Tribal women in Mayurbhanj earn a living making furniture, storage items from Sabai grass
40 buffaloes die of haemorrhagic septicaemia in Odisha’s Kendrapara
Locals blame officials for not acting on time, worried about livelihood
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
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
How damaging Cyclone Amphan was for the Sundarbans
Cyclone Amphan caused major damage across south Bengal, including the Sundarbans and across the Odisha coast on May 20, 2020. Communication …
Nuapada loved MGNREGA amid COVID-19 lockdown; what happened next?
Villagers who benefitted earlier shy away from jobs progamme as unpaid dues pile up since October 2020
Wildlife parts, live chameleon seized in Odisha’s Jajpur
Forest officials trying to find whether two arrested persons are poachers or couriers
Jharsuguda activists seek fresh public hearing on Vedanta smelter expansion
Orissa High Court had asked the collector to respond by October 12 on holding another public hearing about expansion
Non-sewered sanitation system in Odisha | DTE Water series
Odisha’s Faecal Sludge and Septage Management has become a model for other states to replicate
Simply Put: India’s forest guard
COVID-19 makes more than 2,000 migrants throng back to Balangir
District among those in Odisha that send out the most workers
Simply put: Farmers hunger strike
Simply put: Nature vs development
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
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 …
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
Odisha forest dept claims dolphin population doubled in a year
Forest officials sighted 188 dolphins this year in Chilika Lake, up from 163 in 2020
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
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
13 feared dead due to cholera in Rourkela
Locals blame bad condition of drainage system and leakage of water supply pipes for outbreak