Political hand behind tribal encroachment
Tribals displaced by the Salandi river dam in Orissa are encroaching on the Hadgarh sanctuary, allegedly at the instigation of the Socialist …
Mafias rule the Chilika waters
A committee set up by the Bhubaneswar High Court has confirmed that mafias control the prawn trade in Orissa's Chilika lake.
Global Conservator
The US is taking its role as the protector of sea turtles worldwide too seriously, ignoring some important factors
Parched lands
The frequency of droughts has made even traditionally water-rich regions fall under the spectre of death
The truth of grains
The recent starvation deaths in Orissa have thrown up a more fundamental question -- that of local food security.
How development loses meaning
The abstract noun 'development' is firmly a part of the public relations language governments use today. But after a recent ordinance passed by …
Coconut cracker
The eriophyid mite has a field day, while officials sleep tight. The pest attack was first reported in 2000, when a farmer from the Puri …
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 1, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 25, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Back to farming roots: Odisha reinforced linkages among traditional grains, nutrition, resilience, food sovereignty
Thousand farmers have been supported by Odisha Millets Mission (OMM) to promote millets through a farm-to-fork approach
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 21, 2024)
Why did eastern India receive heavy rainfall on March 20? A cocktail of weather systems is the answer
The India Meteorological Department had listed 5 different weather systems that were active over mainland India on March 20; there was also an …
New eel species discovered in Mumbai well
The blind eel belongs to a genus endemic to India
Monsoon 2021: A month before season’s end, over one-third of districts deficit in rainfall
All the districts in Gujarat have reported deficit or large deficit rainfall
Over 57k hectares of forest land diverted in Odisha, says new report
Most of the forest land (28,409 hectares) was diverted for 186 mining projects
UN praises Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik again for saving lives during Cyclone Yaas
The UN had earlier praised Naveen Patnaik after Cyclone Phailin had hit Odisha in 2013
Cyclone Yaas is the 96th tropical cyclone to strike Odisha in 130 years
Balasore was the site for landfall for 28 cyclones in that period
Odisha declares journalists as ‘frontline COVID-19 warriors’, announces ex-gratia
More than a dozen journalists have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in Odisha recently
At least 103 saltwater crocodile nests counted in Odisha’s Bhitarkanika this year
Forest officials say it is a marginal increase from last year
Days after Cyclone Amphan, Odisha districts still in darkness
State official said some roads may take two months to be repaired
Cashew farmers in Odisha to suffer losses as tea mosquito bug destroys crops
Around 40% cashew plants in the state infected by bugs, estimate experts
Heat wave warning in Odisha as temperatures soar
The highest maximum temperature of 41°C was recorded in Balangir on March 29
Untimely January rain damages rabi crop, vegetables in Odisha’s Nuapada
The spell of winter showers affected the small and big farmers alike