Winds played a major role in Cyclone Fani's sudden intensification
The storm's abnormal rise and changing tracks fit a recent pattern
Nutrition in backyard gardens: Odisha’s tribal women show the way
The vegetable women grow not only help them eat healthy, but also sell surplus produce and make a living of their own
Forecasting attacks
A student from Bhubaneswar warns farmers of pest attacks using new-age technology
New threads
Traditional Ikat weavers of Odisha mobilise into a company to improve incomes and lives
Seeds from the past
For a decade, 200 villages in Odisha have conserved and grown 190 indigenous rice and millet varieties with proven climate resilience
Leopard hide trade on the rise: 10 skins seized in Odisha in 10 days
All five accused arrested
Ecological economist and Padma Shri awardee Prof Radhamohan passes away at 78
His economic visions were shaped by the experiences of farmers
Simply Put: Sambalpur’s iron-rich fields
Odisha ordinance: Up to 2 yrs jail for COVID-19 lockdown violation
State amends Section 3 of colonial-era Epidemic Diseases Act
Life thrown out of gear in coastal Odisha as Bulbul comes closer
Sea water enters coastal villages and Paradip port at high tide, inundating them
Simply Put: Silencing pollution
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
Simply Put: Extreme apathy
13 feared dead due to cholera in Rourkela
Locals blame bad condition of drainage system and leakage of water supply pipes for outbreak
Ash pond breach in Odisha’s Jharsuguda destroys cropland; causes pollution in Hirakud Dam
Farmers not hopeful of receiving compensation as their counterparts are yet to receive it for the collapse of an ash pond belonging to …
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
Simply put: Odisha rejects more than 10,000 FRA claims
New vine snake species found after a gap of 113 years
Vine snake is a slender rear-fanged snake with narrow heads and pointed snouts
Coal liquefaction: India’s ticket to energy independence?
The Indian government should facilitate in bringing leading foreign companies investing in domestic Coal-To-Liquid projects with private Indian …
Won’t allow bauxite mining on Mali Hill: Agitators ransack meeting in Koraput village
The Mali Hill in Koraput is the source of several streams, home to medicinal trees and is an elephant corridor, protestors say
Kendu leaf trade: Stringent laws needed to keep children out
The news of children working at kendu leaf collection centres often trickle in during April-May every year. Children are mostly engaged in …
Elephant electrocuted in Odisha: Third death in 34 days
As many as 732 elephants died between 2009 and 2019 in Odisha
The invisible bhadralok
Field notes from a waterborne land sheds light on the lives of those bengalis who barely exist for the outside world.
Killer hospitals: Primary healthcare key to curb child deaths
Doctors at Odisha’s Vimsar hospital say if primary healthcare improves, the death toll at bigger hospitals would be fewer
Tribal women in Odisha attempt mass suicide over rail track construction
The women alleged the track was being constructed without compensating tribals in the area for their land