Indian states in the grip of floods; 400,000 people affected
In just one week, flooding in multiple states has caused at least 32 deaths
Tribal affairs ministry gets cracking on apex court’s order on Vedanta
Odisha government gets a slew of orders to ensure the order is properly implemented
Book Excerpt: An Austro-Asiatic language that has struggled to find its place in modern India
Santali is the most widely spoken Adivasi language in India; But it was included in the Eighth Schedule only in 2003, a reminder of the country&…
Odisha needs to better manage its snakebite burden with concerted efforts
Lack of awareness, inadequate health provisions & the dominance of forest areas and traditional healers are Odisha’s major challenges
Niyamgiri: 10 years since India’s first environmental referendum
Niyamgiri case today serves as textbook example of good usage of free, prior informed consent, without which asymmetry of power between …
Barrier to cyclone storms: Odisha plans to plant mangroves along its coast
The proposal is to raise mangroves and casuarinas in around 109 and 4,000 hectares of land along the coastal belt
COVID-19 second wave: Livelihoods of Odisha's puppeteers hanging by a thread
Travel restictions during the state-wide lockdown leaves puppetry community with fears of financial strain like last year
The push to drive indigenous people out of forests
Life of a Dongria Kondh tribal offers insights on Indian government’s reckless interventions into the lives of indigenous people
Villagers win brewing forest rights fight in Odisha
The Odisha government had to scrap a Rs 102 crore brewing project when resolute villagers braved the government and police to protect felling of …
Cyclone Hudhud: experience from Koraput
The storm damaged houses, crops and livestock of people in the tribal belt but government has not even taken note of it
Swachh Bharat Mission: How model villages in Odisha quit ODF
Every household now has an extra toilet, due to SBM. Yet people are forced to defecate in the open because of acute water scarcity …
Black Bengal goat farming can aid small farmers in Bihar and Odisha
The breed’s advantages include low capital investment, prolific breeding, early sexual maturity, high-quality skin, low kidding intervals, …
Odisha reels under intense heatwave conditions; IMD issues orange alert
Maximum temperature is very likely to be above normal by 4-6°C at a few places over the next few days
Counselling, social security measures may improve lives of adolescent mothers
Odisha’s Subarnapur district’s ‘Sanjivanee – the new life’ scheme is a slice of relief as it ensures …
Huts of knowledge: These tribal women in Odisha teach their next generation about forests through ‘kutir’ meetings
Apart from sharing traditional knowledge, the women at these meetings also spread awareness on ownership rights
Price of seafood spikes in coastal Odisha due to annual two-month fishing ban
Odisha observes a two-month ban on trawling and mechanised fishing every year to help sea fish spawn
Deep percolation pits in Odisha forests harmful for local flora, fauna, say experts
‘Human intervention is unnecessary and forests have thrived without them for years’
Green protocol not being followed in Odisha local body polls: Activists
Candidates used non-biodegradable election materials such as flex posters and also nailed campaign materials to trees, claim activists
Konark will now light up its Sun Temple with solar energy
Odisha plans to make the coastal temple town a 100 per cent solar town and also place it among India’s first few zero …
Dhinkia on the boil: Opposition, rights workers stopped by cops
The police had baton-charged farmers in Dhinkia January 14, who were protesting the forced acquisition of their betel vineyards
Pollution bouncing back in middle and lower Indo-Gangetic Plain: CSE
After a decline in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha are seeing a resurgence in pollution
DTE Ground Report: After Posco, women of Odisha’s Dhinkia village take on Jindal Steel
Women of villages affected by JSW’s steel project in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district are unequivocal in their opposition
Don’t raise legal age of girls’ marriage to 21: Odisha body to parliamentary panel
Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights urges parliament panel to keep 18 as minimum legal age for marriage of girls and boys
Dhinkia steel plant: Villagers block entry points with bamboo structures to oppose JSW project
The resistance came after police officials entered Dhinkia to arrest “anti-industry” villagers December 4
First December cyclone in 130 years: Odisha gears up for Cyclone Jawad
As many as 879 floods and cyclone shelters in the coastal pockets have been readied to house villagers, says official