Bhubaneswar: Regional Outreach Bureau, Bhubaneswar under Ministry of Information and Broadcasting organised a virtual interactive discussion where the participants discussed the plans that could be implemented to fight the pandemic with special reference to home isolation. The discussion session titled “Fighting Covid: Our Future Preparedness with special reference to Home Isolation” saw the participation of…
New Delhi: Covaxin trial in the age group of 2-18 years has been cleared by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Thursday. Bharat Biotech International Limited, Hyderabad had proposed to carry out the trial of the vaccine on the age group of 2-18 years. In the phase Phase II/III clinical trial of the…
Kharagpur: An Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur professor has been suspended for abusing Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) students during an online class. During an online class in the month of April, professor Seema Singh addressed the students as ‘bloody bast****’ and even threatened to make sure that they fail the examinations….
Bhubaneswar: Newly-appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) and Commissioner Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Sanjay Kumar Singh visited the 24X7 Call Centre of 1929 this evening and reviewed its functioning. The Centre on COVID was started March 25. The Commissioner was briefed about the numbers of work stations engaged for…
Bhubaneswar: With the surge in Covid cases, the demand to recruit a large number of medical staff has increased. In order to meet the requirement of doctors in various government hospitals across the state, the Government in Health and Family Welfare Department have been recommended to appoint 786 doctors who cleared the recently conducted examination….
Bhubaneswar: In an effort to vaccinate the entire pollution of Odisha, the state government on Wednesday has decided to vaccinate all those vulnerable people who don’t possess any ID proof. In a letter to all the district authorities and municipal commissioners, Additional Chief Secretary PK Mohapatra said some vulnerable groups of citizens may not possess…
Guwahati: Eminent Assamese writer and journalist Homen Borgohain passed away on Wednesday morning. He was 88. He had recovered from Covid 19 and was discharged from hospital on May 7. He collapsed from his bed at his home and was admitted to the hospital where he breathed his last after a cardiac arrest. The Sahitya…
New Delhi: While people across India are struggling with the Covid surge, the central government has decided to allocate additional 45000 vials of Tocilizumab to all the states and union territories to meet its demand. Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers DV Sadananda Gowda announced this on Tuesday. A Swiss manufactured drug, till March 2021…
Bhubaneswar: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday informed that a low pressure area is likely to form over southeast Arabian Sea on May 14 which would gradually move towards northwestwards across southeast Arabian Sea and adjoining Lakshadweep area. IMD forecasted that this could intensify into a Cyclonic storm over east central Arabian Sea on…
Bhubaneswar: To procure covid vaccines from vaccine manufacturing companies from different countries through global tender, Odisha has formed two committees. Odisha State Medical Corporation Limited (OSMCL) will float the global e-tender. A technical team consisting 10 members also formed to be headed by the Directorate of Medical Education and Training (DMET) and a managerial committee…
