The disasters, including floods and landslides, also led to the loss of 61,826 cattle, damage to over 3.63 lakh houses, and affected 14.24 lakh hectares of cropped land ...

The company reports robust growth and strategic initiatives amidst challenges in new markets and cost management.

BHUBANESWAR: The state government is set to amend the Odisha Relief Code to widen its scope and make it more amenable to the ...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha fire and emergency service will establish an advanced unified command and control (UCC) centre (UCC) to ...

By Jyotiraj Patra Wetland ecosystems are vital to a thriving, resilient and inclusive economy. The global value of wetland ecosystem services for human health, wellbeing and security is estimated to ...

A glacier collapse caused a massive flood disaster in Sikkim, India, in 2023. Scientists linked the event to climate change.

Odisha’s carrier pigeon service still maintains a fleet of around 150 birds, though their purpose has grown increasingly ...

Berhampur: The Ganjam District Tennis Association (GDTA) in Odisha is preparing to host national-level Under-16 AITA Super ...

In October 2023, a multi-hazard cascade in the Sikkim Himalayas was triggered when earth and stones, which had accumulated ...

The 2023 Sikkim floods were triggered by landslides that were made more likely due to heavy rainfall and were a result of an interplay of climate change, glacier loss and human infrastructure in ...

A comprehensive 23-year study by IIT Bombay researchers, analysing data from 1995 to 2018, has revealed the immense financial burden that floods and cyclones im ...

The study cites the World Risk Index 2023, which ranks India third among 193 countries in terms of disaster risk ...