Latest Odisha Breaking News Updates - Friday, 02 July 2021

  • Sanjeev Kumar Patro
  • 3 years ago
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Want To Know How Well Protected From Third Wave? Take This Test And Know Your Range

As per studies, the Spike-protein antibodies (Immunoglobulin G or IgG) may last in human body for at least 6-months against the Covid-19 virus. But doctors say test need to be taken after 14-days post recovering from Covid-19 or after vaccination More
  • Sarada Lahangir
  • 3 years ago
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Covid-19 Impact In Odisha: Future Of Migrant Children's Education In Dire Straits

The outbreak of coronavirus has posed serious threats to worldwide and apart from the health emergency, the virus has adversely affected the education of Migrant children More
  • Suryakant Jena
  • 3 years ago
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Odisha Urges Centre To Allocate Balance Vaccine Share Of Pvt Hospitals To State Govt

The State Health Department of Odisha has requested the Centre to allocate the balance Covid vaccine doses under private hospitals share to the State government. More
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  • 3 years ago
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NABARD Sanctions Rs 388 Crore For Drinking Water, Road Projects In Odisha

These projects are expected to provide clean and safe drinking water to 2.57 lakh rural people in 467 villages by 2022. More
  • Suryakant Jena
  • 3 years ago
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Odisha Govt To Introduce Covaxin For Vaccination In Ganjam

The State government of Odisha on Friday announced to introduce Covaxin for inoculation of people aged 18 years and above in the district of Ganjam. Manufactured by the Bharat Biotech will be soon rolled out for vaccinating people in Ganjam district including the Berhampur Municipal Corporation area from the month of July. More
  • Rajendra Prasad Mohapatra
  • 3 years ago
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KYC Fraud: Lady Teacher In Bhubaneswar Loses Rs 60,000

A lady teacher in the Capital City was duped to the tune of Rs 60,000 by cyber fraudsters recently. The miscreants looted her under the pretext of getting an online KYC updated More
  • Suryakant Jena
  • 3 years ago
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Orissa HC Modifies Function Timings Of Lower Courts

The Orissa High Court on Friday launched a new time schedule specifying the working duration of subordinate courts under different zones. More
  • Sanjeev Kumar Patro
  • 3 years ago
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Why Class 10th Faulty Evaluation Allegations On BSE Odisha Hold Water?

Students across State took objection to taking up class 9th marks for evaluation. The allege generous marks to govt-run schools. The peer board CBSE didn't take class 9th for evaluation. It's evaluation strategy eliminates the bias of 'generosity'   More
  • Rajendra Prasad Mohapatra
  • 3 years ago
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Covid Figures Declining, But Don’t Drop Your Guards; Cautions Top Odisha Health Official

Director of Directorate of Medical Education and Training (DMET) Dr. CBK Mohanty cautioned people to be alert and adhere to the Covid guidelines strictly to avoid the third wave of Covid-19 More
  • Suryakant Jena
  • 3 years ago
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Covid Fightback: Odisha Gets Over 9 Lakh Covishield Doses

A day after Odisha government curtailed the mass vaccination programme in the State in the wake of acute shortage of doses, around 9.43 lakh jabs of Covishield vaccines manufactured by the Serum Institute of India reached the State on Friday. More
  • Vikash Sharma
  • 3 years ago
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Thunderstorm, Lightning Activity To Continue In Odisha; Yellow Warning Issued

IMD on Friday predicted rain and thunderstorm activity in several parts of Odisha. More
  • Dilip Kumar
  • 3 years ago
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Biju Babu’s Iconic Dakota Aircraft To Come To Odisha Soon

The Odisha Government has already initiated process to bring back the iconic aircraft of Biju Patnaik which is lying in a dilapidated condition at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (NSCB) International Airport in Kolkata. More
  • Vikash Sharma
  • 3 years ago
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Centre Rushes Team To Odisha For COVID-19 Control, Containment Measures

The teams will monitor the overall implementation of COVID-19 management, especially in testing, including surveillance and containment operations, COVID appropriate behaviour and its enforcement. More
  • Dilip Kumar
  • 3 years ago
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No Delta Plus Case Found In Odisha Since May; No Need To Panic: Health Official

Even though the new Delta plus variant of Covid-19 virus has raised fears about another wave of the pandemic due to its highly infectious nature, the Odisha Health Department on Friday advised people to shun fears as the State has not yet detected a single case of the new variant since May. More
  • Ramakanta Biswas
  • 3 years ago
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Fake Drug Case: Crime Branch To Bring Owner Of Max Relief Healthcare On Remand

The Odisha Crime Branch STF has initiated the process to file an application in the court to bring Sudip Mukherjee, the arrested owner of Max Relief Healthcare on 10 days remand for further investigation into the seizure of spurious Covid-19 drugs in Cuttack. The agency will conduct face-to-face grilling of Mukherjee and Siba Jena, MD of Cuttack-based Medilloyd Medicament Private Limited who had procured the spurious Covid-19 drugs, informed Jai Narayan Pankaj, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Special Task Force (STF), Crime Branch.

  • Vikash Sharma
  • 3 years ago
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‘Save Gym Industry’ In Odisha, Appeals Owners’ Association; Hunger Strike In Bhubaneswar

Gym owners in Odisha are facing hardships as gyms have been operational for only six months in the past 15 months. More

  • Dilip Kumar
  • 3 years ago
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Odisha BJP Team Meets Villagers To Be Hit By Andhra's Barrage Project Over Bansadhara

A delegation of BJP today visited some areas in Gajapati district likely to be affected by the construction of a barrage by Andhra Pradesh government over river Bansadhara at Neredi. More

  • Vikash Sharma
  • 3 years ago
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Special Offline Matric Exams To Be Held On 70 Per Cent Syllabus: Odisha Minister

The special offline examination will be held based on 70% syllabus as already 30% syllabus has been reduced. More

  • Vikash Sharma
  • 3 years ago
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Apartment Near SUM Hospital In Bhubaneswar Declared Containment Zone

BMC will supply essentials and ensure medical requirements for the inhabitants in the containment zones. More

  • Vikash Sharma
  • 3 years ago
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CBSE Class 12 Results 2021: Board Writes To Schools On Subject Change, Absentees

Vide clause 14 of the “Result Tabulation Policy for Class 12", the schools were informed to use average of best three subjects for awarding marks in Class 11 in respect of the subject that has been changed from Class-9 to Class-12. More

  • Ramakanta Biswas
  • 3 years ago
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Sambalpur Varsity Employee's Suicide: HC Breather For VC, 2 Others

The Orissa High Court has granted anticipatory bail to the vice-chancellor of Sambalpur University and two others who have been accused in connection with the suicide of a contractual employee. The court has directed the trio to cooperate in the investigation. The contractual employee Dinabandhu Mishra, had succumbed to burn injuries after attempting self-immolation when the academic council meeting of the varsity was underway in April this year. 

  • Dilip Kumar
  • 3 years ago
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Petrol Price Crosses Rs 100-Mark In Twin City, Hits Common Man Hard

The soaring prices of petrol and diesel have sparked widespread resentment among people especially the middle class in Odisha as the prices of the fuel have breached Rs 100-mark per litre at several places including the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. More

  • Dilip Kumar
  • 3 years ago
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Covid-19: Odisha Sees 46 Deaths, Over 3K New Cases

Odisha reported 46 fatalities due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours taking the virus toll to 4,109 even as 3,222 people tested positive for the virus during the period pushing the cumulative positive tally to 91,6109 in the State. More

  • Dilip Kumar
  • 3 years ago
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Man Carries Wife’s Body Alone As Hospital Staff Deny Help; Video Goes Viral

In a heart-rending incident that would hurt the collective conscience of the society, a man was forced to carry the body of his wife alone as medical staff didn’t lend a hand fearing Covid infection. More

  • Odishatv Bureau
  • 3 years ago
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Has Odisha Govt Failed In Covid Management In Category B Districts? Know What OTV Opinion Poll Shows

The government of Odisha seemed to have failed in proper management of Covid pandemic in the 10 category B districts where the infection test positivity rate has not reduced below 5 per cent despite enforcement of lockdown over a period of over a month and half. An opinion poll conducted by Odishatv.in has revealed such startling assumptions by the people in the State. More

  • Mrunal Manmay Dash
  • 3 years ago
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Odisha Hikes Bus Fare To Compensate Rising Fuel Prices

The Odisha Transport Department on Thursday increased the bus fare in the State owing to a continuous rise in the price of Diesel. More

  • Pradeep Singh
  • 3 years ago
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ECMO Machine Comes To Odisha, To Be Functional At Bhubaneswar AIIMS By July 15

Health experts claim that four out of 10 COVID patients are getting cured by the ECMO treatment More

  • Pradeep Singh
  • 3 years ago
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Cyber Criminals On Rampage In Odisha, Defraud Over Rs 1.53 Crore In June

Covid-induced lockdown and the increase in online transactions are believed to be the reasons behind the rise in cyber frauds in Odisha More

  • Sanjeev Kumar Patro
  • 3 years ago
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Odisha Govt Shut Down 5,490 Schools In Last 5-years: UDISE+ 2019-20 Report 

The State saw shut down of 69 higher secondary schools in 2019-20. The enrolment at the higher secondary level education dropped sharply by over 3 lakh in 2019-20  More

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