Odisha can see highest human casualties due to elephant conflict this year: Experts
Odisha is continuing to grant mining leases in elephant habitat despite human deaths from conflict with elephants, say experts
A tale of 2 villages: How Dhinkia & Nuagaon have fared different between 2 steel projects
As the Odisha government speeds up acquiring land near Paradip for Jindal Steel, DTE visits two villages that had chosen different paths 20 …
Despite intention, why Odisha villages are failing to keep their girls in school
Infrastructural improvement will need to follow laws passed to empower women, say experts
Cyclone Jawad: Bengal braces for intense rain, crop damage
Cyclone Jawad’s impact on West Bengal will be dependent on what direction the cyclone takes in Odisha, say experts
Cyclone Jawad can make landfall in Odisha’s Puri district December 5: IMD
Farmers and fishermen in coastal Odisha districts prepare for the worst, with Cyclone Jawad predicted to make landfall in the area; many worried …
Stolen river: NGT orders Jindal Steel to pay Rs 2 crore for ‘destroying’ Odisha nullah
JSPL, based out of Jindal Nagar in Angul, had interfered with nature by changing the natural course of the Kurdabahali Nullah that cannot be …
One square meal: How this non-tribal forest-dweller family survives without FRA recognition in Odisha
Srikumar Khadi’s claim to his land in Odisha’s Sundergarh district is over a century old; but it still awaits recognition
International Day of Rural Women: A day in the life of a tribal woman farmer in Odisha
Anita Naik, a farmer living near Similipal National Park, has become an entrepreneur after turning to maize instead of leaving uplands fallow
Odisha forest fires spark human-wildlife conflict
Elephants, wild boars have started coming out of forests on fire and entering human habitations
World Wildlife Day: First-ever survey on fishing cats of the Chilika starts
Local fishers, wildlife activists and officials to operate 100 camera traps and enumerate the species’ population
At least 800 Olive Ridleys dead in Odisha since January
Illegal fishing near Gahirmatha marine sanctuary; turtles get caught in fishing nets, plastic and polythene
New alphabets: How kids in Rayagada, Kalahandi continued learning amid COVID-19
Children in two of India’s poorest districts continue their education as communities convert open spaces into schools, rope in youths as …
Mahanadi Coalfields land oustees to get compensation, resettlement and rehabilitation
Land acquired for mining in 1988; Compensation to be disbursed to 4 villages under the R&R Act, 2013
Millet might: Here is how Odisha can succeed in reviving these cereals lost to the Green Revolution
Odisha’s mission to bring millets back to its fields and plates needs greater marketing support and promotion beyond tribal areas
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 5, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Integrated risk assessment of dams required to prevent human-made disasters: Experts
Ministry of Jal Shakti said in a press release recently that data on flooding caused due to faulty operations of reservoirs is not maintained …
Dolphin numbers have shrunk in Odisha, reveals Census
Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary was found to be having the largest number of the animals, though the figure was much less than in 2018
Carcass of leopard found in a reservoir in Odisha
Forest officer says six-feet-long male leopard may have choked on fishing nets in deep waters
67 elephants died in Odisha in last nine months
Poaching, train accidents and electrocution killed more than half of these elephants, says Wildlife Society of Odisha
Chronic kidney disease cases rise in Cuttack district
A GASS survey highlights the plight of those suffering from chronic kidney disease in Narasingpur block of Odisha’s Cuttack and how …
Odisha elephant deaths: Protect wildlife corridors, say experts
The unavailability of healthy corridors to pass through is increasing human-animal conflict, say experts
A day after: Cyclone Amphan throws life out of gear in Odisha districts
Houses and crops destroyed, trees uprooted, no power supply a day after cyclone hit coastal Odisha
Cyclone Amphan to maintain intensity till May 21 morning: IMD
Cyclone Amphan, which made landfall near Digha in West Bengal on May 20, is predicted to weaken as it moves towards inland regions close to Kolkata
GST removed on sabai rope, sal and siali leaves
The GST rate on these products was brought down from 5% to nil by the GST Council in its 28th meeting held on July 21
Two more states join anti-plastic bandwagon
After Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, now Himachal Pradesh and Odisha have reined in on thermocol and plastic