Environment

Sambalpur: In order to raise awareness on water conservation, a few young people have got together to organise a ‘Youth for Water’ campaign. Odisha's 'Water Man' Ranjan Panda took the...

Bhubaneswar: The sea water quality in Odisha's Paradip is 'poor' and Dhamra 'very poor', according to a report by the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR) on the water quality...

Bhubaneswar: Scientists, Professors and Researchers from Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT) Bhubaneswar, Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology (CIPET) Bhubaneswar, IIT Bhubaneswar, NISER, KIIT, and other universities...

Bargarh, the western Odisha district, has now become the unofficial cancer capital of the state. Experts believe the high incidence of cancer could be caused by the heavy use of...

Now, green firecrackers with up to 30 per cent lower particulate matter emission are available throughout the country, Union Science Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday at an event in...

The Ganges and Brahmaputra river basins will experience large scale uncertainty in rainfall and frequent floods by 2100 due to the effects of climate change, according to a report by...

Kendrapara: The annual bird census in Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara district will begin from Wednesday. According to Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Rajnagar Mangrove (Forest) and Wildlife Division Bimal...

Bhubaneswar: The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) on Thursday released Rs 47,436.18 crore to 27 states, including Odisha, under the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA). Among...

Vast tracts of the Amazon forest—the ‘lungs’ of our planet—are on fire. Forest fires in Brazil have been spewing smoke since the beginning of this year, with the country’s most...

One of the world's biggest storage of carbon is on fire for weeks now. The fire is so bad that it has turned day into night in Sao Paulo, thousands...