Sanjeev Kumar Patro is a Chief Sub Editor associated with Odisha Television Limited. He is basically an investigative journalist doing fact-checking of political speeches, digging of the digital da ...more

Sanjeev Kumar Patro is a Chief Sub Editor associated with Odisha Television Limited. He is basically an investigative journalist doing fact-checking of political speeches, digging of the digital data & decoding hidden assumptions behind statements.

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Flood Alert For Drought-hit Odisha
Depression Likely In Bay of Bengal: Flash Flood Alert For Drought Hit Odisha

In consequent to the new weather development, there is a prediction of very heavy rainfall in the range of 26-50mm in the Brahmani-Baitarani river basin on September 12-14

Killer Fact: Severe Heat Waves Up In Odisha
Heat Waves Down, Severe Heat Waves Up In Odisha: Study

Malkangiri seems to have emerged as Odisha's coolest district, as both the heat and severe heatwave events are showing a decreasing trend

Minister Gives Confusing Numbers
How Many Actually Availed BSKY: Odisha Health Minister Gives Confusing Numbers

In a reply to a number of the actual headcount of beneficiaries till date, the State Health Minister provided data on the number of times an individual availed Naveencare

For 45k New Offenders, Odisha has 26k cops
Shocking! For 45k New Offenders In Odisha, Only 26k Cops In 2020      

As per the facts placed in the State Assembly today, Odisha police neither have enough teeth to bite nor a long tail to tighten the noose around the anti-socials.  

Odisha Vrooms On crime Highway
Odisha Vrooms On Crime Highway: Cases Up 10% In 2020 Vs 1.4% Population Growth

The data tabled by MoS Home reveals a disturbing trend. Majority of industrial districts in the State have recorded a very high growth rate in criminal cases

Nipah Has Any Threat To Odisha?
Nipah Returns: Know About Any Threat To Odisha; The Symptoms, Prevention Tips

During the outbreaks in Bangladesh and India, direct human-to-human transmission of the virus through close contact with people's secretions and excretions was clinically established. In Siliguri (2001), the transmission of the virus was also reported...

Ganjam Drops The Hint On What Could Prevent Third Wave
Odisha Sero Survey: Ganjam Drops The Hint On What Could Prevent Third Wave

Seroprevalence in the range of 80-84 per cent in the general population is required to prevent the third wave in Odisha. Ganjam results underline the fact

Odisha July Crosses 5000 MW
Odisha Power Play: July Demand Crosses 5000MW, Buys Costly Power To Avert Crisis

Data shows Odisha has the capacity to produce over 46,067 MU when the consumption in 2020-21 was 30,295 MU. But energy generation in July stood at 2204.1 MU against the requirement of over 3410 MU....

35 Hrs Heavy Rainfall In Odisha
Low Pressure Area In Next 42 Hrs: 35 Hrs Of Heavy Rain In Odisha

Odisha will record moderate to heavy rains across the State from the morning hours of Sept 6 to the evening hours on Sept 7. Thundershower forecast for 15 districts on Ganesh Puja Day

Odisha Not in Top-15 Job Engines
Post Covid-19 Second Wave Hiring Intent Up, But Odisha not in Top-15 Job Engines

As per the TeamLease Employment Outlook Report 2021, 14 cities in the country will see maximum hiring activities. Two tier-2 cities - Coimbatore and Indore - in the list, Odisha is not on the list

Odisha Lags Behind In MSP Outreach
Only 13.95 Lakh Odisha Farmers Avail Paddy MSP Vs 20.53 Lakh In Chhattisgarh

Paddy farmers benefitting from MSP in Odisha up by mere 29 percent during the 5-year period. But the same was up by over 296 per cent in Telangana, 188 per cent in Andhra Pradesh and...

Very Heavy Rainfall in Bhubaneswar on Sept 7
Very Heavy Rainfall In Bhubaneswar On Sept 7; 3 Low Pressure Areas This Month

Very heavy rain in Bhubaneswar on Sept 7. Rainy day on Ganesh Puja. APEC Climate Centre's latest outlook drops a big hint - Monsoon 2021 withdrawal from western India may commence either in September last...

75% Area in Odisha Witnessing Severely Dry Conditions
'75% Area In Odisha Witnessing Severely Dry Conditions'

While extremely dry conditions are prevailing in Jajpur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Bargarh, Bolangir, Sonepur, Boudh, Kandhamal and Nayagarh are witnessing severely dry conditions

Kotia Breakthrough Likely?
Kotia Breakthrough? Odisha Counsel Seeks Adjournment, Informs SC 'States Likely To Settle '

With the face-off between two states dominating the month of August over Kotia territorial claims, the Odisha government counsel told the Apex court that the States are likely to settle the matter

Air pollution May Hasten Pre-mature Death!
Air Pollution May Cut Life Expectancy By 5.4 Years in Odisha: Study

As per the University of Chicago's AQLI, inhabitants in the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Angul, Cuttack and Khordha are losing more than 6 years of their life expectancy

Odisha 10th Second Wave Hit State
Odisha In Top-10 Second Wave Hit States; Only 2 In Top-100 Vaccinated Districts

While Cuttack figured in top-100 districts having higher cases in the second wave, the district is nowhere in top-100 vaccinated. For having a faster vaccination rate, Odisha needs a booster dose

3 in 100 hospitalised Took Loan in Odisha
3 In 100 Hospitalised In Odisha Took COVID19 Loan, Rs 10bn Deposit Outflow In Sambalpur  

The limitation of health insurance schemes has been to fore in Odisha when nearly 8 districts saw huge deposit outflow during the second wave to meet the Covid-19 treatment expenses during the peak phase

The Big Gainers In 2020
136 Billionaires In India In 2020-21, 0 in Odisha

The IIFL-Hurun India Rich list 2020 reveals that in the top-20 ultra-rich guild, Andhra Pradesh has 7 to its credit,  West Bengal has 32, Jharkhand and Bihar have four each

Odisha Has A Long Road Ahead!
Odisha 10th State To Have Electric Vehicle Policy, Only 0.06% Electric Vehicles-On-Road

Though Odisha has been a late entrant to EV sector, the State has a long road ahead. With only 18 charging stations, the policy has little emphasis on EV charging

No Third Wave In Odisha!
No Third Wave In Odisha, Outbreaks Possible In Only 5 Districts

A study based on SVEIRD - Susceptible, Vaccinated, Exposed, Infectious, Recovered and Dead - model published in medRxiv, Odisha is unlikely to record any third wave in the future thanks to its low population density

Sanjeev Kumar Patro is a Chief Sub Editor associated with Odisha Television Limited. He is basically an investigative journalist doing fact-checking of political speeches, digging of the digital data & decoding hidden assumptions behind statements.

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