Odisha fishers seek higher compensation for 2-month ban

Central, state assistace doesn’t compare with market rate; women not covered under scheme

Discrimination during pandemic, cyclones puts lives of dalits at risk

Lower caste communities are ostracised and denied access to rehabilitation facilities during natural disasters

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

Phasi wood for Jagannath chariot this year entirely from private lands; forest loss, climate change affecting natural supply

Phasi and Dhaura trees take 50-100 years to mature; this poses a challenge to the annual construction of chariots in the Puri Jagannath Yatra

Cyclone Jawad: Bengal braces for intense rain, crop damage

Cyclone Jawad’s impact on West Bengal will be dependent on what direction the cyclone takes in Odisha, say experts

Cyclone Jawad can make landfall in Odisha’s Puri district December 5: IMD

Farmers and fishermen in coastal Odisha districts prepare for the worst, with Cyclone Jawad predicted to make landfall in the area; many worried …

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

Every drop to drink: 24x7 potable tap water in Puri has environmental, social benefits

The project will reduce use of plastic bottles by 30 million units and overall plastic waste plastic waste by 400 tonnes per year

Record single-day COVID-19 deaths in Odisha

The state’s COVID-19 toll rose to 5,241

Kharif farming affected as monsoon plays truant in Odisha

The state received around 17 per cent deficit rainfall in June 2021 

Cyclone Yaas may have caused jellyfish to wash up on Puri beach: Experts

Strong winds and high tidal waves under the influence of the cyclonic storm might have caused the jellyfish to be washed ashore

Why fishermen in Odisha’s Ganjam are protesting plan for Blue Flag beaches

Blue Flag beaches provide clean and hygienic bathing facilities, safe environment and sustainable development

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’s climate refugees: Activists urge proper rehabilitation policy

Advancing sea puts villagers at risk in Puri, Kendrapada districts

Lord! Where will the wood for Jagannath’s chariot come from?

As the forest cover in Odisha decreases, there are apprehensions about the scarcity of wood for making the deity’s chariot for the Rath Yatra

Cyclone Fani: Women were left with just one cloth to cover body, manage menstruation

In the absence of gender-sensitive disaster response mechanism, women in a Puri village tore the only cloth they had after the disaster …

Cyclone Fani damages Odisha’s seaside Balukhanda Sanctuary

The deer that fled the cyclone into areas inland have begun to return

Puri may have no water left in a decade

Rapid construction and encroachment in Odisha’s main tourist hub threaten water supplies

Odisha takes its first step towards promoting turtle tourism

The state held its first Olive Ridley turtle festival to give way to eco-tourism and in turn conserve turtles

Over 150 turtles found dead on Odisha beach

The Oliver Ridley turtles arrive in large numbers to lay eggs on the state's shores

Why floods despite dams

130 women leaders steal the limelight at UN climate show

With women and girls on the frontline of climate change, women leaders representing 54 nations met in New York to call on global leaders gathered …

Some villages made their own disaster plan

People say it was lessons from 1999 super cyclone and media warnings that helped save lives during cyclone Phailin

Eye on the storm

Cyclone Phailin has not taken many lives but has left behind a trail of destruction that severely cripples people’s livelihood. What did it …

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