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Forest Fires Increased In Past 20 Years: Council on Energy, Environment and Water Raises Serious Concerns

Pooja YadavApril 12, 20220

A study released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) has found that within the past 20 years the intensity and frequency of forest fires, moreover as a rise within the number of months during which forest fires occur, have increased. The study titled ‘Managing Forest Fires in an exceedingly Changing Climate’ found that within the past 20 years there has been a ten-fold increase in forest fires. The study has also found that over 62% of the states in India are at risk of high-intensity forest fires. Significant and potential forest fires, within the last month, are reported in Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Rajasthan. The recent Sariska Tiger Reserve fire in Rajasthan was also reported to be unseasonal, with high temperatures causing the fireplace to spread. ...

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Orissa Govt. Unveils Puri Heritage Corridor Project – Know Some Facts About It

Pooja YadavMarch 14, 20220

Puri Heritage Corridor Project was unveiled to rework Puri town into a global place of heritage. About the Project As far as the Puri heritage corridor project is concerned, it involves the redevelopment of important parts of Puri for tourism purposes. There are a complete of twenty-two projects, which is able to be executed in numerous phases. When we talk about the architectural design plan of the project ,it was approved by Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) estimated at Rs 3,200 crore. In February 2020, the Odisha state assembly unanimously passed the resolution to start the primary phase. during this regard, Rs 800 crore was provided under Odisha’s Augmentation of Basic Amenities and Development of Heritage and Architecture at Puri (ABADHA) scheme. Later, another R

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Odisha Rural Polls: BJD Wins 90% Seats; BJP Fades Away Completely

Sonia SolankiMarch 4, 20220

The massive victory of BJD (Biju Janta Dal) is seen as the party's association with people on the personal level and the social welfare policies of the state under CM Naveen Patnaik. Odisha's rural poll results show that BJP is not invincible at all if other parties work on the ground and connect to the masses. Whereas, BJP's loss is attributed to its failure because of the absence of star leaders like PM Modi, Amit Shah, J.P Nadda and others from the polls. BJD Victory: CM Naveen Patnaik Vision The BJD won 766 seats out of 853 seats which means a success rate of 90%. While in 2017 polls BJD won only 290 seats. Talking bout BJP numbers, BJP won only 42 seats this time. Whereas in 2017 BJP won 297 seats. The other close contender of the BJP in this election is Congress which wo...

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Odisha Polls: Patnaik Faces A Big Challenge From BJP

Monomita NagFebruary 7, 20220

Odisha has to go for the Assembly election in 2024. Before that, a direct fight between two main parties, BJD and BJP, can be seen in the upcoming Panchayat and urban polls in the state that are going to be held in February 2022. Congress has become a fringe player in the state, therefore, any threat from the party is out of the reckoning. But the upcoming polls will prove the performance of the Naveen Patnaik government. BJP Strategy In Odisha To challenge the Naveen Patnaik government in the state, BJP had to start from scratch. In 2014 Assembly polls, the party managed to get only 10 seats while Congress got 16. But surprisingly in the 2017 Panchayat polls, BJP routed Congress capturing 297 Zilla Parisad seats. Congress could manage only 60 seats. Since then, BJP emerge...

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Agni Prime Missile Test Launch, A New Bookmark For DRDO

Sonia SolankiDecember 18, 20210

AGNI PRIME's Missile test launch is a new bookmark for India's DRDO [Defence Research and Development Organisation]. Test launch conducted on 18th December on Saturday from Odisha's Coast near Balasore. At 11 am missile took off the APJ Abdul Kalam island in Balasore. As a result DRDO's Chairman G. Sateesh Reddy quotes, "Kudos ! to the entire Agni team And you have done the country proud." Meanwhile he also added that "The PM Modi and Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh have conveyed their congratulations to your team and we all are proud of you for having accomplished such a mission perfectly putting India in the top select few countries with this capability of hitting target at a range of 1000 to 2000 km." Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the Agni team of DRDO Agni Prime Mis...

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Matilda Kullu, ASHA Worker And Corona Warrior, Enters FORBES INDIA W- Power List 2021

Sonia SolankiDecember 2, 20210

Matilda kullu , an ASHA worker from Odisha bags the 3rd position of the most powerful women in India. She is 45 year old and receives this great recognition for her supreme work during Corona outbreak in Odisha. She works for Baragoan Tehsil of Sundargarh District, Odisha. CM of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik congratulates her on twitter. He said in his tweet, "She represents thousands of dedicated COVID warriors who are at the forefront to save precious lives." CM Naveen Patnaik congratulates Matilda Kullu Matilda Kullu Role as an ASHA worker : As a health worker Matilda has to perform various activities, but during Covid pandemic her first job was to identify COVID patients . So that such patients gets treatment as soon as possible. As early detection also helped in isolation of Covid...