Odisha loses 24th elephant in 8 years on railway tracks

While forest department wants speed checks, railways seek better coordination

Sacred flaws

Why the Odisha government's move to save sacred groves has enraged tribal communities

Increase in green cover, says report

India has 28,000 ha more forests than last year, according to the Forest Survey of India

Land of sufferance

People of a village in Orissa wage a battle against mining companies to protect their lands

PROMISE BROKEN

Blast-off

India successfully tests the Agni II missile

Olive Ridley deaths

Asthma cases rising

INDIA

Shun simplification

Giving women a voice in water user bodies does not necessarily empower them

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 1, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

How important is basic infrastructure in securing livelihoods of Adivasis

A significant proportion of poverty in backward areas is due to a gap in basic infrastructure and its deficiency

What is the new cyclone brewing in the Bay of Bengal?

A low-pressure area will likely develop over the southeast Bay of Bengal on May 7. It is likely to concentrate into a depression on May 8

Bats dying of heat stroke: Experts fear mass population collapse, zoonotic diseases

Live bats don’t cause harm as they’re immune to viruses, but their carcass coming in contact with domestic animals may increase …

Odisha had half of India’s wildfires on March 13 — & poachers may be to blame

Principal Chief Conservator of Forests alleges hunters setting fire to target wild animals; one suspect arrested 

Hello Point in Odisha: A tale of digital India or ignorant India?

Odisha has the highest number of inhabited villages without access to mobile networks  

Monsoon 2022: Erratic rains may delay Odisha Kharif crops

Dry June led to late paddy transplantation; More than half of targetted acreage lie uncultivated    

Villagers unaware of forest rights find it ‘too good to be true’

Odisha village applies for forest rights title 15 years later; many villages still unaware, says NGO  

There’s a human hand in every tenth elephant death in Odisha

34 elephants were killed by poachers, 30 died after being hit by trains and six died in road accidents in the last 10 years

Odisha Panchayat polls: Caught in a web of debt, exploitative labour only option for migrant villagers

Panchayat elections have little significance for migrant villagvers who won't be casting their votes

Odisha’s Ganjam district is now free of child marriages

Ganjam, known to be severely affected by child marriages, is Odisha’s first district to be declared child marriage free

Has Cyclone Jawad fizzled out? Yes, says IMD

Cyclone Jawad is likely to turn into a deep depression as it reaches the Puri coast, the IMD has said

Cyclone alert: Jawad may reach Odisha-Andhra coast by December 4, warns IMD

IMD has predicted wind speeds of 70-80 km / hr December 3, with gusts of 90 km / hr along the Odisha and Andhra Pradesh coasts

How to manage disasters: Assam officials visit Odisha to learn

Three officials from Assam were recently in Kendrapara and Puri to know how Odisha managed its cyclones

Turmeric soaps pave way for financial independence of Koraput’s tribal women

Around 1,2000 tribal women in the area have managed to eke out a living making turmeric soaps