Tag: Awareness

  Bhubaneswar: The mushrooming of hookah bars across the city is enough evidence to this new found smoking craze among the youth in Bhubaneswar. It is so much so that the rise in the number of tobacco –related diseases in Odisha has become a major concern for many. For some it is the lack of […]

Berhampur: Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala today flagged off a cycle rally, as part of a cancer awareness program organised by Grameen Sneh Foundation, here on Sunday. The cycle rally is scheduled to end on December 25 in Pune after passing through 1480 kms across the country. The actress said that cancer is treatable and curable […]

Bhubaneswar: The Department of Public Health, Government of Odisha in collaboration with UNICEF organized a press conference to generate awareness regarding Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD). Participants included Director Public Health, Sapneswar Gadanaik; Director- Health Services,Dr.Hara Prasad Pattnaik; Director- State Institute of Health and Family Welfare,Dr. Binayak Prasad Prusty, Addl. Director (PH) Dr. Shakti Prasad Padhi […]

Bhubaneswar: Tobacco is the single most studied cause which leads to cancer and Odisha is the biggest example as it has the highest number of oral cancer patients in the world as per the new oral cancer detection method, said Biren Banerjee, MD of in-DNA Life Science Ptv Ltd, today. Discussing the topic ‘The Current scenario […]

Angul: Despite lot of awareness, villagers in several parts of Odisha continue fall prey to superstitions and other blind beliefs. In one such incident, a family hired a sorcerer to revive a dead woman in Angul. According to reports, a woman identified as Rinki Barik was bitten by a venomous snake on Saturday. Though the […]

Unaware of the deadly consequences faced by the wildlife despite coming across horrific stories of loads of plastic items and other indisposable items being removed from the stomachs of animals, most of us are least concerned everytime we dispose non–recyclable waste from our households. A Twitter user recently posted a picture of a deer standing […]