With the festive season being heralded from Rajo Utsav, CS Suresh Mahapatra offers a 'sweet' deal to the people. While dairy products contribute 5-45 per cent of income for milk farmers, taxes on auto sales...

The Epidemic situation report prepared by State Health Department brings two contrasting facts. While Kendrapada becomes the only district in State to post a rise in positive rate in the week ended on June 14,...

In the last fortnight, the Ct values in the State have nearly doubled to around 30 from 14-15 during the peak month of May. Worldwide the scientist community is unanimous that a high Ct value...

An analysis reveals that the dip in undergraduate enrolment has been linked to poor job opportunities for the pass outs from general stream. The evidence is Odisha has seen a significant rise in enrolment in...

Despite no monsoon rains in Chhattisgarh to date, the Hirakud reservoir level is currently 5 ft over the Rule Curve level of 595 ft till July 1. The rising water level in Brahmani basin needs...

While Odisha recorded the highest ever rainfall this May in State's weather history, the maximum temperature in May 2021 has been the lowest since 1969. June is also predicted to remain cooler for Odisha

Monsoon is yet to cover as many as 9 districts in Odisha. IMD June Outlook predicts a fresh low pressure between Jun 17-20 in the North Bay of Bengal. The State will see normal to...

The contraction of GSDP at current prices is likely to be 2.5 per cent in FY 22. The SBI forecast is the loss to GSDP in the second wave will be less than the first...

The State’s marginal farmers own nearly 74.74 per cent of landholdings but could contribute a mere around 16.4 per cent of paddy procurement in 2019-20 and only 7.3 per cent till Jan1, 2021; Medium and...

As per the data with the State Health Department, when in the first wave the number of children infected by the novel coronavirus stood below 4 per cent, the proportion in the second wave has...

The unlock blueprint is being prepared. Districts with a weekly positive rate of below 5% for three weeks have been grouped into one cluster. The cluster approach and risk assessment strategy indicate major relaxations for...

In Odisha, the primary treatment protocol for Covid-19 in all government hospitals have been prescribing Ivermectin 12mg for 3-days by doctors, along with antipyretics (paracetamol). And if the fever is around 103 deg F, then...

The deaths in Covid-19 usually carry a two-week lag. This is the reason why the Covid-19 fatalities peak in the month following the peak month of daily positives. In the first wave, State saw the...

Indian Government has committed at 214 crore in the pipeline between August and December. Odisha needs 4.6 crore doses between June and December to fully vaccinate 18+years. As of now, the State has vaccinated over...

The low-pressure area will develop into a depression on June 12 with the central pressure of the system estimated at around 988 millibars. Another low pressure likely to form near the Odisha coast between June...

As per SBI study, the rural districts in Odisha took a mammoth 74.5 per cent share of the State's daily caseload in peak of firstwave. The second wave gripped State in April, and share in...

The Capital City achieved peak on May 16. The second wave peak count has been 2.3 times of first wave peak. The Covid-19 incidence here is still high at 49.8 per lakh population

Under its impact, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack are going to record heavy downpour in the range of 8-12 mm/hour at midnight hours on June 12. The wind speed in the early morning hours on...

Due to this sharp rise in the rate of unemployment in the month of May, an estimate reveals that in the last month (May) a whopping over 10.09 lakh had no jobs at hand as...

A Covid-19 patient also goes through second wave during infection period. Counting days important as swift deterioration starts after 5th day and will be all over by the 12th day. Monitoring one's wellbeing is key...