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Agriculture is one of the major sources of livelihood for the farmers of Saratchandrapur village in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district. Photo by Tazeen Qureshy.

Tackling agrobiodiversity loss in Odisha’s Similipal protected area

Tazeen Qureshy 6 Dec 2021

Administration flexes muscle power as it seeks consent for bauxite mining in Odisha’s tribal area

Manish Kumar 3 Dec 2021
Members of a women-led group, most involved in farming, in front of solar panels powering irrigation in Jharkhand. Photo by Srikant Chaudhary/Mongabay.

Small steps are making energy sector more inclusive for women

Sahana Ghosh 23 Nov 2021

Rooftop solar prepares prosumers in Odisha for power cuts during disasters

Manish Kumar 19 Nov 2021

Konark pursues clean energy dream but there are challenges

Manish Kumar 7 Oct 2021
Psedomelanistic tigers develop broader than average black stripes that look like they have spread or leaked onto the surrounding tawny background. All the black tigers of Similipal carry a single mutation in the gene Transmembrane Aminopeptidase Q (Taqpep) which seems to be the cause of this odd patterning. Photo by Rajesh Kumar Mohapatra/Nandankanan Biological Park.

Why tiger conservation efforts need genetic data

Anusha Krishnan 1 Oct 2021

Odisha has an ambitious electric vehicle plan but faces challenges

Manish Kumar 30 Sep 2021

Will Odisha notify 14 proposed elephant corridors?

Manish Kumar 16 Sep 2021

Most famines in south India under British rule due to minor rainfall fluctuations, rather than extreme events

Sahana Ghosh 15 Sep 2021

Odisha’s decision to auction virgin mines raises environmental concerns

Tazeen Qureshy 15 Sep 2021
Fishing cats can be found in wetland and mangrove ecosystems. Photo by Srichakra Pranav/Wikimedia Commons.

Hope in sight for the ambassador of Chilika lake, the elusive fishing cat

Sneha Mahale 14 Sep 2021

Bhubaneswar’s periphery is losing its hills to stone mining

Manish Kumar 8 Sep 2021

Clean tap water mission in Puri hopes to replenish groundwater

Tazeen Qureshy 23 Aug 2021

Mining-affected communities seek refuge in art to express rage, reason and reflection

Aritra Bhattacharya 13 Aug 2021

Can Odisha, Chhattisgarh move beyond conventional approaches to save Mahanadi?

Pragati Prava 9 Aug 2021

Uncertain future for elephants of northern Andhra Pradesh

Almaas Masood 6 Aug 2021
India’s monsoons are important to its agriculture and economy. Farms during India's monsoon season in Madhya Pradesh. Photo by Rajarshi Mitra/Wikimedia Commons.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide and warming shaped past Indian monsoons: study

Sahana Ghosh 14 Jul 2021

With poor regulation of floodplains, India is more vulnerable to flood damage

Manish Kumar 13 Jul 2021
A month after cyclone Yaas hit Bhadrak in Odisha, people are struggling to cope with its aftermath. Photo by Naresh Rout, Pragati Jubak Sangha.

The cyclone has passed but the storm of destruction continues

Azera Parveen Rahman 8 Jul 2021

Reviving the critically endangered gharials in Odisha

Tazeen Qureshy 22 Jun 2021