Editorials

Thanks to the Swachh Bharat campaign, the number of latrines in Kandigaon, Odisha increased from 46 to 253. Until, the grounds realities got in the way.

Sahu has worked with Shyam Benegal in a 10-part television series on the making of the Indian Constitution for Rajya Sabha TV. He was also an assistant director to Chandraprakash Dwivedi of Pinjar fame in the 2014 film Zed Plus.

The ground reality in some of the major government establishments in the city tells a sordid about Bhubaneswar’s commitment to maintaining cleanliness.

Odia film industry turns 80 on Thursday. In the last eight decades, the industry has churned out many a hit film. The industry that began with a paltry Rs 30,000 has come a long way.

The Old Town is in a desperate state, crying for survival. I still remember the time when Old Town, just a few kilometres across, was the hub of all activities.

Odisha’s capital is counting on the smart city project to fix its creaking infrastructure.

A critical analysis of the project raises many questions that are rather hard to answer. In other words, it will be difficult to say, at this point, whether the Smart Cities Mission can see through the challenges inherent to projects of such gigantic proportions.

The sorry state of affairs in the agriculture sector is forcing farmers to either quit farming or commit suicide due to an unbearable loan burden.

Squally wind speed reaching 50-60 kmph gusting to 70 kmph from Northeast direction would prevail along and off Odisha coasts. The wind speed would increase to 80-90 kmph along and off Odisha coast from today evening. Sea condition would be rough to very rough in next 12 hours and thereafter it would be very rough to high along and off Odisha Coast.

Every year 10% of tropical storms across the world appear in the north Indian Ocean and on an average 5 to 6 of them become tropical cyclones. The yearly ratio of cyclones building up in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea is 4:1 as the latter is relatively much cooler.