Guest Column

The state is stitching together a development agenda for 2036 – towards hundred years of Odisha state formation. FRA (Forest Rights Act) presents an opportunity to set up a new...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will feature in Discovery’s top-rated programme ‘Man Vs Wild’ on August 12. A trailer of the same has been trending on social media since its...

Three of my close friends were closely associated with the Kargil War. One, whom I know from childhood was a year senior to me in school. He was a brilliant...

I admire Vir Sanghvi’s writing for its centrality. He is never pungent, acrimonious or strident in his views, always choosing a middle path. That in itself is a rare art....

Mineral resources are most vital for industrial, and hence socio-economic development of the country. These are the principal raw material for most of the heavy and essential industries like thermal...

BTech from IIT Kanpur is one of the best degrees any Indian student can aspire for. Santosh Misra had it and he then went abroad to USA, where a terrific...

Odisha is poised to punch well above its weight. That’s because its weight has always been underestimated. But no more. As India is gearing towards achieving an economy of US$...

There is considerable concern that India’s population will surpass that of China in the next decade or so. With climate change being an imminent threat to the population, this must...

Odisha is the largest producer of iron ore and other non-ferrous minerals in the country. We are gearing up for the auction of mines and everybody – the Centre, the...

The idea of freedom is essentially misconstrued as human and often restricted to how humans perceive it. Hence, the need for freedom of other living beings is not given as...