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On February 25, the government had announced new IT rules for large social media firms such as Twitter, Facebook and others, asking them to comply with the new regulations. The new IT rules include, appointment of resident grievance officer, plus it has asked major social media intermediaries (with over 50 lakh users) to have a physical contact address in India, monitoring of objectionable content, and monthly compliance report.

Flight operations suspended at Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar. In view of the impending very severe cyclonic storm Yaas, flight operations have been suspended at the Bhubaneswar Airport. Flight operations will remain suspended at the airport from May 25th 11 PM till 5 AM of May 27th.

Cyclone Yaas has now turned into a very severe cyclonic storm. As per the earlier predictions of India Meteorological Department (IMD), Cyclone Yaas intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm in the evening today. As per IMD Chief, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, the cyclone now lays about 180 km off Paradip coast.

Ahead of the landfall of Cyclone Yaas, heavy winds wrecked havoc on the coast of Rajnagar in Kendrapada. Misfortune struck a family, which was preparing to evacuate in the nick of time.

India recorded 1,96,427 new Covid-19 infections on May 25th. The figure dropped below 2 Lakh mark after 40 days.

With Cyclone Yaas hurtling towards Odisha, the state carried out a massive evacuation drive. As of 4 PM on May 25, over 2 lakh people were evacuated to various Cyclone shelters and other safe shelters in the state. Evacuation drives were being carried out in as many as 10 districts which are expected to be affected by Cyclone Yaas.

Cyclone Yaas will cross Odisha carrying winds at speed of 155-165 kilometres per hour with gustiness of 185 kilometres per hour. India Meteorological Department (IMD) Chief, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said that the cyclone is on course to cross Odisha coast between Dhamra and Balasore tomorrow noon. The IMD chief also said that interior Odisha districts may also experience high wind speed under its influence.

Heavy rainfall witnessed near Dhamra coast, with wind speed picking as Cyclone Yaas landfall time approaches near.

Ahead of the impending landfall on May 26th afternoon, Kendrapara district of Odisha witnessed rainfall & strong winds on Tuesday (May 25th).

Cyclone Yaas is likely to make landfall a few kilometres north of Dhamra region on May 26 morning.

It is believed that when the holy flag or the Patitapabana Bana of Sri Jagannath Temple in Puri is white, it is an indication of heavy rain.

Dhamra, the likely landfall place of Cyclone Yaas, is experiencing scattered rainfall since yesterday and wind speed is gradually increasing.

The sea is slowly turning rough as the time for Cyclone Yaas landfall approaches. Water level is rising at Udaipur beach causing panic among locals.

With cyclone Yaas expected to hit Odisha coastline between Balasore and Bhadrak district, seas along the coastline are visibly turning rough.

Speaking on the likely impact of the cyclone ‘Yaas’ in Odisha, Chief of India Meteorological Centre (IMD), Mrutyunjay Mohapatratoday stated that Dhamara and Chandbali area of Bhadrakmay witness maximum damage due to the cyclone.

With the cyclonic storm ‘Yaas’ likely to make landfall near Odisha’s Balasore distrtict on May 26th, Scientist of Meteorological centre in Bhubaneswar, Umashankar Das, has informed about fresh forecast of heavy rainfall in several coastal districts of Odisha.

The severe cyclonic storm ‘Yaas’ over Bay of Bengal is set to intensify into a ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ by the evening of May 25th.

Odisha recorded the deadliest day of the pandemic on Tuesday as 33 COVID patients succumbed to the virus in a day, taking the death count in the state to 2549. The state's total caseload rose to 7, 14,380 with the detection of 10,939 more infections.

The Covid-19 pandemic is far from over, yet scores of farmers head from Punjab, Haryana to join the ongoing protest at the Tikri (Delhi-Haryana) border.

With Cyclone Yaas hurtling towards Odisha & West Bengal coasts India Meteorological Department (IMD) chief, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said that four districts of Odisha are likely to be affected the most.

Cyclonic storm Yaas is likely to make landfall near Balasore.

With cylonic storm Yaas expected to cross Odisha-West Bengal near Balasore, its effects are already visible in the coastal areas of the state.

Video of a Tehsildar dancing in a marriage procession in Jagatsinghpur district violating COVID19 guidelines has triggered a controversy.

With the cyclonic storm Yaas approaching towards Odisha coast, State Health Director Bijay Mohapatra shared the preparations for management of Covid-19 crisis during and post the cyclone.

Odisha’s forest officials and the nature lovers had an ear to ear smile on Saturday when a female adult gharial was sighted with 28 hatchlings in Mahanadi, almost after two decades. The mother gharial was spotted with 28 hatchlings at Satkosia gorge at Mahanadi River under Tikarpada Wildlife Sanctuary in Angul, which is the southernmost limit of the gharial’s natural habitat in India.

More than 8 lakh beneficiaries in Odisha are set to avail houses under the Pradhan MantriAwasYojana (PMAY) in the financial year 2021 – 2022! Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday (May 23) thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar for sanctioning 8,17,513 houses under the rural housing schemefor the beneficiaries in the state.

Ahead of the landfall of the cyclonic storm Yaas between Odisha and West Bengal coast on May 26th, the regional centre of India Meteorological Centre (IMD) on Sunday (May 23) issued red and yellow warning for several coastal districts in the state, wherein heavy rainfall and thunderstorms will be witnessed.

Keeping in mind a possible rush in markets in the wake of an approaching cyclonic storm "Yaas', the Odisha government has allowed grocery shops, OMFED booths and shops dealing with food and essential items, vegetables, fish, meat & egg to open between 7 AM and 1 PM on Monday (May 24) and Tuesday (May 25).

A day after recording the biggest spike of the pandemic, Odisha on Monday witnessed a slight downtrend in the daily infections.

The deep depression over Eastcentral Bay of Bengal which lay centred about 540 km south-southeast of Paradip and 650 km south-southeast of Balasore last night, has intensified into a Cyclonic Storm this morning.

In view of the threat posed by the approaching cyclonic storm 'Yaas', 22 NDRF teams have been deployed in the coastal districts of Odisha as of now.

Cyclonic storm 'Yaas' is likely to make landfall between Odisha's Paradip and Sagar Islands, the southern-most part of West Bengal. According to the Director General of India Meteorological Department (IMD) Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, the cyclone will hit the coastline as a very severe cyclonic storm and it will have a sustained wind speed of 155 to 165 kmph during the landfall.

#CycloneYaas: IMD's latest forecast indicates that the system is likely to cross north #Odisha - West Bengal between Paradip and Sagar islands by the evening of 26th May as a VERY SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM.

The prevailing situation in the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to improve in the next 5-7 days. As per senior health expert Dr. Laxmidhar Sahoo, the present trend in the number of daily positive cases will see a decline by June first week, and the daily case burden would also decrease.

Despite widespread awareness & strict enforcement, violators continue to skirt COVID19 guidelines. With absolute disregard to the lockdown, another marriage procession in Odisha was taken out in Ganjam distirct.

Covid-19 test reports will now be available online. Secretary of the Electronics & Information Technology Department (E&IT), Manoj Mishra informed on Saturday (May 22) that people can now get the Covid-19 reports of both RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests directly from the State Covid Dashboard and Covid-19 Website.

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Alarmed by the rising cases of Covid-19 cases, the Sarpanch of the Gelpur Gram Panchayat in Bhadrak district, Mansi Rout reportedly declared a complete shutdown in Nalanga from May 24th to 28th. The decision was taken by the Sarpanch after consulting the authorities and businessmen of the area. Sources said that the villagers were found openly flouting the Covid-19 guidelines recommended by the government which forced the Sarpanch to take strict action to curb the virus spread.

Posting a big spike again. Odisha logged 12,852 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest since the onset of the pandemic. The disease also claimed 28 lives during the period. So far, as many as 2484 patients have succumbed to the deadly virus in the state.

This is a banquet hall (Kalyan Mandap) at Gopinathpur under Hinjilicut of Ganjam district. On Friday (May 21st) a marriage was organized here and a big feast had been planned. Food was prepared for as many as 1000 guests invited to the wedding. But police & administration authorities including the BDO ended up at the marriage venue. After the raid, the authorities stopped the feast and distributed the food door-to-door.