E-cigarettes, e-hookah banned in State
The State Government has now banned e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) like e-Sheesha, e-hookah and heat-not-burn tobacco device. The Government issued a notification
Pioneer (Bhubaneswar)
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90% DMF fund not spent in Odisha
The District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) in the State have collected Rs 4,075 crore in the last three years, while only Rs 389 crore was spent over the period. Thus, 90 per cent of the fund lies unutilized.
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Use DMF on nutrition, livelihoods in S’garh’
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi-based nonprofit think tank, analysed the situation in mining-affected areas in Sundargarh district to identify issues where the District Mineral
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Use advanced tech for environ safety
The Odisha Environmental Society (OES) on Sunday called upon the industrial houses and other stakeholders to use advanced technologies for the safety of workers and protection of the environment. Environmentalists
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Cyclothon on environment held in Koraput
District administration officials and members of civil societies of Koraput had a healthy start of the day on Sunday as they moved in a 21-km-stetch Cyclothon for creating awareness among people about
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Will spend Green Nobel prize money for environment’
Goldman Environment (Green Nobel) prize winner Prafulla Samatara remembered Rabi Ray, the founder member of Lokshakti Abhijan, and gave him the credit for the award. Addressing mediapersons, he said,
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Malaria stings Odisha with nation-high cases!
Is Odisha losing the grip over malaria? Seems so when the State topped in the country with over 3.36 lakh malaria positive cases till October 1 this year vis-a-vis around 3 lakh cases in 2011. Moreover,
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Govt to construct pig shelters in Malkangiri to check spread of Japanese Encephalitis
The State Government has decided to take up construction of pig shelters under the MGNREGS. Fisheries and Animal Resources Development Department Secretary Bishnupada Sethi had proposed construction
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Focus on groundwater recharge, solar irrigation
For combating climate change effects and adapting with them, the State Water Resources Department has submitted a funding proposal to the UNFCC Green Climate Fund. The aim of the proposal is to ensure
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El Nino effect: Mass death of marine species in Odisha
EI Nino refers to warming of the eastern tropical Pacific, whichdisrupts the local climate and has a wider effect on general weatherpatterns. The opposite of this term is La-Nina. The La Nina implies tocooling
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Odisha’s growing lightning deaths due to green cover loss
With lightning on an average striking four persons dead in every five days during a year in Odisha, the fact of the matter is it simultaneously also indicates to some ‘thunderous’ upheavals happening in