News from Odisha

Thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over several districts of Odisha from 1.30 pm of May 29 to 8.30 am of June 3.   

The Excise department has seized 24,000 litres fermented wash, 1,350 alcohol and a gun from the illegal factory.

Though the very severe cyclone Yaas, which left a trail of devastation in Balasore and other districts of Odisha on May 26 spared lives, it blown up everything shattering many lives in the State.

Water Resources department chief engineer Jyotirmaya Rath today said that the government has prepared a Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Rs 6000-7000 crore for a long-term plan to check high tides during storm.

The anti-covid medicine which was developed by Defence Research Organisation (DRDO) in Collaboration with the Hyderabad-based Dr Reddy’s Pharma Laboratory is claimed to help faster recovery of hospitalized patients and reduce oxygen dependence.

Amid the grave situation of Covid pandemic in Odisha when people are struggling to grapple with the sweeping crisis, a sorry spectacle of VIP culture has come to fore from Sundargarh district headquaters hospital sparking critisim from the public. 

Odisha has already crossed its peak in the ongoing second wave of Covid19 infection last week and started  showing a downward trend. However, in order to contain the resurgence of Covid-19 cases in the State, lockdown should be extended

all claims of tight frisking at the Sri Jagannath temple in Puri fell flat again  after some alleged  photographs of the holy shrine’s sanctum santorum went viral on social media platform once again.

Odisha lost another jewel from the field of journalism after veteran journalist, columnist and litterateur Basant Dash lost his 10-day battle against Covid 19 on Friday night.

The Odisha government on Saturday clarified that there will be no physical classroom teaching in any universities or colleges but only online classes will resume after the end of summer vacation next week.

Police on Saturday busted a huge cough syrup smuggling racket and took two persons into custody for questioning in this connection. Acting on a tip-off, police conducted inspection of vehicles in Tureikela area where they detected some unloading activities from a truck.

The Covid-19 related fatalities in the State has turned into a major reason of concern as the number of daily deaths is hovering over 30 for the last few days even as the single-day positive cases has come down drastically.

The government’s tall claims of smooth management of evacuation during the recent cyclone ‘Yaas’ has fallen flat after hundreds of people at Lunga panchayat under Basudevpur block in the district who took shelter at a school building alleged sub-standard service of food to them for the last five days, thanks to administrative apathy.

Doctors and health experts have suggested to the Odisha government to go for massive vaccination as it is better than lockdown and any other measure to arrest the spread of COVID-19 infection in the state.

In a blatant incident of lawlessness, as many as three truck drivers had to sustain critical injuries in a murderous attack by some miscreants during a loot bid on Sambalpur-Cuttack National Highway 55 late last night.