Piyush Rout

Revitalisation of train station in today’s world is a response to urbanisation with a hope that infrastructure will encourage locals to commute using bicycle and public transport instead of…

It is World Cities Day today (October 31). The theme this year is Act Local to Go Global. Local action is critical to achieving the sustainable development goals in less than eight years,…

Bhubaneswar’s dream of becoming an Indore sounds good, but the journey to become India’s cleanest city is neither easy nor smooth. Why not try that journey through a sustainable way.…

It's a historic event, as India is hosting a FIFA women’s tournament for the first time. It’s the seventh edition of the U-17 Women’s World Cup (WWC). The inaugural edition was staged in New…

Bhubaneswar: Climate science played a major part in the 2012 London Olympics, perhaps for the first time in a major sporting event. It was termed the greenest ever for its sustainability…

On this day in 1945, the world saw the dropping of the first atomic bomb in the city of Hiroshima, Japan. As many as 1,40,000 people were killed and 69 percent of the city’s buildings were…

On the occasion of Nature Conservation Day (July 28), it's apt to discuss the plastic menace. Regulating use of polythene was not new. Prior to July 1, 2022, such regulations were tried…

Good things are happening in India as shops are moving towards a polythene-free regime. Switching to alternate bags is also adding value to the products as they get further used. We must…

Some decades ago, Bhubaneswar invested in creating a street that looks like Dubai with date palms etc. Yet it is far from many simple indicators that people are debating at the ongoing World…

Every year, three new chariots are constructed for the Rath Yatra in Odisha's Puri town. It starts with collection of wood on Basant Panchami (February-March), which is considered the most…