Rourkela: Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra along with senior officials visited Rourkela on Thursday and reviewed the work progress of Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, expansion of Rourkela airport, and other peripheral development work ahead of the Men’s Hockey World Cup-2023. The Chief Secretary was accompanied by Sports and Youth Services department Secretary R. Vineel…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday launched ‘Mukhya Mantri Sikhya Puraskar Yojana’ (MMSPY), an award programme for school education worth Rs 100 crore. Under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Sikhya Puraskar Yojana’, students excelling in education, educational institutions, headmasters, teachers, sarpanchs, school management committees, and former students would be awarded. The award aims to improve…
Bhubaneswar: Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) of Odisha which runs Mo Bus and Mo E-Ride has been awarded for being the ‘Most Innovative Bus Transit System in India’ in the 2nd Urban Infra Business Summit & Awards 2022 in the category of ‘Transit & Mobility. The award recognises and honours corporates, and individual industry leaders…
Kendrapara: In Kendrapara, ‘Kaincha’ or golden grass has become synonymous with prosperity. For close to 3,500 women, who are a part of 200 self-help groups (SHGs), the golden grass craft has not just brought in a sense of financial independence but also empowered them at various levels. Primarily a women-dominated craft, it has taken the…
Itanagar: In a major development to provide medical facilities in remote areas of Arunachal Pradesh, a drone service has been started to deliver essential medicines to inaccessible areas. On November 9, a drone flew to conduct the first-ever delivery of life-saving medicines from Seppa to a remote region of Bana located in the Richukrong circle…
Guwahati: The world’s longest luxury river cruise from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to Dibrugarh in Assam via Bangladesh will be launched in January 2023. The cruise will start its journey from Varanasi on January 10 and will cover a 4,000-km-long route in 50 days. It will pass through Kolkata and Dhaka before reaching Bogibeel in…
Cuttack: For women of Nuapatna and Maniabandha in Cuttack district, the labour is unending. In this male-dominated weaving cluster, women make up the majority of the workforce but recognition remains elusive for them. In the Nuapatna-Maniabandha weaving cluster, known for its Ikat or Bandha weaving and GI tag for Khandua Patta (woven in Maniabandha), there…
Bhubaneswar: In a move to improve the male-female sex ratio in the state and safeguard the ‘right to life’ of the female fetus, the Odisha Government on Friday launched guidelines for wider implementation of the Informers’ Incentive Scheme. Speaking about the scheme, Secretary of Health and Family Welfare Shalini Pandit said, “Determining the sex of…
Bhubaneswar: To give better facilities for cancer treatment in the state, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has approved the proposal for the establishment of a state-of-the-art Medical Cyclotron unit in the Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital (TMCH) being established in the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) campus at Jatni. State Government would sanction a…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha observed the first Mandia Divas on November 10, to promote of consumption of millet as a superfood among people. On the occasion, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced the extension of Odisha Millet Mission to all 30 districts of the state. “The Millet Mission of Odisha has become an example for other states in…
