Bhubaneswar: Despite the COVID heat on Odisha in May, the cool fact for the State is in the indicator of confirmed cases per day, Odisha still doesn’t figure in the top-10 states that record large...

Bhubaneswar: The Bay of Bengal’s first pre-monsoon cyclone Amphan has been playing a waiting game for long. But the time is up for the game now. All the lead Met agencies world over have today...

Bhubaneswar: The word ‘Unusual’ seems trending in Odisha this summer – be it the COVID or the unusual weather trend, where in a first since the year 2000, the maximum day temperature across the state...

Bhubaneswar: With IMD finally confirming the birth of season’s first pre-Monsoon cyclone Amphan today, will Odisha see a Fani redux this May? While IMD is still to release the track details of cyclone Amphan, the...

Bhubaneswar: With as many as nine reputed Met models having unanimously predicted that the cyclone-in-making, Amphan will date Bangladesh coming Wednesday, it is certain that Odisha will not see the redux of last May’s Fani...

Bhubaneswar: Last May, Odisha saw with horror the wrath of snake (cylone Fani (Foni) snake hood) dance. This May, Bay of Bengal is ready with another terror – cyclone Amphan. But lead Met agencies believe,...

Bhubaneswar: Cyclone Amphan will come into existence in the Bay of Bengal (BoB) by the evening of today. The big watch out factor for Odisha is the cyclonic storm will acquire the ferocious category of...

Bhubaneswar: The recent COVID projection report by IIT Delhi delivers a bombshell.  COVID positives in Odisha will cross the 10K mark in June first week. The number of corona positives as on May 15 in...

Bhubaneswar: The second Covid-19 wave is seemingly not only fast but also infects the young in a big way. The number count tells the high incidence. Of every 10 infected…

Bhubaneswar: Weather is often described as moody. As cyclone Amphan grows up to become a severe cyclonic storm in Bay of Bengal today, the Met models also have seemingly gone the moody way. The big...

Bhubaneswar: In May, the COVID clock in Odisha sees nearly 40 cases in every 24 hours. The State has 828 COVID positives as on today. The major burden is borne by three districts Ganjam, Jajpur...

Bhubaneswar:  With every passing hour, cyclone Amphan seems getting fiercer. The central pressure of system. which was earlier estimated at around 975 hecta pascal (hPa), has fallen  steeply to around 919 hpa during the mid-day...

Bhubaneswar: In the battle against COVID, apart from social distancing, more and more  tests are considered as an effective weapon. Because, it is the test positivity rate that shows how challenging is the fight against...

Bhubaneswar: The big cyclone breaking this morning is super cyclone Amphan has lost its ‘eye’. The eastern side eyewall of cyclone Amphan is now open. The rapid consolidation of the cyclone Amphan is now facing...

Bhubaneswar: The countdown to landfall of super cyclone Amphan begins. Almost in the next 24-hours, SCS Amphan will make landfall. Even at this moment, there seems a divergence among the Met scientists world over regarding...

Bhubaneswar: In the last 3-decades, the Bay of Bengal had brewed as many as 7 lethal cyclones (including Super Cyclone Amphan) during the pre-Monsoon season of April – May. But the top wind with which...

Bhubaneswar: Even as the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted a normal Monsoon for the country, the forecast brings a little cheer for Odisha. The State may witness its fifth…

Bhubaneswar: In the midst of COVID gloom, doom days seem prevailing in Odisha’s employment market. Jobseeker count reaches a new high, but count of job providers shrinks to a record low in the State. A...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw bountiful of rains in spring and summer this year. The State has received 122 per cent more rainfall during the period of March to mid-May. This excess rainfall in the State is...

Bhubaneswar: In Odisha, the month of May is only the beginning of COVID-19’s uptick phase. Come June and July, the peak corona picture of the State will be on full display. However, the cheering part...