Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Bibhu Dash & Others Vs Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation & Others dated 05/02/2024. The affidavit of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board stated that the STP cannot be constructed because the sewage outflow of Manorama Estates Welfare Society to their …
BHUBANESWAR: As the rapid industrialisation process needs more and more mining activities, here is a warning from an eminent environmentalist. If we indiscriminately resort to mining without restraint, then perhaps there will be imbalance in nature and with the industrial pollution adding to it, might contribute towards more climate change …
BHUBANESWAR: Climate change will not only have a single manifestation of rapid and unpredictable temperature rise, but also has tremendous impact on agriculture
BHUBANESWAR: The debate over tiger population in Similipal will go on for sure. The latest census carried out in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) has put their number at 71. Last year the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) had created a flutter by projecting the population in the reserve at 20 …
BHUBANESWAR: While an estimated prevalence rate of adult HIV has shown a marginal decline in India, a multi-centre study says, the same has recorded a rise in Orissa. The study, focusing on a four-year period 2002-2006, does not paint the overall scenario as grim since it says that there has …
BHUBANESWAR: Outbreak of emerging diseases has not only posed a potent challenge to health care delivery systems in the State but also reinforced the poverty-ill health nexus in the society by imposing
BHUBANESWAR: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has stepped up efforts to promote the Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure, Grading and Standardisation scheme of Centre in Orissa. The scheme facilitates financing of infrastructure such as collection and assembling, drying, cleaning, grading, standardisation, quality certification, labelling, packaging, retailing and wholesaling, value …
BHUBANESWAR: A team of plant scientists which mapped Khandadhar hill forests in Keonjhar has claimed to have spotted 29 new species of bryophytes in the region. These bryophytes, land plants without any flower or seed which reproduce by way of spores, have been reported for the first time in Orissa. …
PARADIP: More than 25 persons of coastal villages of Balikuda block have been affected by diarrhoea following consumption of contaminated water. Sources said 20 to 25 coastal villages under Balikuda and Ersama blocks are reeling under acute water crisis as a result of which, people are forced to consume contaminated …
BHUBANESWAR: The recent forest fires across the State and rise in February temperature could be the effect of the climate change and global warming. Migratory birds coming to Orissa are affected too by these phenomena, going by their number. The comparative analysis of bird census of 2007, 2008 and 2009 …
BHUBANESWAR: An Innovative technique which can do wonders for malaria control programme through vector monitoring has been devised by the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) here. The molecular biology technique can identify species, their host preference, parasite presence and drug resistance. All at one go, thereby saving on both resources …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has submitted a proposal of Rs 49.54 crore before the 13th Finance Commission (TFC) for the all-round development and conservation of biodiversity in Chilika lake. The new proposal for the Chilika lake includes participatory watershed management, improvement of salinity gradient, biodiversity conservation, fishery resource, fishery resource …
BHUBANESWAR: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has recommended that the implementation of the mid-day meal (MDM) scheme should be fully offloaded from the teachers to give them adequate time for teaching activities. In its latest report, the CAG has exposed several loopholes in the execution of the …
- Nandan Kanan suffers as staff go on indefinite strike Staff on protest path. Pix: Sanjib Mukherjee Bhubaneswar, Feb. 8: For the poor animals at Nandan Kanan, it was a day to fast, as their caretakers went on an indefinite strike demanding a better deal for themselves. As many as …
Bhubaneshwar: After two failed attempts in tracking the mysterious path of Olive Ridley marine turtles, the Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has embarked on telemetry tracking of the endangered animals off the Orissa coast. But marine wildlife conservationists are wondering whether the experiment will be of any use since …
