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As per SBI report, in the pandemic backdrop, the rural debt is projected to more than double nationally. Coincidentally, debt-enriched rural Odisha had been third in country where rural caseload was around 80 percent

New Delhi: Sikkim has been adjudged as the cleanest State on the condition of sanitation in rural areas of 26 States, while Odisha has ranked 24th , according to a survey by National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO). The report of the survey, conducted last year was released by Union Rural Development minister Narendra Singh Tomar […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa’s letter to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora regarding his dissent in EC decisions related to the model code of conduct (MCC) going unrecorded and asked whether it was “Election Commission or Election Omission”. Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said, “Lavasa, […]

Bhubaneswar: It is a shocker for the State! With a whopping of over 20.37 lakh in the State looking fervently for a job in 2017-18, Odisha was among the ten major States that emerged as the culprit in zooming the country’s unemployment rate to a high of around 6.1 per cent in the fiscal year […]

Bhubaneswar: None other than the great Chanakya had once said “Education is the best friend. And education beats the beauty and the youth.” But the hard reality is Odisha fares poor in the proportion of educated persons nationally. Rural Odisha bears the brunt. Nationally, the State languishes at 5th from the bottom in rural educated […]

Bhubaneswar: When Odisha government is shifting the gears to drive on the internet-based governance, the big hitch is Odisha fared at the bottom in the country when it comes to the people’s ability in the very usage of the internet technology. In displaying a characteristically poor show, a mere 10.9 per cent people above 5-years […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha figures among the top -ten unhealthy states in the country. In a short span of 15-days, the total persons reportedly ailing in Odisha stood at a whopping 37 lakh. The recently released National Sample Survey (NSS) report titled Household Social consumption in India: Health reveals the state of health of people across 36 […]