Earlier this month, the Indian government secured parliamentary passage for three controversial legislations on the farm sector. Critics say the move will ruin the farm economy, destroy rural livelihoods and threaten food security of our people.

Autonomy is critical to the success of a university. And academic freedom is vital to building a robust system of higher education and learning that aids social and economic progress.

As the government hastily clamped a nationwide lockdown in March this year, millions of migrant workers from across the country were forced to return home. A sudden loss of livelihood had left them with no other option. It has been 6 months since. Where are they?

How is Odisha coming along in its fight against #Covid-19? We take a look at three districts -- Ganjam, Balasore and Balangir, which are among the most migration-prone parts of the state but exhibit very divergent outcomes with respect to containment of the pandemic.

National Education Policy 2020: What's in it for teachers? As the country observes the Teacher's Day, we thought that would be a question befitting the occasion to ask. For answers, we turned to Prof R. Govinda, former vice chancellor of National University of Educational Planning and Administration, Prof Disha Nawani, Dean of Education at Tata Institute of Social Sciences and…

Judges must "active, overactive" to ensure economic justice and protect democratic rights during the Covid19 pandemic, former Supreme Court judge Justice Ananga Kumar Patnaik tells @OdishaDialogues at special webinar held to mark India 74th #IndependenceDay.

As the economy slips into a contractionary mode, the government's revenues shrink sharply. On the other hand, the demand for more spending mounts amid rising distress and the spread of the pandemic. How does a resource-poor state like Odisha cope with this?

The #Covid19 pandemic has brought to the fore many a faultline of our healthcare system. What are the lessons to learn? What is the way forward? We ask experts: Oncologist Dr Bidhu K Mohanti (formerly with the AIIMS), Dr Prasant Mahapatra, Dean of Institute of Health Systems, Hyderabad, Dr Poornima Narayan of SCMS, Kochi, Dr Bishnu Panigrahi, CEO of KIMS…

Has the pandemic caused so much of an economic distress that basic food security of our people stands threatened? Can we ward off a possible return of hunger on a large scale? Former principal advisor to the Supreme Court appointed Right to Food Commissioner, Biraj Patnaik (@birajpat), Dr Reetika Khera, who teaches economics at IIT, Delhi, Right to Food Co-convenor…