Odisha’s climate refugees: Activists urge proper rehabilitation policy
Advancing sea puts villagers at risk in Puri, Kendrapada districts
Solar lanterns to light up all polling booths in Odisha’s Kendrapara
District administration decided to junk older, kerosene-lit lanterns
Odisha lost 179 elephants to electrocution since 2000
The state lost 102 pachyderms over the last 8 years alone, data shows
The first wave of African migrants leaving Malkangiri, Odisha—their ancestral region—in search of livelihood
The story of one of the oldest tribes in the world is now taking a new turn
Divine spirits at risk
Instead of identification, the state should allow tribal rights over sacred groves
Odisha ST/SC department raises alarm over FRA implementation
Only 4.76 per cent of the claims for forest land in Odisha have been disposed
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
Nandan Kanan: 3 tiger cubs dead in a month
The cubs were being hand-reared before their deaths after being abandoned by their mother
Rivers across Odisha swell even as cyclone draws near
A cyclonic formation in the Bay of Bengal will reach the north Odisha coast September 18, according to the IMD
Activist protesting Odisha’s plan to divert river forcibly removed from protest site, in hospital
The Odisha government has filed 1,000 cases and arrested 24 people who ransacked a project to divert water from the Kharosotra river
The Jengaburu Curse review: Intimate thriller compellingly brings environmental crises into mainstream
Director Nila Madhab Panda cleverly mixes documentary-style observation & information with the pace of a hyper-real drama or a taut thriller
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 30, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Have cyclones in monsoon become the new ‘normal’?
The tropical cyclones of category 4 have wind speeds between 157 and 200 kilometres per hour
Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink, lament Mahanadi flood victims
The affected are now facing an acute shortage of potable drinking water even as the spectre of disease looms large
Going under: Coastal Odisha under existential threat
In a warming world, governments are far from prepared to resettle people evicted by sea-level rise
International Women’s Day: How women lead climate adaptation in eastern India’s Adivasi areas
Wattle and daub houses maintained largely by women in tribal parts of Odisha and Bengal provide cool shelter to families when temperatures soar
Black paddy, black lungs: How coal mining has wrought havoc in Odisha’s Sundergarh
Residents of Sundergarh grow black paddy,; their lungs are full of coal dust; their agriculture lands have been acquired for mining and the …
Byanjana Dwadashi: How a 500-year-old festival in Odisha symbolises community, food security and balanced diet
Byanjana Dwadashi is a Vaishnavite festival that commemorates an episode featuring Krishna in the Mahabharata
Iron ore sludge pond breaks in Sambalpur
Paddy and vegetable fields and poultry farms inundated with iron ore slurry after wall of a steel plant collapsed
In photos: Steely women lead the fight against Dhinkia steel project
The fresh land acquisition drive launched by the administration in Odisha's Dhinkia for the proposed integrated project of Jindal Steel Works Ltd …
On same day, 3 elephants die in 2 Odisha districts
The development has raised concerns among forest officials and animal conservationists
Carcass of fourth dead whale shark in 11 months found on Odisha beach
Forest officials have said a whale shark found dead along a beach in Odisha may have been hit by ships out at sea
International Coffee Day: Coffee cultivation transforming tribal lives in Odisha’s Koraput
Many Adivasis in Odisha’s Koraput have prospered in recent years after turning to coffee farming from shifting cultivation
Tusker dies after being allegedly poisoned by villagers in Angul
Conservationists blame inadequate patrolling by forest officials and a lack of monitoring for the poisoning of a tusker in Odisha