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Cyclone Asani

In News The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted the formation of Cyclone Asani in the Bay of Bengal. About Cyclone Asani is brewing in the southern Andaman Sea. It is on course to become a short-lived cyclone and will make landfall between Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Bhubaneswar in Odisha. What is Cyclone? A […]

Virus Naming System: WHO

In News Recently, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist has clarified that the WHO would soon unveil a system of naming viruses. Current Virus Naming System The WHO and health and science agencies across the world, for instance the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the US’s Centres for Disease Control (CDC) and the […]

Cyclone Tauktae

In News Cyclone Tauktae which formed over the Southeast Arabian Sea heads towards Gujarat, likely to intensify into a ‘very severe’ storm. About With its prevalence in Arabian Sea,it will affect the West Coast states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Goa and UTs like Lakshadweep, where IMD forecasted heavy rains. It will move north-northwestwards and there […]