Sops in naxal areas

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

Balangir's distressed migrants

From a resource-rich area to a metaphor for poverty, the Balangir district of Orissa has covered a long distance. Plausibly, it is this journey …

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

Officials demolish illegal prawn farms in Bhitarkanika; but is it of any use?

Locals allege the farms are demolished in such a way that owners repair them and come back later

DTE Impact: COVID-19 coverage spurs action in Odisha's Nuapada

DTE’s reportage not only made the Nuapada administration spruce up healthcare facilities but also led to expatriate Odias in Japan sending help

Cyclone Yaas, COVID-19 leave Odisha’s weavers in deep trouble

Hundreds of looms, yarn and spindles have been damaged in the cyclone and flood, as most weavers live in thatched houses

Health infrastructure weakest in tribal areas: Report

Major shortfall of doctors and nurses at Primary Health Centres in the tribal areas of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, …

Bargarh: How Odisha's rice bowl turned cancer field

Cancer stalks Odisha’s agriculture-intensive Bargarh district raising questions over its link with pesticide overuse

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

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 

Nandan Kanan: 3 tiger cubs dead in a month

The cubs were being hand-reared before their deaths after being abandoned by their mother

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

COVID-19: How Koraput's tribal women hawkers are trying to recover livelihoods

The pandemic restricted the mobility of the women street vendors, pushing them to sell their wares online.