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Annual census of monsoon birds begins in Bhitarkanika

Over a dozen types of local residential birds congregate at the heronries in and around the national park for nesting and breeding every year. The species are open bill stork, Little cormorant, Intermediary Egret, Large Egret, Little Egret, Purple Heron, Grey Heron, Night Heron, Darter, White Ibis, and Cattle Egret added the forest official.

Odisha logs 625 fresh COVID-19 cases, lowest in last five months

The State’s share is 3.09% in the country’s confirmed virus caseload while the active cases are 2.62% of India’s total active cases. The number of cured patients accounts for 3.11% of the country's total recovery. Odisha has so far reported 1.72% of the country's Coronavirus deaths.