BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has requested the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to amend the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) notificat ...

As India marks Van Mahotsav 2025, the "Festival of Trees" carries more urgency than ever. What began in 1950 as a tree- planting initiative by KM Munshi has since evolved into one of the nation's most ...

The expert appraisal committee’s recommendation comes days after the forest advisory committee deferred granting forest ...

In a historic moment blending nostalgia with cutting-edge space exploration, Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, currently orbiting the Earth aboard India’s Gaganyan mission, will ...

A new cyclonic circulation is likely to form on June 29 and intensify into a low-pressure area within 24 hours.

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Fani, a rare summer cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, hit eastern India on May 3. It is one of the strongest cyclones to have hit India in the last 20 years, according to the ...

India’s cyclone Fani recovery offers the world lessons in disaster preparedness Published: May 13, 2019 7:07am EDT Fani, a rare summer cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, hit eastern India on May 3.

A plainclothes policeman announces an evacuation alert after Cyclone Fani hit the coastal eastern state of Odisha, at a railway crossing in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 3, 2019. Credit: AP Photo ...

As Cyclone Fani strengthened and made landfall over eastern India on May 3, a network of weather satellites kept an eye on the massive storm. The cyclone peaked with wind speeds of up to 127 mph ...

Cyclone Fani: Indian Navy launches rescue and rehabilitation effort in Odisha Eastern Naval Command is undertaking a three-pronged rescue and rehabilitation effort centred around Puri The Naval ...