Tag: Odisha

Cuttack: Amid rising instances of human-elephant conflict, the officials of Athagarh forest division in Cuttack district are successfully creating bamboo forest using seed balls to ensure proper habitat and food for the pachyderms. Officials of the forest division are of the opinion that bamboo forest will meet the food requirement of the jumbos and they […]

Berhampur: Around 700 people who recovered from COVID-19 in Ganjam district have come forward to assist the administration in persuading symptomatic people to go for testing and also helping them with counselling to draw out the anxieties related to novel-Coronavirus, officials said on Tuesday. Ganjam considered the COVID hotspot in the state has reported over […]

Bhubaneswar: The hopes of adequate rainfall in Odisha now rest on another Low Pressure area which is likely to develop over Bay of Bengal by August 13. As per the Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar, the state received 606.5 mm of rainfall between June 1 and August 11 which is 12 % less than the […]

Bhubaneswar: India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday issued heavy rainfall alert for several districts of Odisha. With several districts of Odisha experiencing deficit rainfall, the State is soon likely to witness low pressure-induced rainfall in the next five days that could help replenish the deficit. As per the latest weather bulletin, a low pressure area […]

Bhubaneswar: With Odisha witnessing over 1300 daily cases for the past one week, situation continues to remain grim in a few districts, especially those which have turned hotspots lately. The unsettling fact is the coronavirus reproduction number or R0 value of the State, which is higher than high burden zones like Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu […]

Bhubaneswar: Questions like what is actually spent towards treatment of COVID-19 patients and what is the share of the Centre and the Odisha government and how much is being paid to private hospitals for treating COVID patients are being heaved at increasing frequency and velocity. All this was triggered by an audio clip of a […]

Bhubaneswar: Does Biswajit Mohanty, who was recently arrested in connection with the viral audio on COVID-19 mismanagement, have links with the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD)? On his Facebook page, Mohanty can be seen lauding BJD and its MLAs & Ministers. Bulk of his posts and shares by his friends are mostly political ones and […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid COVID19 pandemic when face masks have become an essential part of our daily life, a realistic short film based on the current situation has brought pride and applause for Odisha from all around the world. Odia short film ‘Mask’ directed by Sweta Kumar Dash, a senior officer of the Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) […]

Bhubaneswar: The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) in Odisha declared the results of 2020 Annual Plus Science courses today. The pass percentage this year is 70.21%. Of the 68,374 students who cleared the Plus II Science Exam 2020,  38301 are boys and 30073 are girls, informed State School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan […]

Lockdown had its impact everywhere, in every sector. It has also spelt doom for many like Manasi, a 19-year-old Bolangir girl, who was barely in the last year of teenage when she was ferried to distant Tamil Nadu to toil in a brick kiln. Working prolonged hours in the kiln at Pudhukuppam in Tiruvallur, Manasi, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested Seema Nayak, Director of Shreya Infrastructures Services Pvt. Ltd. for allegedly duping investors to the tune of…

Bhubaneswar: Days after the Centre directed Odisha and few other States with a high caseload to ramp up testing, Director of Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) Ajay Parida, today informed that the government is planning to increase antigen-based tests apart from fully utilising the existing COVID-19 labs in the State. Throwing more light on the […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when Ganjam district is showing signs of flattening the curve of coronavirus infection, Khordha district- now leading in the active caseload, is witnessing an uptrend. RMRC director Sanghamitra Pati today said that the curve looks to have touched the peak in Khordha and the phase might continue for some time. The […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet on Wednesday approved four mega drinking water projects worth Rs 800.27 crore. The government approved the projects for Malkangiri, Koraput, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Gajapati and Cuttack districts, said Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy. The projects will provide drinking water to 6.07 lakh more people in 911 villages in the districts. The Cabinet also […]

Bhubaneswar: Alarmed at the unabated surge in Covid-19 cases in the State, the Odisha Government on Wednesday decided to bring an ordinance to enhance the punishment for non-compliance of the guidelines laid down for containing the spread of the viral infection. The State cabinet meeting chaired by CM Naveen Patnaik decided to ensure strict observance […]