe Prime Minister will first land in Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar, where he will hold a review meeting scheduled at 11 am today.
28 May, 2021, 10.29 AM IST
Take steps for normalcy in Yaas-affected areas: PM to officialsThe PM will visit Odisha and West Bengal on Friday to review the impact of Yaas and the relief efforts undertaken till now. Sources said he...
27 May, 2021, 09.18 PM IST
Will seek Central help for infrastructure to minimise cyclone damage: Maharashtra CMThe Union government must provide some assistance, he said, adding that cyclone Tauktae, which hit several parts of the state earlier this ...
21 May, 2021, 05.09 PM IST
Cyclone Fani to make landfall between May 3rd night and 4th early morning: KJ Ramesh, IMDCyclone Fani has already attained the strength of very severe cyclonic storm, says IMD DG
30 Apr, 2019, 05.58 PM IST
Cyclone Ockhi has not caused much damage to crops: S K Pattanayak, Agri SecretaryAccording to IMD, Ockhi has weakened into a deep depression early this morning and lay centred over west-central part of Bay of Bengal near...
08 Dec, 2017, 02.50 PM IST
Will submit report on cyclone damage at the earliest: Central teamPanneerselvam said he had recently met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking about Rs 23,000 crore towards relief and rehabilitation post V...
28 Dec, 2016, 01.54 PM IST
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd IPO deferred as company still assessing damages due to HudhudIn September RINL had filed a draft prospectus withSebi for an IPO through which the government will sell 10 per cent of its stake in the c...
25 Dec, 2014, 06.07 PM IST
Hudhud: World Bank, Asian Development Bank offer assistance for rehabilitationThe Andhra Pradesh government today said the World Bank and Asian Development Bank have offered assistance for rehabilitation of people and...
03 Dec, 2014, 06.16 PM IST
India's total rice output unlikely to fall below 100 million tonsUSDA has also pegged India's rice production this year to be at 100 mn tonnes, which includes 87 mn tonnes of kharif rice & 13 mn tonnes of...
20 Oct, 2014, 04.19 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh bracing itself for another cyclone; to cross coast on November 28Cyclonic storm 'Lehar' will cross the AP coast between Machillipatnam and Kalingapatnam near Kakinada on November 28, the Indian Meterologi...
24 Nov, 2013, 06.40 PM IST
Cyclone Phailin: Manmohan Singh announces interim relief of Rs 1000 crEx-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of deceased and Rs 50,000 each to the seriously injured has been announced from the PM's Nat...
09 Nov, 2013, 05.24 PM IST
PM Manmohan Singh cancels visit to cyclone-hit Odisha, Andhra PradeshHe has already announced Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia to the kin of each of those killed and Rs 50,000 for those seriously injured.
02 Nov, 2013, 04.46 PM IST
- Union environment ministry's expert team to submit report on Posco ecology by October
This was revealed by K Ray Paul, the leader of the MoEF committee after meeting Odisha government officials and executives of the South Kor...
22 Aug, 2012, 08.13 PM IST