Bhubaneswar: To eradicate Filaria (Lymphatic Filariasis) disease from the state, a mass drug administration programme will be carried out from February 10. Initiated by the Health and Family Welfare department, 15 districts will be covered in the state under the programme in two phases. Informing about the initiative, Public Health Director Niranjan Mishra said, “There…
A team of researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have recorded the presence of White-Cheeked Macaque (Macaca leucogenys) from central Arunachal Pradesh of West Siang district. With this new discovery a new addition of mammals of India. The species was discovered in 2015 by a group of Chinese scientists from the Modog region…
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to promote tourism, the centre has initiated an action for the development of 65 lighthouses on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode in the country. Union Minister for ports, shipping and waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal informed this in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Under the initiative five lighthouses located at four…
Seven Indian Army personnel who were trapped in the avalanche that hit an army patrol party along the high-altitude area of Kameng sector in Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday are dead. Indian army on Tuesday confirmed the death of the trapped perssonnel and that their bodies were retrieved from the avalanche site. Expressing his condolences to…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has decided to allow reopening of private pre-schools (Play & KG) for the academic session 2021-22 from February 14. The educational institutions from pre-school to class-VIII have remained closed since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020. In a tweet , the I & PR Department informed about the reopening. It further mentioned…
India became the first country in the world to administer DNA vaccine against COVID-19 on Saturday giving a sigh of relief to people who fear needles. ZyCov D, India’s first needle-free and second indigenous Covid-19 vaccine was launched in Patna. The world’s first plasmid DNA vaccine, ZyCoV-D is produced by Ahmedabad-based vaccine manufacturer Zydus Cadila….
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday urged the parents to send their children to attend physical classes at schools as all the educational institutions reopened. In his address, Patnaik requested parents and guardians to ensure their children wears mask properly and attend offline classes. Exhorting students to follow the Covid appropriate behavior, he…
Bhubaneswar: Schools for offline classes for the standard VIII to XII opened in all the 30 districts of Odisha. Around 37,533 schools opened on Monday. A total 14,42,790 students attended on the first day, out of the total enrolled number of 24,45,407 students of these schools. High secondary schools in Deogarh district recorded maximum attendance…
Bhubaneswar: Over 4,000 mobile towers to be installed in various places across Odisha. Union Minister of Railways, Communications and Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw informed this on Sunday. In a press briefing, Vaishnaw stated that about 6,000 villages in Odisha are out of mobile connectivity due to lack of mobile towers. In order to…
The voice which gave solace to every Indian soul for decades was given a tearful farewell today. The legendary singer and Bharat Ratna recipient Lata Mangeshkar was cremated with full state honour at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Sunday evening. Thousands of mourning fans throunged to the Shivaji Park to pay their last respect to…
