COVID-19: Dip in milk sales leave 1.5 million farmers in the lurch in Odisha
Several milk purchasing firms have either stopped lifting milk products or reduced the share of products they used to buy following a two-week …
Over 500 died in human-elephant conflict in Odisha in last 5 years
Around a quarter of these deaths occurred during summer season between April and June
Barrier to cyclone storms: Odisha plans to plant mangroves along its coast
The proposal is to raise mangroves and casuarinas in around 109 and 4,000 hectares of land along the coastal belt
Another elephant electrocuted in Odisha, the second in 10 days
Some 119 jumbos were electrocuted in Odisha between 2009 and 2019, according to the statistics of the forest department
Odisha needs to better manage its snakebite burden with concerted efforts
Lack of awareness, inadequate health provisions & the dominance of forest areas and traditional healers are Odisha’s major challenges
Black Bengal goat farming can aid small farmers in Bihar and Odisha
The breed’s advantages include low capital investment, prolific breeding, early sexual maturity, high-quality skin, low kidding intervals, …
Odisha reels under intense heatwave conditions; IMD issues orange alert
Maximum temperature is very likely to be above normal by 4-6°C at a few places over the next few days
Odisha develops protocol for releasing indigenous millet seeds
Odisha is the first state to notify a committee to conserve and mainstream seeds conserved by tribal farmers
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
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
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 …
At least 22 leopards poached in Odisha in a year, say forest officials
As many as 20 leopard skins were seized and two more cases of poaching of the animal were reported
Ship crew at Paradip port in Odisha test positive for COVID-19
The cargo vessel arrived from Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, where most of the affected crew reside.
Whale shark caught in fishing net in Odisha, released into Bay of Bengal
Forest officials are keeping an eye on the shoreline at night in case it beaches again
Two forest officials suspended for deaths of elephants in train accident
Environmentalists have called out the forest department for only taking action against low-rank officials
Panic in Odisha’s Rayagada district over 30 chikungunya cases
Villagers storing potable water in plastic barrels without cover due to shortage of water, claims official
Amphan to make landfall between Bengal and Bangladesh on May 20: IMD
The storm is being said to be ‘unpredictable’ on the lines of Cyclone Fani last year
Ambulance driver ostracised in Odisha for transporting COVID-19 patient
Banamali Sethi faced discrimination from his fellow villagers and apathy from the government for doing his duty
Global Eco Watch: Carcass of radio transmitter-fitted gharial found in Odisha
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Where will it land? Cyclone Remal may show unpredictable character, according to weather agencies
One model shows it making landfall on the West Bengal & Bangladesh coasts; the other shows it doing so on the Odisha coast between Puri and …
Voting without voters: Parties set up call centres to woo migrant voters, but few return
Scorching heat, lack of interest to vote among other reasons for low turnout