A small village in Nayagarh Ranpur block has shown the way for forest protection. Dengajhari, where women are as much in charge of the forest conservation and management, has opened a Forest Rights Information Centre which is one of its…
A nice attempt to keep alive Odisha’s rich traditional rural games like Puchi
A sports tournament of a different kind has been organised in Berhampur to promote traditional rural games for girls. Due to urbanisation, these rural community games have been losing their sheen. So the Madhumaya Panigrahy Foundation (MPF) has organised this…
Odisha’s demand met : Center reduces GST from selected handicrafts and exempts from Khadi products
The Goods and Services Tax rate on handicraft and handloom products has been slashed by the GST council due to demands of Odisha government, official sources said. Odisha Finance Minister S B Behera said the GST on Sabai ropes and…
Bhubaneswar based NGO starts campaign to get reflective collar for stray dogs to prevent road accidents
Animal Welfare Trust Ekamra- a non profitable animal welfare organisation based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha started a campaign named “Illuminating Lives”. As the name suggests, it is an initiative to illuminate or in other words make animals visible even in the…
Over years we have lost over a lakh varieties of native rice, One district in Odisha is rediscovering some of them
It is a balmy winter morning when I meet Kamli Bataraa, an ebullient Adivasi farmer, at her home in Belugan, in southern Odisha’s Koraput district. There is a hum across the village from the threshing of just-harvested paddy. When I…
How many fans of Odia Recipe Nadia Bara ନଡ଼ିଆ ବରା here, check out this video by Manaswini
How many fans of Odia Recipe Nadia Bara ନଡ଼ିଆ ବରା here, check out this video by Manaswini
US Based Groceries Chain HMART interested in working with Odisha based RACSL for nice seafood from Chilika
Mr. Aditya Dash, Managing Director of the major seafood exporter Ram’s Assorted Cold Storage Limited (RACSL), enjoyed a very fruitful meeting with Hmart at their New Jersey Headquarters. The meeting started with Hmart showcasing a video introduction of the…
Its raining some more money for Odisha MLAs, Cabinet approves their Salary Hike, now 1 lakh per month
Monthly salary and allowances of an MLA in the Odisha Legislative Assembly would touch more than Rs 1 lakh as the state cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal in this regard. The cabinet decision came hours after MLAs from all…
Following a letter from Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Odisha along with 4 other high courts working on Saturdays
In a bid to tackle the pendency of cases, five high courts have constituted special benches to take up criminal appeals in which the state has provided legal aid to the parties. Special benches have already started functioning in the…
Ranchi Startup gets order of 3,00,000 leaf plates per month from France, ties up with Odisha villagers
Women of this western Odisha district have traditionally forayed into forests nearby for harvesting leaves of the creeper called siali to augment a much-needed income. But now that the demand for siali leaves, biodegradable plates made of which are replacing…