Over a coffee farm

Nandan Kanan gets health cover

Whiff of scam in Orissa mines

Opposition demands CBI probe

Book Excerpt: An Austro-Asiatic language that has struggled to find its place in modern India

Santali is the most widely spoken Adivasi language in India; But it was included in the Eighth Schedule only in 2003, a reminder of the country&…

Counselling, social security measures may improve lives of adolescent mothers

Odisha’s Subarnapur district’s ‘Sanjivanee – the new life’ scheme is a slice of relief as it ensures …

Huts of knowledge: These tribal women in Odisha teach their next generation about forests through ‘kutir’ meetings

Apart from sharing traditional knowledge, the women at these meetings also spread awareness on ownership rights

Price of seafood spikes in coastal Odisha due to annual two-month fishing ban

Odisha observes a two-month ban on trawling and mechanised fishing every year to help sea fish spawn

Deep percolation pits in Odisha forests harmful for local flora, fauna, say experts

‘Human intervention is unnecessary and forests have thrived without them for years’

Green protocol not being followed in Odisha local body polls: Activists

Candidates used non-biodegradable election materials such as flex posters and also nailed campaign materials to trees, claim activists

Konark will now light up its Sun Temple with solar energy

Odisha plans to make the coastal temple town a 100 per cent solar town and also place it among India’s first few zero …

Dhinkia on the boil: Opposition, rights workers stopped by cops

The police had baton-charged farmers in Dhinkia January 14, who were protesting the forced acquisition of their betel vineyards

Pollution bouncing back in middle and lower Indo-Gangetic Plain: CSE

After a decline in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha are seeing a resurgence in pollution

DTE Ground Report: After Posco, women of Odisha’s Dhinkia village take on Jindal Steel

Women of villages affected by JSW’s steel project in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district are unequivocal in their opposition 

Don’t raise legal age of girls’ marriage to 21: Odisha body to parliamentary panel

Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights urges parliament panel to keep 18 as minimum legal age for marriage of girls and boys

Dhinkia steel plant: Villagers block entry points with bamboo structures to oppose JSW project

The resistance came after police officials entered Dhinkia to arrest “anti-industry” villagers December 4

First December cyclone in 130 years: Odisha gears up for Cyclone Jawad

As many as 879 floods and cyclone shelters in the coastal pockets have been readied to house villagers, says official 

Illegal fishing in Gahirmatha: 3 forest guards allege injury in mid-sea assault

Crew members of fishing trawler attack forest guards when asked not to fish in the sanctuary, 9 arrested  

A Super Cyclone ravaged Odisha 22 years ago on this day: Our learnings and way forward

There should be a proper audit and inspection of the cyclone shelters before the disaster season, among other measures

Rushikulya dirtier this year, might drive Olive Ridleys away: Research

Rushikulya beach, the second-largest rookery in India, was found to have more solid waste that previous years in a research conducted by …

June-August dry spell, heavy September rain signs of climate change: Odisha experts

Erratic rainfall, floods, water-logging, cyclones and sea erosion are factors that make Odisha a state highly exposed to climate change,…

Kalahandi forest dwellers allege FRA violation by state forest department

Activists say that in 3 villages of Kalahand district, the Odisha forest department is imposing on the rights of forest …

A clean bonanza

A water-starved village in southern Odisha revives its waterbodies to achieve total sanitation, puts an end to migration

Bird flu scare returns, this time in Odisha

Keranga village has been declared the epicentre of H5N1 A1 virus in the state and culling operation has begun

NGT issues notice to Odisha government for hiding fact about forest in bauxite mine

Details related to forest cover were kept secret to secure environmental clearance from MoEF

How some poachers became protectors of birds in villages around Chilika

Sensitisation activities by wildlife officers helped former hunters to turn a new leaf and become guardians of migratory birds visiting …