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Chami Murmu, an Indian environmental activist, is best known for her extraordinary efforts in planting trees across India. Starting her mission in 1996, Murmu has planted over 2.5 million trees around her village Bagraisai, Rajnagar block, Seraikela Kharsawan district, Jharkhand, India to combat deforestation, particularly...

Purnima Devi Barman is a renowned wildlife biologist from Assam, celebrated for her groundbreaking conservation efforts with the greater adjutant stork (Leptoptilos dubius), locally known as the hargila bird. As the founder of the Hargila Army, a pioneering all-female conservation initiative, Purnima has led a...

Sunita Narain is a leading Indian environmentalist, currently serving as the Director General of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the editor of its fortnightly magazine, Down To Earth. With over four decades of experience, she has been at the forefront of advocating...

Bhubaneswar: The Khurda District Committee of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) Saturday staged a demonstration in Bhubaneswar protesting the implementation of the four new Labour Codes, which they termed anti-worker. As part of the agitation, protesters raised slogans and burned copies of the...

Bhubaneswar: The fifth edition of Dharitri Youth Conclave will be organised in Bhubaneswar November 23 and 24. It aims to make an impact on the cause of environmental protection by bringing together young climate advocates from across the country. The first day of the event...

Bhubaneswar: Housing & Urban Development and Public Enterprises Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra Saturday visited Insectika’s state-of-the-art Black Soldier Fly (BSF)-based waste upcycling facility here at the Bharatpur Micro Composting Centre. During the visit, Minister Mahapatra reviewed the innovative processes through which organic waste is converted...

Bhubaneswar/Nuapada: Opposition BJD in Odisha Saturday said it will lodge a complaint with the Election Commission to seek "justice", alleging that large-scale "state-sponsored manipulation" happened in the Nuapada bypoll. The decision to lodge the complaint was taken at a meeting of the party's political affairs...

Cuttack: A man allegedly stabbed his father and stepmother to death over a long-standing property dispute in Odisha's Cuttack city, police said Saturday. The accused, identified as Alok Das, was arrested. The incident took place at the Old Jail colony under Dargha Bazar police station...

Bhubaneswar/Baripada: Two wild elephants died in separate incidents in Odisha, officials said Saturday. An elephant undergoing treatment after falling ill in the Chandaka forest area died late Friday, they said. It was suspected that the 22-year-old elephant died due to an infection in its digestive...