English Odisha: NGT penalises Rs 360 million for mining sand 240 times above permissible limit Taking cognizance of the illegal mining of sand on the Budhabalanga river bed in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, the National Green...
English Will India ban rice exports? Here’s what rice traders and exporters say India is the biggest exporter of rice in the world commanding a share of almost 40 per cent. However, deficient...
English ‘Nuakhai’ — Odisha’s harvest festival that celebrates the reaping of paddy Nuakhai, which literally translates as ‘new food’, is a harvest festival celebrated with great vigour in the coastal state. Often...
English Saving snakes can also save human lives Rescuing snakes is not an easy job. How are these rescues carried out? How dangerous can they get? Meet some...
English The Dongria Kondh tribal women weave an income out of their traditional shawls While weaving and embroidering shawls with their tribal motifs has been an age-old practice in the Dongria Kondh tribal community...
English Busting myths around snakes and snakebites Vengeful snakes, snakes that drink milk, cobras with a gemstone in their hoods… There is no dearth of myths associated...
English Odisha: Life at a standstill as 7-day long incessant rains flood 12 districts The formation of three consecutive low pressure areas in the Bay of Bengal has resulted in heavy downpour in the...
English Mentha farmers in Uttar Pradesh learn how to double their income In India, nearly 75% of menthol crop is cultivated in Uttar Pradesh. Farmers in Bahraich district adopt the SRI method...
English Raja Bhoj, the great Bhojpur lake and its Mandideep ‘island’ Twenty five kilometres south east of Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh, and a few kilometres downstream of Mandideep...
English Tribal farmers in Mayurbhanj earn an annual profit of Rs 1 lakh an acre by cultivating rubber Rubber cultivation was introduced on 200 acres of land in Mayurbhanj district in Odisha in 1995. Since then, it has...
