Very severe cyclone Yaas to hit north Odisha coast
The depression over eastcentral Bay of Bengal is very
likely to move in a northnorthwest direction and intensify into a cyclonic storm.
The system Yaas is expected
to cross the coast in north
OdishaWest Bengal between Paradip and the Sagar
islands by the evening of
May 26 as a very severe cyclonic storm.
- the Covaxin vaccine may not get relaxation in travel restrictions, the government has decided to help ensure that Hyderabadbased Bharat Biotech receives clearances from both the World Health Organisation (WHO) and subsequently, the EU’s European Medicines Agency (EMA).
- Two time Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar was on Sunday arrested in connection with the murder of 23 yearold wrestler Sagar Dhankhar at the Chhatrasal Stadium
Film on Auroville’s afforestation
project to be screened in Paris
Aurovillian Christoph Pohl’s
documentary Ever Slow
Green, which tells the story
of Auroville’s unique afforestation project that took root
on an eroded desert plateau
at Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu, has been officially
selected for screening at the
prestigious ChangeNow
summit in Paris.
It will be screened along
with four specially selected
fims, including David Attenborough’s Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our
Planet, at the ChangeNow
film festival in the summit
from May 27 to 29.
‘Tuber Man’ wins India
Biodiversity Award
Shaji N.M., fondly called
‘Tuber Man of Kerala’ has
been awarded the India
Biodiversity Award 2021 in
the individual category of
‘Conservation of
domesticated species’. Mr.
Shaji, who conserves a wide
array of around 200 tuber
crops, including greater yam,
lesser yam, elephant foot
yam, arrow root, colocasia,
sweet potato, cassava and
Chinese potato, at his farm in
Wayanad, has received State
awards seven times for his
efforts.
- Centre, most States to hold Class 12 exams
- The Punjab government on Sunday said vaccine manufacturer Moderna had refused to send vaccines directly to the State government as according to its policy, the company can only deal with the Government of India and not with any State or private parties. The State had approached Moderna for direct purchase of vaccine.
Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo
unleashed lava that destroyed homes on the outskirts of Goma, but witnesses said on Sunday that the
city of 2 million had been
mostly spared after the volcano erupted at night and
sent thousands fleeing in panic.
Authorities said at least
five people had died in a
road crash while trying to
leave Goma, but cautioned it
was too early to give a death
toll in the hardest hit communities. More than 500
homes had been destroyed,
according to Constant Ndima, military Governor for
the affected region.
Residents said there was
little warning before the
dark sky turned a fiery red,
leading to fears that the
eruption could cause the
same kind of devastation as
the last time in 2002 when
hundreds died.
Thousands set off fearing
the worst. Some boarded
boats onto Lake Kivu while
others attempted to reach
Mount Goma, the highest
elevation point. At least
3,000 fled across the nearby
border into Rwanda.
On Sunday, residents ventured out to assess the damage after a night of panic.
- Bureaucrat V. Karthikeya Pandian, who was conferred with the FIH (International Hockey Federation) President’s Award at the FIH Congress on Sunday, has been a sports buff right from his school days.
- Second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas claimed his seventh ATP title after beating Britain’s Cameron Norrie 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the Lyon Open on Sunday
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