Cuttack:22/11/23: The National Road Safety Short Film Festival 2023 has received an overwhelming response with 247 entries from across the country. Filmmakers, amateur film enthusiasts and students have submitted entries in the form of documentary, experimental, narrative, fiction, non-fiction and animation formats. There are entries in 7 languages from 7 states. The qualified entries include 145 films in Odia language and ...

Bhubaneswar:12/8/23:Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Labour and Employment  Shri. Bhupender Yadav has emphasised on mainstreaming biodiversity conservation in India’s economic development to ensure ecological wellbeing and sustainability. Addressing the gathering on the occasion of World elephant day in Bhubaneswar today he said  with the largest population of wild Asian elephants, India is the mainstay for long-term ...

Newdelhi:8/8/23:Coal/Lignite PSUs under the Ministry of Coal have not only enhanced their production level over the years to meet the rising energy demand of the country, but have also shown matching sensitivity and care towards native environment by adopting various mitigation measures, including reclamation of mined out areas and extensive plantation in and around coalfields. Under the aegis of Ministry ...

Ladakh:28/7/23:  The Parkachik Glacier in Ladakh is likely to have three lakes of different dimensions due to subglacial over-deepening — a characteristic of basins and valleys eroded by glaciers, shows a new study. Considering their sensitivity and as a most direct and apparent visible indicator of regional climate change, Himalayan glaciers have been subjected to numerous studies, from field-based investigations to the modern state-of-the-art ...

Newdelhi:17/6/23:The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate change has released the “National Working Plan Code-2023” for scientific management of forests and evolving new approaches. The National Working Plan Code-2023 was released by Shri. Chandra Prakash Goyal, IFS, Director General of Forests and Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate change during the occasion of the ‘World Day to Combat ...

Newdelhi:26/5/23:The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has constituted a Cheetah Project Steering Committee as per the decision taken in a meeting with Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, chaired by the DG,Forest &SS, in supersession of O.M of even number dated 22nd September, 2022 on the Cheetah Task Force. The members of the said Committee are as follows: Dr. Rajesh ...

Bhubaneswar:7/3/23:Change in debris cover plays a critical role in the glacier surface lowering, shrinkage, retreat, and mass balance, according to a recent study. Therefore, these factors need to be accounted for in future studies for a complete understanding of the observed glacier changes and responses. Despite the importance of the Himalayan glaciation, the knowledge of the glacial dynamics and the ...

Bhubaneswar:13/2/23;The 31st Odisha State Film Awards were distributed at a ceremony organised at Utkal Mandap in Bhubaneswar on Monday. Eminent producer Ghanashyam Mohapatra received the prestigious Jayadev Award, Odisha’s highest cine award, for the year 2019 for his lifetime achievement and profound contribution to the Odia film industry. While Nila Madhav Panda’s ‘Kalira Atita’ bagged the ‘best film’ award, he ...

Bengaluru :5/2/23:Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy Shri R.K. Singh has called upon the G20  member countries to join together in countering the challenges posed by global warming and climate change. Delivering  the key note address  at the first Energy Transitions Working Group (ETWG) Meeting in Bengaluru today, the Minister said that India now stands committed to ...

New Delhi: 7/1/23;A protein found in the backbone of zebrafish that plays a positive role in disc maintenance and promotes regeneration in aged discs between vertebrae can have potential therapeutic implications to promote regeneration in degenerated human discs. In humans, discs degenerate naturally, leading to many related health concerns, including low back, neck, and appendage pain. Currently, only symptomatic treatments ...