Need proactive approach, tech interventions to minimize damage from natural disasters: PM Modi"We have to be proactive rather than reactive. What was the situation in the country (earlier) for being proactive and what is the situatio...
Weathering Cyclone Fani: How Odisha is rebuilding lives and localities ravaged by itOdisha has been widely praised for its efforts before Fani, but now an equally challenging task lies ahead.
Centre building new system for lightning alerts: IMD officialThe top IMD official also complimented the Odisha government for talking "proactive steps" in building proper infrastructure to ensure safe...
Odisha flood toll rises to two; 25,000 people hitEarlier, Shiba Sankar Sahu (40), of Gopabandhu Nagar under Similiguda block had died after being swept away by flood water, he said.
Nepal earthquake: Odisha government announces Rs 5 crore for victimsApart from this, three officials of the Odisha State Disaster Mitigation Authority have been sent to Nepal to help with thre relief and res...
Asit Tripathy is the new home secretary of OdishaAsit Tripathy was posted as the secretary of home department and was also given the additional charge of employment training and technical ...
World Bank praises India's cyclone Phailin evacuation effortsThe World Bank has praised India's evacuation of nearly 10 lakh people in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, which ensured minimal loss of human li...
- Natural disaster-prone Orissa roping ISRO, NRSC
A decade after the natural calamity-prone Orissa got devastated by Super Cyclone, the Naveen Patnaik government is taking help of technolog...