IMD predicts more rain in Odisha amid grim Mahanadi floods
Floodwaters have inundated more than 24,000 hectares of farmland in the state
In photos: Millet laddoos help fight malnutrition in rural Odisha
Odisha bird poaching: 2 arrested with carcass of migratory birds in Chilika
Around 5 poachers have been arrested in the state since October
Odisha prepares for Cyclone Jawad predicted to make landfall December 4
Yeloow alert issued for several states for December 4 and orange for December 5
Illegal leopard skin trade continues unabated in Odisha
Special Task Force officials have seized 16 leopard skins in the state in last one year
Odisha recorded the most forest fires in India last season
A total of 345,989 forest fires were recorded across the country.
Odisha forest department announces cash reward for rescuing gharials
Fishermen, whose nets are damaged by gharials, will also be compensated
Odisha’s first case of harlequin ichthyosis reported in Berhampur
Mutations in the ABCA 12 gene are stated to cause harlequin ichthyosis
Over 1,700 trees to be axed for widening NH-59 in Odisha
The felling of several old trees has already been started in Ratanpur
Woman dies in violent wild bear attack in Odisha’s Nuapada
Villagers blocked a road and demanded the forest officials capture the animal
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&…
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
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 …
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