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In the blink of an eye, adventure turns into misadventure! Look at these shocking visuals. Here a youth is sliding on the slippery rock of a waterfall, little aware of its consequence. And it turned out, to be his slide to death. A moment of indiscretion cost this youth his life.

With as many as six elephants dying in just 14 days in Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary in Kalahandi, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday (February 16) asked the authorities to take immediate measures.

Students should study for 14 hours a day. This is what Odisha School and Mass Education Minister, Samir Dash advised students appearing for the upcoming matric exams. Samir Dash made such comments while looking back at his own student days.  

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the country’s largest hockey stadium in Rourkela. The stadium, which will be the venue for the 2023 Hockey World Cup, has been named after the legendary freedom fighter ‘Birsa Munda.’

Self-styled Godman Sarathi baba has been allowed by the High Court to give Pravachans or religious discourse while adhering to COVID-19 protocols.

It all started with a tweet! In the first ever arrest in the Greta Toolkit case, Disha Ravi, a 22-year-old woman from Bengaluru has been arrested by Delhi Police. A case of sedition and criminal conspiracy has already been registered against Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg for a toolkit tweeted by her on farmers’ protest. According to the Police, Disha Ravi, who is also a climate activist, was taken into custody in Bengaluru on Saturday afternoon and was formally arrested in Delhi on Sunday. Disha was then produced in a Delhi court, which remanded her in police custody for five days. So who is Disha Ravi and What is the Greta Toolkit Case? According to the Delhi police, Indian climate activist Disha A Ravi, 22, is one of the founding members of the Indian chapter of Fridays For Future, the climate campaign Thunberg launched by staging a protest at her school every Friday. Fridays For Future Fridays for Future is an international movement for climate change that gained widespread popularity after Thunberg protested outside the Swedish Parliament in 2018. Fridays for Future is also one of the handles that climate activist, Greta Thunberg tagged in the controversial tweet. According to the police, Ravi allegedly started a Whatsapp group and worked closely to draft the toolkit. She also allegedly collaborated with “pro-Khalistani group Poetic Justice Foundation” to spread disaffection against the Indian state. Greta Toolkit Case On February 3, Greta posted a "toolkit" that sought support for the farmers' Republic Day protests. She deleted the tweet soon after. On Thursday morning, she said she was sharing an updated "toolkit", which included seven ways to back the agitation. She also suggested organizing protests near the closest Indian embassy on February 13 and 14. How did Disha Ravi land in such controversy? According to Delhi police, Disha Ravi, is an editor of the Toolkit Google Doc & key conspirator in document’s formulation & dissemination. She started a WhatsApp Group and collaborated to make the toolkit document. She worked to draft the document. In this process, they all collaborated with pro-Khalistani Poetic Justice Foundation to spread disaffection against India. She was the one who allegedly shared the Toolkit Doc with Greta Thunberg.  

Tragedy struck a marriage party after two people were killed and over 20 injured in a road mishap on Tuesday (February 16).

A herd of 50 elephants were seen crossing the National Highway (NH)-55 in Odisha. The herd was spotted near Haladiabahal in Gadasila section under Sadar range of Dhenkanal district. The herd can be seen peacefully crossing the road and entering the Mathargadi forest.

Flight operations from Rourkela Airport will begin soon. The good news was shared by the Director-General of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS –DG), Usha Padhee on Monday (February 15).  The announcement came after a team of the Civil Aviation Ministry led by Usha Padhee visited the airstrip in Rourkela.

Serious allegations of Police brutality against minors have surfaced in Odisha. Four minor boys were allegedly thrashed and given electric shock in Chitrakonda Police Station in Malkangiri. These minors were in police custody at the station on charges of burglary.

Fuel prices continue to rise putting more pressure on the budget of the common man. In Bhubaneswar today, price of petrol rose to Rs 90.24 per litre. In Malkangiri, petrol price per litre was Rs 94.88.

An anonymous devotee of the Holy Trinity has donated Gold worth over four and a half Kilograms along with silver ornaments to Puri Srimandir.

Another case of man-animal conflict was reported in Odisha after an elderly woman was killed by an elephant. The incident was reported from Jagmohanpur under Telkoi Forest Range in Keonjhar district on Wednesday. The victim has been identified as Jananki Pradhan.

In a shocking incident, an elephant calf is suspected to have been killed by a tiger in Odisha. The incident has been reported from Tangro Reserve Forest under Bisoi range of the Rairangpur Forest Division in Mayurbhanj on Monday (February 15).

These pictures are from a school in Malkangiri district. Here a bear is found entering the Govindpalli High School, which is in Khairput block. The bear can be seen climbing the wall and entering the school premises.