24 Coastal Villages of Odisha Recognised Tsunami Ready by the UNESCO

Bhubaneswar: The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Organization of UNESCO has recognized twenty four coastal villages in Odisha as ‘Tsunami Ready ‘ in the 2nd Global Tsunami Symposium organized in Indonesia on 11 November. The villages are located in Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Puri and Ganjam districts. There are two villages, Noliasahi in Jagatsinghpur district and Venkatraipur in…

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Onion Price Shoots Up to 70 per kg in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The price of onions has touched Rs 70 per kg. The government of Odisha has asked the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited (NAFED) to sell onions by 35 per kg in the market of Odisha State. The base price of the vegetable is Rs 45 per kg in Nasik , Maharashtra…

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Food Security and the Legal Perspectives

Bhubaneswar: The right to adequate food is a universal human right that can only be realized when all the citizen gets physical and economic access to adequate food or the means for its procurement at every possible time without any kind of discrimination. As defined in the 1996 World Food Submit,  “Food security is considered…

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Bhitarakanika Sanctuary Acts Savior to the Hinterland from Cyclone Dana in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary has played a shield for the people of north Odisha from the wrath of the cyclone Dana which has crossed the coast line of the state with a wind speed of 110 km per hour on Thursday midnight and remained active till Friday morning. Bhitarkanika mangrove situated in the  northeastern part…

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