Bhubaneswar:3/8/24: In a significant development, the Central government has approved the premature repatriation of senior IPS officer Y B Khurania to Odisha amid speculation about his appointment as the next DGP of the state. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the proposal of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to repatriate the 1990-batch IPS officer to his parent cadre ...

Bhubaneswar:2/8/24: Dr Pradeep Mahapatra, a distinguished senior journalist and the retired Head of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Berhampur University passed away on Friday morning at 69. He was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the Capital city. Dr. Mahapatra became ill recently and was transferred from Berhampur to Bhubaneswar for medical care. He was diagnosed ...

Paradip:1/8/24:Paradip Port Authority cargo throughput zoomed past 50 MMT (Million Metric Tonnes) mark in current fiscal. After an unforgettable last fiscal, PPA has made an auspicious beginning to FY 24-25 and total cargo volume has reached 50.16 MMT (Million Metric Tonnes) within the first four months, which is the fastest ever in PPA history. In the current fiscal, the coveted ...

Newdelhi: 31/7/24:Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Mamata Mohanta resigned from the party as well as her Rajya Sabha seat on Wednesday. The chairman of the Upper House has accepted her resignation. Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar announced that he received Mohanta’s resignation letter on Wednesday.”She resigned her seat by writing to the chairman under her hand and handed personally to ...

Bhubaneswar, 31/07/2024: The rising trend of pediatric blindness due to decreased infant mortality rates and various risk factors such as prematurity, hypoxia, and nutritional deficiencies is a growing concern. Experts emphasized the need to enhance state-of-the-art oculoplasty services at peripheral centers and to train more ophthalmologists to address eye health issues and reduce the blindness burden. These discussions took place ...

Bhubaneswar:30/7/24: The Skill Development & Technical Education Department (SDTE Odisha) has announced three major initiatives aimed at improving the quality of diploma-level education in the state. These include the publication of the 2024 Polytechnic Rankings, the inauguration of integrated websites for SCTE&VT, DTE&T, CPC, and DSDE, and the launch of a life skills training program for government polytechnic students. The ...

Bhubaneswar:30/7/24; The issue of price hike of essential commodities stormed the Odisha Assembly on Tuesday as the Opposition BJD MLAs came face-to-face with the BJP members while cornering the government during discussions on an Adjournment Notice by the BJD. In his reply to the House, Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Krishna Chandra Patra said that the previous BJD government ...

Bhubaneswar30/7/24: Odisha  Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja in a meeting today afternoon reviewed the status of water levels in various river basins and reservoirs including Hirakud, water flow status in various rivers, and the preparedness and precautionary measures of various departments and districts including water resources department due to low pressure-induced rainfall across the state Development Commissioner and Additional Chief Secretary ...

Bhubaneswar:30/7/24: The Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment, Odisha is promoting cultivation of vegetables in cluster mode across Odisha. Palladium as the Technical Support Unit under the Directorate of Horticulture, Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment together with APEDA, ORMAS, and NABARD, has opened doors for Odisha’s farmers to global markets by enabling export of fresh vegetable produce. Once known ...

–         More than 1200 patients receive radiotherapy and chemotherapy every year –         Males are affected more frequently than females –         Significant increase in Head and Neck Cancer patients –         AIIMS Bhubaneswar runs a head and neck cancer clinic every Monday Bhubaneswar, 30/07/2024: AIIMS Bhubaneswar reported a significant influx of cancer patients, with more than 10,000 individuals visiting the ENT and Radiotherapy OPD annually. Among ...