To measure firms’ exposure to storms, the study creates a storm index based on wind speeds and pincodes
1 min read20 Feb 2020Puri’s artisans made the Jagannath Rath Yatra possible despite Cyclone Fani destroying their livelihoodLounge travelled to three craft sites—Puri, Jagatsinghpur and Raghurajpur—to see how artisans and weavers were piecing their livelihoods back together
16 min read27 Jul 2019The grants will benefit around 45,100 cyclone victims'Very severe cyclonic storm' Fani battered Odisha in May
1 min read6 Jul 2019According to preliminary estimation, five lakh houses have been completely or substantially damagedThe chief minister said the people of the affected districts have gone through immense hardship as the loss of shelter has been a devastating experience
2 min read13 May 2019There are about 52 trains originating from Puri daily, of which 40 are express trains while 12 are passenger trainsThe national transporter has also paid advance salary for the month of May to its staff of Puri and Khurda Road stations
2 min read8 May 2019Cyclone Fani, which reached the eastern coast on Friday was one of the most severe cyclones to hit the regionThe state government had evacuated about 1.39 million people to temporary shelters
1 min read7 May 2019Modi conducts aerial survey to gauge extent of damage, announces another ₹1,000 crore interim relief6,000 schools, 300 higher educational institutions and 1,031 health facilities have been damaged
2 min read7 May 2019IMD has attributed the unusual rise in temperatures to after-effect of 'Fani' which hit the Odisha coast on FridayThe IMD has warned that severe heat wave conditions will continue in parts of Andhra and Telangana till May 7
1 min read6 May 2019Better preparedness meant that Cyclone Fani wasn’t as catastrophic as the one that hit Odisha in 1999. Still, it’s time to broaden the idea to cover asset losses of the disaster-struck
2 min read6 May 2019A low-pressure area is the initial stage of the formation of a cycloneThe IMD and other institutes of the Ministry of Earth Sciences ran data through 10 specialised weather models
2 min read5 May 2019The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared