Environment

Kathmandu: Mount Everest, the highest peak and a mountaineer's dream summit, is known for all its mightiness and beauty. However, decades of commercial mountaineering have turned it into rubbish dump...

Forest is one of the most valuable natural resources on this planet. While playing a crucial role in carbon cycle, it provides a host of important ecosystem services including mitigation...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday exhorted the people to protect and conserve forests in order to enhance green cover in the state. Inaugurating the Divisional Forest Officers' (DFOs) at the...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has started an ambitious plantation programme for plantation of two crore trees within a km along both sides of Mahanadi and other major rivers of the...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has decided to form a House committee to resolve the water-sharing dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh governments, informed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on Thursday. Following...

Bhubaneswar: Representatives of 13 political parties, excluding BJP, participated in a demonstration staged by Mahanadi Banchao Andolan before Raj Bhawan here on Tuesday. "We condemn the dilly-dallying attitude of the Central...

Bhubaneswar: The state government has decided to form a technical team to examine the quality of water of Daya river on the outskirts of the capital city Bhubaneswar, informed Revenue...

Air pollution in New Delhi has shot up with the onset of winter. A top medical body has termed it as a ‘public health emergency’ and a Supreme Court-appointed panel...

Millets have always been part of an eco-cultural system. It is not only limited to production and consumption, but envelopes a relationship with earth and her capability to sustain life...