Protection of mankind depends on safe nature’
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 state is gearing up to counter a deficient monsoon that may be induced by the El Nino factor.
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.
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.
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