Mining explosives attract Maoists

POSCO remains Orissa's choice

Net loss

Fishing practices in Chilika are threatening the Irrawaddy dolphin, which is not only rare but also little known

Turtles, shrimp and a ban

Death by starvation

About 11 million people in Orissa and Bihar have become victims of a famine that has occurred despite adequate food stocks in the country.

Saving forests for Posterity

Community-based systems in Orissa ore effectively managing local forest resources, but they need support to overcome the conflicts and …

Fighting it out

Groups of tribal women in Orissa are fighting against authorities to improve their lot by consolidating the trade of minor forest produce

A great sweep

Feisty women hill broom gatherers force the forest department to relent in a Orissa village

Success in a fistful of rice

Women come to the rescue of a village burdened by drought

मिसाल: मलेरिया से मुक्ति की राह पर एक जिला

ओडिशा का मलकानगिरि मलेरिया से बुरी तरह ग्रस्त जिलों में एक है। ये जिला इस बीमारी से जीतने के कगार पर है

Amphan to severely affect Odisha's Balasore, Bhadrak: Officials

Both districts are on the north Odisha coast and border West Bengal

Amphan now strongest-ever cyclone recorded in Bay of Bengal: US agency

Down To Earth could not directly verify this fact as the Joint Typhoon Centre in Hawaii keeps updating its warning and older reports are …

Telangana police rescues Odisha family held captive at Ramagundam brick kiln

The brick kiln owner allegedly held the family captive, beat them up and made them work without paying them

Create a million person days under MGNREGS: Patnaik to officers

He also asked them to ensure food security for migrant workers returning to the state

COVID-19 lockdown hits Patachitra artisans of Odisha crafts village hard

Artisans in Raghurajpur near Puri, who make the traditional paintings, have suffered huge losses due to the lockdown

Odisha woman with COVID-19 symptoms dies under treatment of village quack

The woman had returned recently from Kolkata to Bhitarkanika National Park

COVID-19: Odisha allows collection of non-timber forest produce

Experts had been demanding NTFPs’ exemption from the lockdown as they are a vital part of India’s tribal economy

Stranded Odisha workers across India send SOS for food

Workers from Odisha are contacting anyone who can help them in a number of states

COVID-19: Strict measures can’t prevent Odisha’s 4th case

Had a travel history to Dubai, contacts being tracked, said officials

Three flagship marshland species found in Odisha's Chilika lake

Fishing Cat, Smooth-coated Otter and Eurasian Otter populations detected in Chilika brings attention to India’s largest contiguous marshland

डीएमएफ: केवल 34 प्रतिशत पैसा ही खर्च कर पाए राज्य

खनन की वजह से विस्थापित होने वाले लोगों के लिए सरकारें खनन कंपनियों से पैसा तो वसूल रही हैं, लेकिन विस्थापितों पर खर्च नहीं ...

Bhitarkanika census finds an increase of 15 saltwater crocodiles from last year

There are now 1,757 crocodiles in the park, the census conducted on January 3, 2020, found. Last year, there were 1,742

After Talabira, tree-felling attempt in neighbouring Patrapalli village

According to a resident, the police attempted to chop trees in the village on December 11, but were thwarted by locals 

2019 set to be record-breaking cyclone year for India

Cyclone Bulbul, to hit Andhra and Odisha by November 9, to be seventh such storm this year

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