Simply Put: Caveman or forest staff

Internet, the new water. Let’s not convert it into opium

Internet shutdowns can take unimaginable tolls

Bumper procurement helps Odisha kendu leaf collectors amid COVID-19

The volume of Kendu leaves sold this year was worth over Rs 70 crore than 2020.

‘Rogue elephant’ kills four in Odisha

Human-elephant conflict usually goes up during summer

Fear of another COVID-19 lockdown spurs distress sale of mahua flowers

Odisha tribals remember financial hit during 2020 pandemic containment measures

Forest officer suspended in Odisha’s Sambalpur over death of 6 elephants

The elephants died by poaching, train accidents and electrocution

SC stays Odisha HC order on migrants; allows them to return

Returning migrants narrate tales of anguish and misery

COVID-19 lockdown desperation: Odisha migrants take sea route to return

Workers risk rough seas in cramped boats to return homes

Third positive case of COVID-19 reported in Odisha

60-year-old man had returned from abroad on March 10, may have infected several others

COVID-19: Odisha fishermen feel lockdown heat

Prices plummet drastically, movement of fishermen to other states hit

Tribals observe 14th anniversary of Odisha’s Kalinganagar firing incident

Closure on the tragedy has still not come about, say tribal leaders

Female elephant dies from electrocution in Odisha

The body was spotted by local resident who in turn informed forest officials

Elephant found dead in Odisha’s Angul, tusks missing

The incident comes within days of 7 elephants dying due to electrocution in Dhenkanal

Women’s Day 2024: In Odisha, they provide subsidised food, measure water & restore common urban spaces

Women self-help groups in Odisha have become implementing partners for crucial government services

Are Olive Ridleys dying on Odisha’s beaches as bycatch? Yes, claims environmentalist

Soumya Ranjan Biswal alleges 1,600 have died so far; wildlife official refutes claim, says numbers exaggerated

Seaweed: The next big thing in Indian agriculture set to come from the Eastern Coast

The Indian government has come up with a package of Rs 640 crore to promote seaweed cultivation of up to 1.12 million tonnes by 2025; can it succeed?

These Odisha tribal women earn big with mahua ladoos

Around 120 tribal women in Kandhamal prepare laddus, cakes, jam, toffees, pickles, squash, pakodas and biscuits using dry mahua …

Mocha: Cyclone intensification may not be very high since it will be formed in heart of the Bay, say experts

Experts are treading cautiously about path Mocha will take; it depends on storm’s recurve, they say  

Why India took 75 years to get its first tribal woman president

In the larger scheme of things, where global capital and politics come into the picture, tribal women’s voices are missing

Why children of incarcerated parents need special attention

The new guidelines issued by the women and child development department of Odisha for children of incarcerated parents has brought a child-…

Protest against water diversion project near Bhitarkanika turns violent

Villagers marched to Bharigada village near Odisha’s Bhitarkanika National Park and ransacked the site of a project to divert water from a …

Odisha’s forest department rolls out conservation plan for new gecko species discovered in Ganjam

The species was first spotted within the premises of a temple at Humma in Ganjam district in 2014

Kumbh returnees test positive for COVID-19 in Odisha

Odisha to implement weekend shutdown, stop religious congregations to prevent spread of COVID-19

COVID-19: Unable to return home, Odisha migrant hangs self in Haryana

Gangadhar Biswal, from Kendrapara, was upset that he could not get back home from Yamunanagar due to the lockdown  

COVID:19: More than 50 cases in a day rock Odisha

The spike in the number of positive cases is primarily due to migrants returning from Gujarat