The New York State Health Department identified two contagious variants having evidence of community spread. The sub-variants detected in Delhi, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra etc

Odisha conducts nearly 3-times more tests than Delhi, but daily TPR in the State has been only a fraction

The State government here has also a populist tooth. The budgets over the years had announced a litany of populist schemes. 

The forecasts show some places in Sundargarh, Keonjhar and Angul recording around 45 deg C between Apr 25-29.

Odisha is lagging in National Telemedicine Service for the want of empanelment of doctors for the service. State poor in MMUs  

As per the CMIE report, among the 19 major states in the country, Odisha has the fourth-highest unemployment rate

State BJP will very soon put in place the 45k Panna Samiti panels in over 96k booths in the State

Double whammy for farmers in Odisha. Monsoon growing deficient and post-monsoon recoding surplus in the State 

Drought like conditions likely in seven districts. Watch out for the Brahmani, Baitarani and Ib rivers

On April 22, the mercury will shoot up over 42 deg C in the 12 districts of the State

The high death rate in the State attributed to 1,211vacancies of specialist doctors and 3,523 medical officers in 2021

Odisha has been a pioneer State in power reforms. But Gujarat, a late beginner, piped the State to grab a high rank in discom health

Despite a poor state, the cost of MBBS in govt colleges is higher than Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Bihar

After launch of Centrally-sponsored medical college scheme, between 2015-16  and 2021-22,  seats under State government went up by 145 percent to touch 1350

The gender data shows the female proportion in XE infections was higher than males in UK - the only country that has detected the Omicron recombinant

Even as the State Agriculture Minister claimed in the State Assembly recently that Odisha is the top producer of lemon in the country, the data indicates otherwise

No new construction is allowed in the prohibited area as per Section 2 (dc) of the AMASR Act. The NMA letter to Odisha Culture Department clearly mentioned so

Statistics with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) reveal that Odisha accounted for nearly 1.6 per cent of the total heroin seizures made nationally in 2021

Under Jal Jeevan Mission, Village Action Plan is a must to achieve piped water supply to all by 2024. But 42 percent of villages in the State have no action plans

Recombinants are now running the show. XE a hybrid strain of BA.1 and BA.2 shows a higher rate of growth than Omicron BA.2. But it's all early days