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New Delhi: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has warned India to remain on high alert against further locust attacks in the next four weeks. Swarms of…

Bhubaneswar: Acting on the warning of the Centre, the state government has stepped up measures to counter the locusts threat. A meeting to this effect was held here on Sunday. Briefing…

Tea is the most popular beverage in our country. For most of us, the morning does not begin until we have the first sip of the choicest tea concoction, our cup of ‘Chai’. It is more of an…

Deliberately infecting healthy volunteers with the virus that causes COVID-19 may speed studies of vaccines against the deadly pathogen, said a working group of World Health Organisation…

United Nations: Coronavirus and the global recession will have a grave impact on the world’s children, says the UN. It could cause hundreds of thousands of additional child deaths this year…

Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of World Oceans Day 2019 on Saturday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik called on the people to pledge to keep the earth healthy for sustainable use. “Oceans are…

New Delhi: The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has conferred Sasakawa Award-2019 for Disaster Risk Reduction on senior Odia IAS officer Dr Pramod Kumar Mishra,…