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Climate change
Bhubaneswar’s Summers Don’t Feel the Same Anymore
If you have lived in Bhubaneswar for more than fifteen or twenty years, you have probably noticed it too. The city feels hotter now.
Not just during peak summer afternoons, but almost throughout the day. The evenings no longer bring the…
Chilika Is Heating Up, and Its People Are Paying the Price
As rising temperatures and declining fish catches push fishing communities around Chilika Lake toward migration and economic uncertainty, a quiet crisis is unfolding along Odisha’s coast. This report explores how climate stress is reshaping…
The Climate Solution India is ignoring
India’s climate discussion often focuses on forests, solar parks, and electric vehicles. Yet along the country’s long coastline, another powerful climate solution already exists. In tidal creeks, estuaries, and coastal wetlands, ecosystems…
How Environment Shapes Women’s Health in India
National Family Health Survey (2019–21) indicate that exposure to high levels of air pollution and contaminated groundwater is linked to disruptions in reproductive cycles. Women living in highly polluted areas are reporting delayed…
Faith and Science Must Unite
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is facing a climate emergency that threatens its rivers, forests, agriculture, and cultural identity. The delayed rains after Akshaya Tritiya, parched ponds, and collapsing livestock are stark reminders that the crisis…
The Heat Beneath Growth: Rethinking Urbanisation in Odisha’s Smaller Cities
Megha Pattnaik
Not long ago, the idea of escaping to a smaller city carried with it a quiet promise, cooler air, shaded streets, and a gentler pace of life. In Odisha, cities like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, and even towns such as Titilagarh…
Chintamaniswar Pond: A Vanishing Lifeline of Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar (Odisha): Once a vital water body sustaining both ecology and culture, Chintamaniswar Pond in Bhubaneswar has now been transformed into a playground. This shift reflects a growing conflict between rapid urban development and…
IMD AND SOA SIGN MOU ON CLIMATE
Bhubaneswar, Aug. 12: As the severe impact of climate change is being felt globally, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) and India Meterological Department (IMD) on Saturday agreed to collaborate in the field of meteorology…
OCOY on Climate Change kicks off in Bhubaneswar
Odisha youthsprepare climate action plan for COP 28
Bhubaneswar, August 9, 2023 — A three-day Odisha Conference of Youth (OCOY) on climate change was inaugurated in Bhubaneswar today. It is organized by the Youth4Water…
The Wrath of the Gods Strikes the Temple
Anil Dhir
Bhubaneswar 16th July : Nakula Mohapatro, the servitor, was still in a state of shock. He was in the Roshaghara, the kitchen where the Prasad for the deity is cooked, when the bolt of lightning struck the temple. He was thrown…