The future of mankind will be protected only when the nature is kept unharmed, viewed environmentalists and intellectuals at an award distribution ceremony held by the House of Nature, Environment and Society Trust (HONEST) here on Tuesday. Trust president Dr Sundara Narayan Patro presided over the programme. Asian Institute of …
The future of mankind will be protected only when the nature is kept unharmed, viewed environmentalists and intellectuals at an award distribution ceremony held by the House of Nature, Environment and Society Trust (HONEST) here on Tuesday. Trust president Dr Sundara Narayan Patro presided over the programme. Asian Institute of …
Straight after the MBBS result was declared, our batch was given the order to start the internship/housestaff-ship of twelve months' duration. It is laid down by the Medical Council of India as a mandatory precondition to become a fully registered medical practitioner. At present, the clamour for internship is growing …
As many as 866 persons were killed in elephants attack in different districts during the last 10 years from 2008-09 to 2017-18, informed Forests and Environment Minister Bijayshree Routray in the State Assembly in response to a question of BJP MLA Dilip Ray. The Minister informed that 1,834 persons were …
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has asked the administrations of Puri and Khurda districts to seal illegal brick kilns. As many as 55 such illegal kilns were operating in both the districts without having obtained environment clearance (EC), the OSPCB said. "We have written to the collectors …
BHUBANESWAR: Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) won the 18th Energy Globe World Award -2017 as the one and only organisation from India. The Energy Globe World Award is an international award in the field of environment instituted by the Energy Globe Foundation annually to recognise projects that make careful …
The Odisha government had assessed mining violations within the state on different parameters - violations of environment and forest clearance, mining beyond designated areas, and excess mining within designated areas. The Odisha government has received roughly less than half the compensation it had demanded for mining violations in the state …
CUTTACK:The Eastern Zone bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given its nod for the week-long Baliyatra. The annual event will be held from November 4 to 10 at the same place as every year. After the go ahead, the district administration has started gearing up for festival. The NGT, …
BHUBANESWAR: THE Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has rapped Odisha Government for failing to develop adequate infrastructure in health and social sectors.As per the Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS), all hospitals providing service to neonates should have a 10-bed Newborn Care Ward (NCW) but there was no NCW in any …
A new report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) says the projects funded by the World Bank have over the past decade physically or economically displaced 3.4 million people globally. The story is no different for India, but World Bank India claimed the projects cleared by it followed …
Hyderabad, Mumbai and Shimla spanning 2005 - 2012. We developed Poisson regression models to study ‘the main temperature effect’ as well as ‘additional impacts’ of sustained high and low temperatures (i.e. heat and cold waves) on all-cause mortality risk. Results: We find large heterogeneity among mortality risks across urban areas. …
A recent survey by Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) found SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, flouting norms by not segregating biomedical waste despite repeated reminders. If not segregated (different kinds of waste kept in different containers for disposal), biomedical waste can generate toxic chemicals, which pollute the environment. …
India may have little to feel proud about in the findings of UNDP’s Human Development Report for 2014, but the good news is that with ongoing rural employment and school education programmes and some serious discussions on universal healthcare over the last couple of years, it is moving in the …
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has warned Odisha government that sanction for development projects under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) will be withdrawn if it fails to implement projects at faster rate. According NABARD, as on March 31, 189 projects with the RIDF loan of Rs.380.09 crore …
As June inches closer, mercury is soaring across the country. Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a statement that heat wave conditions would prevail at a few places over Gangetic West Bengal and at isolated places over Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and southwest Madhya Pradesh. Maximum temperature is expected to go …
Certain birds of the tropical and sub-tropical climate are under threat. They generally live on ground or prefer to stay within the bushy forests. At night, they stay within the bushes or take rest on trees to avoid attack from predatory animals, whereas during day time, they move outside in …
The state will invest over Rs 11,000 crore ( including external aid from ADB and Japanese financial institutions) over the next five years to strengthen the power transmission and distribution network and make it disaster resilient. Two of the total nine projects that have been lined up for this purpose …
Temperature in 13 towns in the state shot beyond 40 degree on Thursday due to intense heat wave The prevailing heat wave in the state that has seen temperature hovering around 40 degrees in many places is likely to persist till May 5, a Met forecast suggested even as the …
New Delhi:Amid concerns of deficient rains this monsoon, a new study has shown that since 1980, all El Nino years have not resulted in a drought, although all droughts have happened in years of El Nino. In the last 34 years, there were six droughts in El Nino years, while …
With the Supreme Court appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) seeking details on illegal mining cases in the State, the State Government on Wednesday prepared its defence at a high level meeting here. The meeting chaired by Chief Secretary JK Mohapatra discussed different aspects of illegal mining activities and the report …
In a significant judgment, the Orissa High Court has upheld the State Government’s decision mandating sale of 50 per cent of mined iron ore lumps and fines to State-based industries. The division bench of Chief Justice AK Goel and Justice Ak Ratha has, however, directed the State to evolve a …
