Environment

Bhubaneswar: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi released eight Namibian Cheetahs at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, the Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) in Odisha has revived its plans to get...

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has directed the state government to formulate a policy regarding activities of traditional non-fishermen in Chilika lake within two months. A division bench of Chief...

Paradip: The participants in a public hearing have given their consent for the proposed nano fertiliser plant of IFFCO at Paradip in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district on Wednesday. More than 300...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Saturday asked the coastal states, including Odisha, to focus on building resilience among the communities living in coastal...

Sambalpur: Plans are afoot to launch a massive plantation drive in the western Odisha city of Sambalpur to increase green cover along the ring road and beautify the area. A...

Bhubaneswar:  Noting that green cover and forest density in Odisha increased in last 20 years, Chief Secretary S C Mahapatra on Wednesday advocated a three-pronged approach involving concrete action, awareness...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Union Government to convene a meeting of all the stakeholders, including Odisha, to discuss and resolve the issues relating to the...

Bhubaneswar: An expert committee of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has voiced apprehension that reclamation of 426 acres of Mahanadi riverbed may pose threat to the Jobra barrage and trigger...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has worked out plans for spending a whopping Rs 2.45 lakh crore over a period of ten years for climate adaptation and mitigation activities in key...

Bhubaneswar: A high-level committee will be formed by the Union Environment Ministry to probe deaths caused due to human-elephant conflicts in Odisha and Jharkhand, sources said. The decision was taken...