India: Cyclone Tauktae likely to intensify into very severe storm
ANI/Mumbai Filed on May 15, 2021 | Last updated on May 15, 2021 at 07.09 am
Indian Navy has assured full support to the state administrations as cyclonic storm Tauktae approaches the western coast of India.
The low pressure area over the Arabian Sea near Lakshwadeep has intensified into a deep depression, said the Indian Meteorological Department on Saturday
The low pressure area over the Arabian Sea near Lakshwadeep has intensified into a deep depression, said the Indian Meteorological Department on Saturday. According to the IMD, this depression will intensify into a cyclonic storm over the next 12 hours.
India Covid crisis: Robots deployed to clear choked lines in Hyderabad
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The robots are sent into the sewer lines and remove silt and solid waste from the lines.
‘Sewer crocs’ are being deployed in Hyderabad to clear choked manholes and sewerage lines, as a growing number of civic workers have tested positive for Covid-19. The robots are sent into the sewer lines and remove silt and solid waste from the lines.
According to an official of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewage Board, the robotic cutting system disintegrates and flushes out blockages in sewer lines. “It is designed to make use of a water jet from a machine to spin the turbine at high speed and cut the roots and blockages and sediments,” an official was quoted in the media on Saturday.
Farmers are frontline workers : Indian artist Swain launches virtual showcase
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Farmer’s issues were never the focus of discussions during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis
Pradosh Swain, a leading Delhi-based artist, is launching his virtual showcase, Power of Plough, on Saturday, coinciding with Akshaya Tritiya, celebrated across India, and especially as farmers festival in Odisha, his native state. And the focus is on farmers, “the silent warriors of the pandemic.”
According to the artist, farmer’s issues were never the focus of discussions during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. “Farmers feed the world but can never work from home, even during the lockdown,” he told a journalist in an interview. “If that ever happens, we will all starve.”
Covid: Walmart to end mask mandate for vaccinated shoppers, staff
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Employees who are more than two weeks past their vaccination can stop wearing masks from May 18.
US retail giant Walmart on Friday said customers who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 no longer have to wear masks in their stores, and staff can do the same starting next week.
“Beginning today, vaccinated customers and members are welcome to shop without a mask, and we will continue to request that non-vaccinated customers and members wear face coverings in our stores and clubs,” the company said in a statement, while adding that masks would still be required where mandated by local authorities.