New threads

Traditional Ikat weavers of Odisha mobilise into a company to improve incomes and lives

Seeds from the past

For a decade, 200 villages in Odisha have conserved and grown 190 indigenous rice and millet varieties with proven climate resilience

13 feared dead due to cholera in Rourkela

Locals blame bad condition of drainage system and leakage of water supply pipes for outbreak

Ash pond breach in Odisha’s Jharsuguda destroys cropland; causes pollution in Hirakud Dam

Farmers not hopeful of receiving compensation as their counterparts are yet to receive it for the collapse of an ash pond belonging to …

Checking migration: Odisha extends MGNREGA-supplementary job guarantee to 10 tribal blocks

Job-seekers to get additional Rs 115 a day over MGNREGA wage; implementation isn't proper, says expert

Simply Put: Extreme apathy

Simply Put: Sambalpur’s iron-rich fields

Leopard hide trade on the rise: 10 skins seized in Odisha in 10 days

All five accused arrested

Ecological economist and Padma Shri awardee Prof Radhamohan passes away at 78

His economic visions were shaped by the experiences of farmers

Simply Put: Silencing pollution

Two arrested in Odisha’s Kandhamal for trying to set forest on fire

At least 16 have been arrested in Odisha since March 5 for the same crime 

Odisha ordinance: Up to 2 yrs jail for COVID-19 lockdown violation

State amends Section 3 of colonial-era Epidemic Diseases Act

Life thrown out of gear in coastal Odisha as Bulbul comes closer

Sea water enters coastal villages and Paradip port at high tide, inundating them

Simply put: Odisha rejects more than 10,000 FRA claims

New vine snake species found after a gap of 113 years

Vine snake is a slender rear-fanged snake with narrow heads and pointed snouts

Coal liquefaction: India’s ticket to energy independence?

The Indian government should facilitate in bringing leading foreign companies investing in domestic Coal-To-Liquid projects with private Indian …

Ripe for a green economy

Forests are home, say women of Kodalpali, Sinduria and neighbouring villages in Odisha’s Nayagarh; they can build the economy of the future

World Rivers Day: Does a river exist for us only when it floods?

It’s important to spread river education in its totality, before dams and canals take over ‘rivers’ in the perception battle 

The invisible bhadralok

Field notes from a waterborne land sheds light on the lives of those bengalis who barely exist for the outside world.

Won’t allow bauxite mining on Mali Hill: Agitators ransack meeting in Koraput village

The Mali Hill in Koraput is the source of several streams, home to medicinal trees and is an elephant corridor, protestors say

Kendu leaf trade: Stringent laws needed to keep children out

The news of children working at kendu leaf collection centres often trickle in during April-May every year. Children are mostly engaged in …

Elephant electrocuted in Odisha: Third death in 34 days

As many as 732 elephants died between 2009 and 2019 in Odisha 

Flamingos, pelicans yet to leave Chilika, despite early onset of summer

Some of the migratory birds have been staying at the lake because of the availability of food and water

Why are fires raging in Similipal?

The fires seem to be both, a natural disaster and human-made mishap, according to experts

Elephants destroy prawn farms, fishing boats in Odisha

Changes in Odisha’s Ganjam district has destroyed habitats and traditional corridors of elephants, bringing them into frequent conflict with humans