International Women's Day: How self-help group — and a phone — gave Kuntala new lease of life
Non-profit Trickle Up’s pilot project put smartphones in the hands of poor women and helped change their lives
Fighting poverty : How jackfruit chips come to save Odisha tribals' day
Tribals resort to distress sale in absence of marketing facilities; the state trains 1,000 tribal women to prepare and sell jackfruit chips
Cyclone Yaas to hit Odisha coast on May 26 morning
Around 400,000 people have been evacuated from the coastal districts of Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak and Balasore
How an Odisha community revived a mangrove forest to protect their village from cyclones
Over the past 12 years, the residents of Badakot have converted degraded land into a 25-acre mangrove forest that protects their village from …
Fish being dried illegally with formalin in Odisha, govt promises action
Those drying fish illegally say they do it to cut costs; govt planning to provide chemical-free methods to dry fish
Centre sends team to assess malnutrition deaths in Odisha
Ninteen infants have died due to malnutrition and related diseases in Jajpur district in the last six months
The maize debt trap: Why are tribal farmers in this Odisha district caught in a loop of debt?
Depleting soil quality and rising fertiliser costs perpetuate a crushing cycle of debt and marginalisation
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 9, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 9, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal
Kendu leaves: 29 Odisha villages win complete autonomy, but still a long way to go
Most villagers earned more than Rs 15,000 this year, over seven times their past earnings
Odisha orders 48-hour shutdown in 3 cities apprehending community spread of COVID-19
Decision after person in posh Bhubaneswar neighbourhood tests positive without any travel history
Only 2 passengers aboard Odisha’s new Balangir-Bichhupali train: RTI
Balangir-Bichhupali track is part of Khurda-Balangir line and was inaugurated in January 2019
Sukapaika: Death of a river
How embankments have killed Odisha’s Sukapaika river that was the lifeline of over 0.5 million people
It is legal, yet harvesting bamboo out of reach for these communities
Though bamboo can now be legally harvested, local communities are protesting as they face administrative hurdles
The sheer folly of Indian GIs
States are competing to pile up Geographical Indication tags without studying the benefit to producers
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
Mission possible: Turning a waste land into a forest with a bank of traditional seeds
A father-daughter duo grow 800 varieties of traditional seeds in a 2.5-acre land in Nayagarh district of Odisha
How these two remote districts in Andhra are tackling wild elephant intrusions
The forest department in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram, which border Odisha, are doing their best to manage pachyderms that regularly stray from …
Odisha govt lures industries via land banks, alienates people from commons
Down To Earth travels to some of the areas in Odisha worst hit by a government-sponsored land grab to lure industries and investments
Lack of water intensifies distress in the Mahanadi basin
Climate change at the global and local levels is reducing water flow in the Mahanadi river, severely impacting agriculture. Tackling that …
Plantation mission may destroy Odisha’s forests and river ecology
The Green Mahanadi Mission would fiercely impact the livelihood of farmers and cattle herders
Odisha’s climate refugees: Satabhaya’s cattle farmers suffer in new homes
The once-prosperous community has been left to fend for itself after losing its rich economy to the ravages of the sea
Lord! Where will the wood for Jagannath’s chariot come from?
As the forest cover in Odisha decreases, there are apprehensions about the scarcity of wood for making the deity’s chariot for the Rath Yatra
Odisha may ban catching under-sized fish
The state has also banned use of purse seine nets, gill nets to protect the baby fish, particularly the Hilsa
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