This is not how Champakana Village under Kolnara block of Rayagada district generally looks. It is a different kind of lockdown! It is a lockdown not to keep the virus out, but to keep the vaccine out instead. Bizarre as it may sound, the fear of COVID vaccine has driven the whole village into hiding. People are reportedly fleeing the village by any means possible to avoid vaccination.
In all probability, the Kapil Sharma Show fame Sunil Grover - popular as Gutthi and Dr Mashoor Gulati might return to the popular comedy show. Yes, you heard that right.
With the announced lockdown in Odisha coming to an end on June 17th, all eyes are now on State government’s decision on reopening. During a review meeting recently, CM Naveen Patnaik instructed officials to prepare the blueprint of unlocking in the state.
She passed away, but in her death she managed to gift a new lease of life to seven others. Forty Seven-Year-Old Kamini Ben Patel from in Surat, was declared brain dead by doctors following brain haemorrhage recently. However, her family members decided to donate Kamini Ben’s eyes, lungs, kidneys and heart to people in need.
Increasing the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Paddy to Rs. 2930 per quintal will immensely benefit the farmers in Odisha. This demand was put forth by the Odisha Government on Friday after the centre took a decision to raise the MSP of paddy by Rs 72 per quintal to Rs 1940. Odisha Agriculture Minister, Arun Sahoo on Friday requested the Centre to increase the MSP of paddy for Rs 2930 per quintal. The Centre has increased the MSP of paddy from Rs. 1868 to Rs. 1940 per quintal and to Rs. 1960 for Grade-A paddy. The Odisha minister said that this meagre hike will not help the centre in achieving its target of doubling the income of farmers by 2022.
In a major development, AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) Bhubaneswar will procure two ECMO (Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation) machines for the treatment of critical Covid-19 patients in the state.
The decision regarding reopening will be taken only after reviewing the situation before June 17. This was informed by Odisha Public Health Director Niranjan Mishra on Friday (June 11). Mishra stated that even though the cases are reducing, the decision to unlock the state will be taken only after reviewing the situation after the Raja festival.
A high profile Maoist cadre was gunned down by a joint team of SOG (Special Operation Group) jawans and District Voluntary Force (DVF) during an exchange of fire with the ultras on Friday (June 11). Odisha DGP Abhay informed that the firing took place inside a reserve forest near Bhanjagunda in Padampur area of Bargarh. Following the crossfire, security forces recovered an AK-47 rifle, 3 magazines, and other arms and ammunition from the spot.
A few days after two Cyclones - Tauktae and Yaas - battered the west and east coastal states of the country, another low pressure has formed in the Bay of Bengal leading to apprehensions about formation of another cyclonic storm.
Eminent environmentalist and former Odisha Information Commissioner, Padma Shri Radhamohan, passed away on Friday (June 11) while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar.
Losing her aunt to Covid was extremely painful for this eight-year-old girl. She didn’t want any other family to experience the same pain. Displaying a heart of gold, this little girl Aslesha Kashyap of Bolangir’s Bairam Nagar decided to donate all her savings towards Abhishek Mohapatra’s ECMO treatment.
Bengali actress and Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan finally breaks her silence regarding her separation from Kolkata-based businessman Nikhil Jain. Speculations of a rift in Nusrat and Nikhil jain's marriage had been doing rounds for quite some time.
Odisha recorded a significant decline in the daily Covid-19 infections with fresh cases coming down to 5235 in the last 24 hours.
Ahead of the Raja festival, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police Commissioner, Soumendra Priyadarshi warned against any violation of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. The Commissioner informed that strict action will be taken against violators during the Raja festival.
The Southwest Monsoon has arrived in Odisha, informed regional centre of the India Meteorological Centre on Thursday (June 10).
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