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08 Jun

Vaccination certificate posting on social media could lead to fraud: Police

editor0 CommentsNorth EastCUTTACK, odisha, police

The Cuttack-Bhubaneswar commissionerate police asked the inoculated people not to share their vaccination certificates on social media by saying that the act of this nature could lead to cyber fraud. “Your personal information and some secret data used in the QR code in the certificate can help fraudsters cheat you”, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Cuttack, Prateek Singh, tweeted. The certificate carries the name, age, gender as well as vaccination details—the name of the vaccine, dates of the first and as well as the second dose and other important personal information that can be misused, the senior official said. Police had…

25 May

Cyclone Yaas, formed over Bay of Bengal, intensifies into a ‘Severe Cyclone’

editor0 CommentsHealthCyclone, INDIA, odisha, Weather, west bengal, Yaas

India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Tuesday, that Cyclone Yaas, formed over the east-central Bay of Bengal, has intensified into a ‘Severe Cyclone’ category (wind speed – 100 to 110 kms/ hr). Yaas intensified late on Monday night and is set to strengthen into ‘Very Severe Cyclone‘ by Tuesday afternoon as it traverses north-westwards and advances towards the north Odisha – West Bengal coast by Wednesday morning. According to the latest available cyclone position at 5 am on Tuesday, Yaas moved at a speed of 9 kms / hr overnight and lay 360 kms south-south-east of Paradip, 460 kms south-southeast of…

21 May

Cyclone ‘Yass’ is likely to hit the east coast on 26th May

editor0 CommentsNorth EastAmphan, odisha, Tauktae, west bengal, yass

After severe cyclonic storm Amphan and Tauktae in the west coast, another cyclone ‘Yass’ is likely to hit the east coast on 26 May morning, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD). This is the second cyclone to hit India within a period of less than two weeks. Cyclone Tauktae recently caused widespread destruction along the western coastline of India. The increasing presence of cyclones, at least in the Arabian Sea, has been linked directly to global warming by recent studies. IMD Cyclone Centre Chief RK Jenamani told, “Cyclone Yaas may be a severe or extremely severe category storm. It is…

20 May

Cyclone ‘Yaas’ may be on its way to West Bengal

editor0 CommentsHealthclimate, Cyclone, INDIA, odisha, Weather, westbengal

India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials, on Wednesday afternoon said that a low-pressure system could take birth within the next 48 hours and it holds the potential to intensify into a cyclone. This system will develop close to the north Andaman Sea around May 22 and reach either Odisha or West Bengal by the evening of May 26. If realised, this storm will be the second to form in 2021 and the first over the Bay of Bengal this year. Once the cyclone forms, it will acquire the name Yaas, given by Oman. he state meteorological department has already put an…