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Matilda’s life teaches how small steps can bring magnificent changes in the world. Her every day starts with the day break and all the household chores like preparing lunch for a family of four (husband and two children) and feeding the cattle. She then visits door-to-door for health screening on her bicycle.

The State Government had identified the Government Girls High School at Basudevpur as the nodal centre to store the sanitary pads from where it was scheduled to be distributed across 165 schools and seven high schools of the block. However, the sanitary pads have been lying undistributed at the nodal centre over the last one year.

The nearby Deo River which flows alongside the village has engulfed large tracts of agricultural land. The situation gets aggravated during the monsoon.

Sandhya pursued a master’s degree in Odissi from Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya in 1971 and then there was no looking back for her. She took up her passion as a profession and performed on stages.

Anyone who knows Malati Devi can never cross Bidanasi in Cuttack without dropping for some moments at her house. At this ripe age, she is not only going strong, but has been a living example of self reliance.

"When I interacted with her and she told me her dream, I normally asked whether she had any medical condition. The moment she told me about some kind of arthritis problem in her knee, my eyes virtually popped out in surprise but all my apprehensions faded on seeing her determination," he told PTI.

Moved by her appalling condition, the Congress’ MLA candidate in the last Assembly elections from the constituency, Nabajyoti Patnaik, had extended her a helping hand.

In the indoor section, various documents, old manuals, railway maps, equipment and photographs from the early days of the railways have been put on display.

Dutta has cracked Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced by securing 98.42 percent this year, but don't had the financial resources to take admission. 

Priyanshi has set the record for identifying English alphabets, 32 animals, 10 vehicles, 14 fruits, 10 vegetables, 10 colours, 20 food items and 31 Odia alphabets, reciting multiplication table of 2, words associated with the English alphabet, days of the week, months in a year, one shloka and 10 rhymes at a tender age of 2 years and nine months only.

Around 15-20 artisans of Alamchand Bazar said that the profit they earn by making jari medha for Dusshera and other pujas like Ganesh Puja, Durga Puja, Laxmi Puja and Kartik Puja during four months of the festive season is enough to feed their families the entire year.

Kamal came up with the astounding creativity to facilitate the storage and transportation of Covid-19 vaccines, medical equipment, injections and medicines easily and with less expenditure.

Being a meritorious Officer, Commandant Swati Sharma has also been awarded Director General appreciation certificate by the Chief Minister in 2019 and recently awarded with DG's Disc from the Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi.

Inspector-in-Charge of Baliguda Police Station, gave shoulders to a stretcher carrying the decomposed body of a youth for several kilometres so as to facilitate the investigation into the suspected murder

A good read, a cup of hot coffee and a cosy couch is the best way to enjoy the monsoons.