Bhubaneswar: In view of the ongoing heatwave conditions in Odisha, the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) Debidutta Biswal has directed the forest officials to ensure sufficient water for wildlife in forests during summer. In a letter to the Divisional Forest Officers (DFOs), PCCF instructed the officials to take stock of the availability of water…

Bhubaneswar: With demand for Geographical Index (GI) tag to Chhennapoda, members of Nayagarh Bikasha Mancha met the Governor Professor Ganeshi Lal at Raj Bhavan today and presented a memorandum. A memorandum of 10 points which includes the demand for expediting the process of Geographical Index (GI) certification of Chhenapoda and creating a cluster for those…

Bhubaneswar: Madhusmita Jena from Odisha ran in a marathon clad in a beautiful Sambalpuri Saree. A high school teacher in Manchester, she participated in the 42.5 km Manchester Marathon 2023 in the UK. She completed the marathon in 4 hours and 50 minutes. A native of Kusupur in Kendrapada district, she is an active member…

Bhubaneswar: With Odisha grappling with a heatwave for the past few days, humans and animals are finding it hard to bear the heat. On Sunday, a leopard in the forests of Nuapada district suffered sunstroke. The forest department officials took immediate action and saved the animal. Some villagers spotted the leopard in the forest near Siliarbahara…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha won the Global Planet Purpose Award for its satellite image-based validation of paddy crop system. The award was given to Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Department, Electronics & Information Technology Department at the Planet Explore 2023-Transparency to Action Conference held in Washington DC, USA. Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Department, Electronics & Information…

Bhubaneswar: To ensure improved management of water resources, the Odisha government has signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee in Uttarakhand on Thursday. The Department of Water Resources (DoWR) and IIT-Roorkee signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the preparation of the State Specific Action Plan (SSAP) on the water sector…

Bhubaneswar: Odia feature film ‘Whispers of a Storm’ is all set for world premiere at the upcoming 25th UK Asian Film Festival in London this May. The film is set in the devastated coastal villages of Odisha after cyclone Fani. The film projects different independent characters and their relations in the context of their losses….

Guwahati: Ahead of Rongali Bihu, Assam’s Bihu dance made it into the Guinness Book of World Records on Thursday for the largest Bihu dance at a single venue. A total of 11,304 dancers and drummers, dressed in traditional mekhela sadors and dhoti kurta performed the Bihu dance together at the Sarusajai Sports complex in the…