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Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Monday urged the IMD to upgrade its existing office in Bhubaneswar to a regional meteorological centre as the state has been facing several natural calamities such as cyclones and floods. State Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari placed the demand at...

Bhubaneshwar: Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) has sanctioned over Rs 3,000 crore for green energy projects across Odisha, covering solar, hydro, ethanol and renewable energy manufacturing sectors, IREDA chairman and managing director Pradip Kumar Das said Monday. Addressing the Odisha Solar Investor Conclave,...

The world has been warming up quickly over the past 100 years, or so. As a result, weather patterns are changing affecting millions of lives globally. The reason behind this is climate change – a long-term shift in the Earth’s average temperatures and weather conditions....

New Delhi: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is expected to make its record flyby of the Sun -- just 6.1 million km -- on Christmas Eve. Launched in 2018, the Parker Solar Probe aims to explore the mysteries of the Sun. This will be the first...

New Delhi: Tech billionaire Elon Musk has raised prices of its top-tier subscription service (Premium+) for his X social media platform by a massive 35 per cent for both new and existing users in India, including across global markets. Effective from December 21, the Premium+...

New Delhi: Demonstration of seed germination in outer space, a robotic arm to catch a tethered debris there, and testing of green propulsion systems are some of the experiments planned on the POEM-4 -- the fourth stage of ISRO's PSLV rocket that remains in orbit...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has ranked second in the country for maximum increase in green cover inside recorded forest area, according to the latest India State of Forest Report-2023. Published biennially by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) since 1987, the report, which was released by Union...

Bengaluru: The launch vehicle of India's SpaDeX mission has been integrated and moved to the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, ISRO said Saturday. This mission is intended to develop and demonstrate a technology needed to dock and undock spacecraft in space,...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha added 559 sq km of combined forest and tree cover between 2021 and 2023, according to the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023. The report, which was released Saturday, also noted that Odisha’s forest cover alone rose by 152 sq km. Across...

Melbourne: The holiday season is here, and streets are filled with festive sparkles, twinkling lights and cheerful Christmas songs. While many of us are looking forward to spending the holiday period with family and friends, Christmas is anything but jolly for others. Some people are...