COVID-19: Sales hit, Odisha sculptors struggle to stay afloat

Absence of tourists and cancelled festival celebrations have hit their livelihood

Bhitarkanika: Man taken by estuarine croc in fatal attack  

The man, a milk supplier, was waiting to ford a crocodile-inhabited river when he was dragged and taken

Hilsa vanishing from poor and middle-class people’s menu in Odisha

Over-exploitation of fish stocks, construction of dams, use of gill nets and climatic factors to blame

Villagers in Odisha’s Malkangiri kill, consume meat of mugger crocodile

Odisha forest department officials detained a few villagers over the incident

Odisha’s big challenge: Meeting MGNREGS target of 200 million person days

Although the state govt picked up pace compared to recent years, there are reports of slowdown in work being done

Odisha set to introduce locally produced millets into ICDS, PDS

Keonjhar district will introduce ragi for pre-school meals through DMF funds from July 

पर्यावरण मुकदमों की साप्ताहिक डायरी: जल स्रोतों की बहाली के लिए जरुरी दिशानिर्देश तैयार करे यूपीपीसीबी: एनजीटी

यहां पढ़िए पर्यावरण सम्बन्धी मामलों के विषय में अदालती आदेशों का सार

COVID-19: More than 40,000 turmeric farmers in Odisha's Kandhamal bear lockdown brunt

Turmeric, or haldi, holds an important place in Indian kitchens because of its strong aroma, healing properties

Odisha starts project to conserve Bhitarkanika fishing cats

The nocturnal species are not easy to trace; no exact ecological data on their population at the park

Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan: A travesty on migrant workers

Its primary aim is to woo voters in Bihar where elections will take place later this year

Global Eco Watch: Reindeer may have been domesticated 2,000 years ago

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

International Horseshoe Crab Day: Species under grave threat in Odisha

Hundreds of the crabs have been killed in Odisha each year to supply their meat and shells to Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and other states

COVID-19: How the most vulnerable were identified in 2 Odisha districts

A non-profit working on food security issues, took up a pilot project to identify such people needing urgent governmental and non-governmental …

COVID-19: Odisha plans to set up home care facilities in all gram panchayats

More than 70,000 people across the state can be accommodated in these centres, says CM Patnaik

World Crocodile Day: Experts flag dip in gharial count in Odisha

Only 14 gharials were spotted at Satkosia gorge in Tikarpada in state’s Angul district in 2019, claimed a former forest official

World Crocodile Day: Experts call for patience regarding human-croc conflict

Down To Earth speaks to experts in four prominent human-croc conflict areas; none support culling

Houses damaged, power supply and road transport hit due to tornado in Odisha

The tornado hit seaside villages in Kendrapara district at 4 pm on June 15

2 leopard skins, bones recovered in Odisha, 1 arrested

At least 155 leopards have been poached across Odisha in the last 10 years

Elephants found dead in Odisha’s Keonjhar with tusks removed; activists allege poaching

Odisha forest department comes under fire by locals, activists; locals allege neglect

Odisha sal seed pickers face Amphan, COVID-19 double whammy

Sal seed procurement was delayed because of Cyclone Amphan

International Albinism Awareness Day celebrates those with rare genetic condition

‘Made To Shine’ — the chosen theme for this year’s International Albinism Awareness Day — celebrates the …

World Day Against Child Labour 2020: Vulnerable children worse off due to COVID-19

The nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has left child labourers with no source of income, no …

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

Odisha woman survives croc attack in Bhitarkanika

Mamata Jana was collecting prawn seeds when she was attacked by 9-foot-long reptile

Locust attack: Nine Odisha districts under alert, officials asked to keep vigil

The government has started control rooms at state- and district- levels to ward off locusts