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Six feet may not be far enough for safe social distancing: Study
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 20 (ANI): Researchers have found that the current social distancing guidelines of 6 feet may be insufficient because a mild cough occurring in low wind speeds of 4-15 kph can propel saliva droplets 18 feet.
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More than 1.37 lakh people evacuated across Odisha in wake of Cyclone Amph
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 20 (ANI): The next six to eight hours are going to be crucial as Cyclone Amphan is likely to make landfall on Wednesday near Sunderbans in West Bengal, according to Special Relief Commissioner, Odisha, who added that upwards of 1.37 lakh people have been
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Amphan to cross West Bengal, Bangladesh coasts on May 20, extensive damage
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Cyclone Amphan will cross West Bengal and Bangladesh coasts by Wednesday night with a very devastating windspeed which is expected to cause large scale and extensive damage to structures, India Meteorological Department (IMD) chief Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said t
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Cyclone Amphan likely to intensify into 'severe cyclonic storm' by today e
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 16 (ANI): With cyclone Amphan moving towards the east coast of the country, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that with wind speeds reaching up to 55-65 kmph and gusting up to 75 kmph, a cyclone system will form over the Bay of Bengal
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In a first, NASA measures wind speed on a brown dwarf
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 10 (ANI): For the first time, scientists have directly measured wind speed on a brown dwarf, an object larger than Jupiter (the largest planet in our solar system) but not quite massive enough to become a star. To achieve the finding, they used a new method that
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Strong wind speed significantly improves Delhi's air quality
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 12 (ANI): The pollution level of Delhi improved marginally on Sunday but remained in the "poor" category for the second consecutive day, said System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).
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Delhi's air quality improves marginally after increase in wind speed
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 14 (ANI): Due to an increase in the wind speed and light showers, the pollution levels of the national capital slightly improved to 'poor' category on Saturday with overall air quality index (AQI) at 280, said System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research
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Squally weather to prevail over coasts of Karnataka, Kerala
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 2 (ANI): Squally weather with wind speed (40-50 km/ph) likely to prevail along and off the coasts of Karnataka and Kerala, and over Lakshadweep area, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.
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Bangladesh evacuates 1.5 million people as Cyclone Bulbul approaches
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Nov 10 (ANI): Authorities here have so far evacuated about 100,000 people from its low-lying coastal villages and islands as Cyclone Bulbul crossed the coast of West Bengal with a maximum wind speed of 110-120 km per hour gusting upto 120 km per hour into Bangladesh.
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Cyclone Bulbul crosses West Bengal coast
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Nov 10 (ANI): Cyclonic storm Bulbul, which weakened from 'very severe' to 'severe', crossed the coast of West Bengal with a maximum wind speed of 110-120 km per hour gusting upto 120 km per hour into Bangladesh, the MeT department said.
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Delhi may receive rainfall after Nov 6: IMD
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 2 (ANI): The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said that national capital may receive rainfall after November 6 increase in the wind speed in the region, bringing some relief from the hazardous air quality.
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TN: Fishermen start sailing after three-day ban in Rameswaram
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sept 8 (ANI): Fishermen started sailing here on Saturday after the three-day ban owing to high wind speed was lifted by the local administration.
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