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Uttarakhand disaster: Over 100 feared dead, relief and rescue operations on, Air Force, other disaster relief forces on standby

OpIndia Staff - 7 February, 2021

State Disaster Response Force DIG Ridhim Aggarwal said that more than 150 labourers working at the Rishi Ganga power project may have been directly affected.

News Reports

Glacier breaks in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district causing flash floods, people being evacuated

OpIndia Staff - 7 February, 2021

Rishiganga Power Project has been damaged due breach of a glacier in Tapovan area in Uttarakhand

Opinions

From the year without summer to Communism and diseases: With the disasters we have endured over centuries, was 2020 really that bad?

Sanghamitra - 30 December, 2020

For civilisations that have seen the plagues, earthquakes, colonisation and the atrocities of communist rules, the COVID outbreak is a minor ordeal that will soon be overcome.

2000 years old Roman-era food stall buried in volcanic ash unearthed in Pompeii in Italy

OpIndia Staff - 27 December, 2020

Italian archaeologists carrying out excavations in lost city Pompeii discovered a 'thermopolium' or Roman era fast-food counter

News Reports

Nepal creates hindrance in Bihar’s flood prevention work, state minister to approach MEA

OpIndia Staff - 22 June, 2020

Amidst the border standoff and escalating tensions between India and China, Nepal has reportedly erected barriers which is creating a hindrance in carrying out flood prevention work ahead of monsoon.

News Reports

Cyclone Nisarga to intensify in next 24 hours, likely to hit western coast on Wednesday

OpIndia Staff - 2 June, 2020

The deep depression - 'Cyclone Nisarga', which is headed towards the coasts in Maharashtra and Gujarat, is likely to hit the western coast on Wednesday.

News Reports

Facing bed shortages, coronavirus patients are made to share beds, sleep on floors in govt hospitals of Mumbai: Reports

OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

A report in The Guardian says that patients in Mumbai Sion hospital are being made to share beds, even stretchers. Videos of patients lying on the same bed had gone viral earlier in May.

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Styrene gas tragedy: LG Polymers was warned over toxic styrene levels, green ministry red flags delay by Andhra govt: Report

Jhankar Mohta - 25 May, 2020

A major chemical leak from the LG Polymers plant near Visakhapatnam impacted villages in a five-km radius

News Reports

Cyclone Amphan intensifies over Bay of Bengal, to make landfall on May 20

OpIndia Staff - 17 May, 2020

The cyclone Amphan is moving over the southeast Bay of Bengal and has been turning north-northwestwards over past six hours, the IMD said.

News Reports

Government issues safety guidelines to restart factories post lockdown after Styrene gas leak incident in Vishakhapatnam

OpIndia Staff - 10 May, 2020

3 days after Styrene gas leak incident, govt has issued safety guidelines to be followed while restarting factories after lockdown

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