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

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

All five accused arrested

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 

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

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.

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

Odisha tribals remember financial hit during 2020 pandemic containment measures

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

Record single-day COVID-19 deaths in Odisha

The state’s COVID-19 toll rose to 5,241

COVID-19 takes a toll on Chilika’s boatmen

As many as 10,000 boatmen have been looking for alternate sources of income

Jawad shatters hopes of paddy farmers in Odisha’s coastal districts

Many farmers in coastal Odisha were expecting a bumper harvest; however, rains due to Cyclone Jawad inundated fields, destroying crops

Fish species found only in the Pacific, discovered in the Bay of Bengal

The flower scorpionfish that was found in 1929 in the sea off Japan, has now been found in Digha, West Bengal and Paradip in Odisha

Cyclone Yaas may have caused jellyfish to wash up on Puri beach: Experts

Strong winds and high tidal waves under the influence of the cyclonic storm might have caused the jellyfish to be washed ashore

Migratory birds arrive in Odisha’s Chilika before winter; is climate change to blame?

Early onset of winter in their native habitats could have prompted the birds to fly & descend in Chilika this early

Deficient rainfall affects paddy, triggers drought fears in Odisha

As many as 19 districts have recorded large deficits of rainfall in August

Odisha tops forest fire counts in the country for a week

5,291 forest fires recorded between February 22 and March 1, 2021

Researchers find new crustacean in Odisha’s Chilika lagoon

Parhyale odian is brown in colour and around eight millimetres in length; it has 13 pairs of legs

Odisha’s hiked ex-gratia for deaths due to attacks by wild animals insufficient? Experts think so

The revision of financial assistance for animal depredation comes after almost a decade

Odisha saw spike in king cobra sightings in human habitations since October 2019

Forest fires, human activity in their natural habitats and lack of prey could be possible reasons for straying

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

Deep depression in Bay of Bengal to bring heavy unseasonal rain, strikes fear of crop loss into Odisha paddy farmers

Crops not fully reaped in some districts where government procurement is yet to start

Odisha’s Kandhamal evacuates people amid flood threat

Vamsadhara river at Kasinagar and the Baitarani at Rajghat breach danger levels

6 died in encounters with elephants in Odisha last week

From April-June 2023, at least 25 people died due to human-elephant conflict

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