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29 May

Schools to remain close after heavy lash in Manipur

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The northeast region states have been facing landfall cyclonic storm 'Remal' these following days. The natural disaster has left a trail of destruction in the states. In the view of the situation, Manipur Education department officials has announced that both private and government schools will remain close for three days from 29 May to 31 May, 2024. The incessant rain and storm has caused widespread destruction and inconvenience to too many households, for precautionary measures the government has decided to issued the order.

25 May

IMD issues alert for northeastern states

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert north-eastern states as the states will soon face heavy to heavy rainfall in upcoming days. According to the IMD reports, the dates for the weather disaster are on May 27 & 28 Assam and Meghalaya to face extremely heavy rainfall. On the other hand, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura will witness on May 27. Further, Arunachal Pradesh will receive extremely heavy rainfall on May 28. And lastly, Sikkim will witness heavy rainfall on May 27 and 28, 2024.

23 May

Due to unprecedented situation, Pobitora wetland in danger

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Pobitora, Assam's world largest wetland which harbours highest density of one-horned rhinos is drying up due to unprecedented situation. The wetlands holds wide range of water bodies which comforts species like water birds. The situation has effected so much of the wetland that now it hardly holds any trace of water in the land any more. Animals are trying to shift their areas in cause of the situation. A forest official said, “This has never happened before none has ever seen rhinos drinking from this water-body earlier. This comes with ominous portents for Pobitora’s future." However, officials have conducted a…

15 Aug

Neighbouring Country Bhutan emerged as Net zero carbon emission country: World Economic Forum

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsClimate & Environment

The neighbouring country Bhutan has successfully managed to achieve net zero emission and not only it put a limit on the carbon footprints but it also emerged as a carbon sink. As per the reports of World Economic Forum 8 countries including Bhutan have gained net zero emission. The country levies $200 on tourists per day for sustainable development charges to strengthen eco-tourism and environmental protection.

12 Apr

4.3 earthquake hit Bihar

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Bihar was hit by an earthquake on Wednesday morning, April 12. The earthquake hit the state at around 5:35 PM on Wednesday, April 12, the epic center of the earthquake was about 320 km east of the capital Patna and over 1300 km east of Delhi. The focus (hypocenter) was at a shallow depth of 10 km and was marked 4.3 on the Richter scale. The National Centre for Seismology informed this in a tweet. The tremors of the Bihar earthquake were also felt in neighboring countries like Nepal and Bangladesh today. People also took to social media and said…

12 Apr

Two different predictions on monsoon

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On Monday the private weather forecaster Skymet predicted “below normal” monsoon rainfall this year by citing the threat of El Nino. the private forecaster further added that in the upcoming month of June - September India may get only 94% of the rainfall that India usually gets in these months. Contradictory to this IMD on Monday said that monsoon is likely to be Normal and there is a 67% probability for “normal to above normal” rainfall during June - September. M Ravichandran, secretary of, ministry of earth sciences, while releasing IMD’s monsoon forecast said- “The forecast based on dynamical and…

16 Jan

Temperature recorded 1.4 degree in Delhi, this big alert on weather for next 6 days

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsClimate & Environment, North BengalDELHI

The outbreak of cold is likely to increase once again in the states of North India including the national capital Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana. The double attack of dense fog along with cold waves can disturb people. The IMD has issued an alert for 6 days regarding the cold in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh. According to India Meteorological Department, there will be severe cold in Delhi-NCR for the next 3 days and then there will be dense fog in the whole of North India for 3 days. Talking about today's weather, the minimum temperature has been…

11 Jan

Alerts were issued for rain in these states including Delhi

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsClimate & EnvironmentIndia, Weather

For the past few days, people of many states including Delhi are facing the cold and fog. Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department observed dense to very dense fog in parts of Punjab, North-West Rajasthan, Jammu, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Tripura, affecting visibility in most cities. So according to the report of the Meteorological Department for Wednesday, there will be dense fog in Delhi. IMD is predicting rain According to the information received from the report of the Meteorological Department, rain is being expressed in the next two days. There is a possibility of snowfall in Jammu-Kashmir and…

25 Nov

Simple winter tips to remove strong smells from clothes in winter

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsClimate & Environment, LifestyleCloths, lifestyle, Winter

The winter season has started. Gradually the effect of cold has started to increase. People already have started to wear warm clothes. Significantly, in the winter season, when we take out the old winter clothes which we kept in the cupboard for months. During that time a strange smell comes from those clothes. It is often seen that in the winter season, due to air, moisture or not cleaning the clothes, the clothes start smelling dirty. Wherein if you take care of your clothes properly. In this case, no smell will come from it in any weather. If your clothes…