Tanzania denies suspected Marburg outbreak after WHO alert in Kagera area

Tanzania denies suspected Marburg outbreak after WHO alert in Kagera area

Tanzania has dismissed a World Health Organisation (WHO) report of a suspected new outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in the north-west of the country. On Tuesday, the global health agency said a total of nine suspected cases were reported over the last five days in the Kagera region, including eight deaths. But in a … Read more

Farmers oppose Kerala’s move to convert water spread area as car park near Mullaperiyar dam

Farmers oppose Kerala’s move to convert water spread area as car park near Mullaperiyar dam

Members of various farmers associations staging demonstration at Lower Camp in Theni district on Sunday condemning the Kerala government’s announcement of converting Alavachal as car parking near Mullai Periyar dam. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A large number of farmers and farmers’ welfare associations in Theni district staged a demonstration at Lower Camp on Sunday … Read more

Action plan will be prepared soon to improve forest area, says APFDC Chairman

Action plan will be prepared soon to improve forest area, says APFDC Chairman

Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation (APFDC) Chairman and former Minister Sujay Krishna Rangarao said that an action plan would be prepared very soon to improve the forest cover in the State. Mr. Rangarao, who was given the post recently, said that the corporation would put special efforts to improve the income sources for the tribals … Read more

LAX/Low pressure area that has formed over Bay of Bengal on October 14 sets the stage for widespread rainfall over TN

LAX/Low pressure area that has formed over Bay of Bengal on October 14 sets the stage for widespread rainfall over TN

A low-pressure area that formed over the southeast Bay of Bengal during the early hours of Monday (October 14, 2024) would set the stage for widespread rainfall over north Tamil Nadu and herald the onset of the Northeast monsoon over the State. The Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai, has forecast heavy rainspells, set to begin over … Read more

Two tribals held for encroaching on forest land in A.P.’s Chintoor Agency area

Two tribals held for encroaching on forest land in A.P.’s Chintoor Agency area

A view of the green cover in the Chintoor Agency area in Andhra Pradesh. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO CHINTOOR (ASR DISTRICT) The Kunavaram Forest Range officials on Monday (October 7, 2024) arrested two Muria tribal persons on charges of encroachment of land within the Uppanapalli Reserve Forest in Chintoor Agency area of Alluri Sitarama … Read more

Telangana urges Centre to allot mining blocks in coal belt area to Singareni

Telangana urges Centre to allot mining blocks in coal belt area to Singareni

Telangana Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Energy and Finance, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka. File | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Telangana Government has urged the Central Government to allot all the mining blocks in the coal belt area of the State to public sector miner Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of … Read more

Low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal moves northeast wards, likely to become a depression

Low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal moves northeast wards, likely to become a depression

According to the Regional Meteorological Centre, the low pressure area is likely to move northeastwards, intensify further and reach northeast & adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal by Friday, May 23 evening. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Low Pressure Area (LPA) over southwest and adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal moved northeastwards and lies over westcentral … Read more

Corporation awaits final notification of Kochi Master Plan for drawing up Kerala’s first Local Area Plan

Corporation awaits final notification of Kochi Master Plan for drawing up Kerala’s first Local Area Plan

The Kochi Corporation is awaiting a green signal for its master plan from the State government before kick-starting its ambitious project of drawing up Kerala’s first Local Area Plan (LAP) centred around the mass transit hub of Vyttila. LAP has emerged as the focal point of a shift in the development paradigm proposed by the … Read more

G20 conference in Ranchi to deliberate on challenges in area of energy

G20 conference in Ranchi to deliberate on challenges in area of energy

Workers prepare Birsa Munda International Airport as part of cleaning and beautification work, ahead of G20 events, in Ranchi, on February 28, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Foreign delegates of G20 major economies will discuss challenges in the area of energy and recommend a future roadmap for cooperation in the field at a conference scheduled … Read more