June 17, 2025 12:30 pm
Their undeniably precarious condition becomes worse with the intense heat, dust, and pollution. In the extreme heat of summer, they are exposed to the risk of dehydration, exhaustion, heatstroke, respiratory disease, kidney disease and other health hazards
June 03, 2024 8:01 am
Official sources in the Special Relief Commissioner’s (SRC) office said most of these deaths were reported from the western Odisha districts.
June 01, 2024 6:06 am
According to senior officials, at least 10 serious heatstroke patients are undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Rourkela, while 23 others are being treated at the RGH.
May 03, 2024 10:34 am
From Jharkhand to West Bengal, states who have closed or changed school timings owing to the heatwave conditions in the Indian subcontinent.
April 18, 2024 8:36 am
As per IMD's forecast, the temperature is expected to rise by 2 to 4 degrees Celsius in several areas in the next few days.
June 21, 2023 11:22 pm
The meeting with ministers from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana took place a day after Mandaviya chaired a high-level meeting of officials at the Centre and sent teams to affected states.
May 22, 2017 9:45 pm
Eight heat-related deaths have been reported in Odisha so far this summer.
April 19, 2016 5:31 pm
Due to the forecast made by the IMD, the Odisha government has decided to extend the school holidays till April 26
April 06, 2016 10:10 pm
Last month, mercury in Bhubaneswar touched 42.2 degree Celsius, breaking the 64-year-old record for the month.



