In order to help breastfeeding mothers, special breastfeeding rooms (feeding rooms) have been set up in public places in the SmartCity Rourkela. The breastfeeding room has been set up by SmartCity Rourkela under the Nourishing Nebraska Challenge. It has four locations in the city, Rourkela Metropolitan Corporation office, near Basanti Colony Jagannath Temple, DAV UPHC…
Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of International Coffee Day, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated Koraput Coffee Cafe and a dedicated e-commerce platform (Koraputcoffee.org) to promote Koraput coffee across the globe. To establish it as a brand in the coffee market, the state government is also planning to set up a number of such cafes across the…
Bhubaneswar: Continuing with the unlock measures, the State government had issued guidelines for the month of October. Though most of the guidelines are same as that of September, however the night curfew timing for Bhubaneswar and Cuttack has been changed. From October 11 to 20, the timing of night curfew in the twin city will…
Work from Home (WFH) and Burnouts seem to be on a parallel road these days. No matter the number of years spent at a workplace or the sense of security attached to it, this side-effect of COVID-19 has caught up with people across sectors. From creative professions to the IT industry, employees are battling burnout…
Taking a historic step to addressing the various problems faced by the country’s senior citizens in their daily lives, the Government of India has launched the country’s first pan-India helpline number: Elder Line- 14567. Through this initiative senior citizens would be provided free information and guidance on pension issues, legal issues, extend emotional support, and…
Bhubaneswar: For the development of a robust electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure across the city, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to set up seven EV charging stations in the city. A virtual meeting chaired by BMC Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Singh was held today, in which distinguished market leaders in EV infrastructure in India and…
Indian women’s cricket team ended the 26-match winning streak of their Australian counterpart in style by registering their highest ever run-chase in the third ODI of the ongoing series at Harrup Park in Mackay on Sunday. Set a target of 265, the Mithali Raj-led team chased down the score in the 50th over by two…
Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday forecasted that the cyclonic storm ‘Gulab’ is likely to hit the coasts of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh somewhere between Gopalpur-Kalingapatnam on 26 September at a speed of 95 km per hour. The deep depression has intensified into cyclonic storm and lay centred about 370 km east-southeast of…
Bhubaneswar: In a tragic incident, senior television journalist Arindam Das working with a local channel drowns while covering an elephant rescue operation in the flooded Mahanadi on Friday. Arindam and his cameraman Pravat Sinha had accompanied ODRAF personnel in an operation to rescue a tusker trapped in Mahanadi river near Mundali bridge in Cuttack. ODRAF…
Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday has issued a set of comprehensive guidelines for Durga Puja celebration. The guidelines will be effective from October 11 to 15. In an official order, BMC commissioner informed that the puja committees and organisers have to follow the guidelines during the festival. Following are the guidelines of…
