To revive the Habaspuri saree of Odisha, fashion designer Sujit Meher on Saturday organised a Habaspuri handloom revival workshop at Habaspur village in Kalahandi district of Odisha. Scores of weavers attended the workshop to be part of an initiative. “We want to empower the weavers by giving them regular training, organizing the workshop, and providing…
New Delhi: PhD is not mandatory to teach in many Central Universities. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to do away with the old ‘mandatory PhD requirement’ in order to have more industry experts as teachers in Universities. As per the latest reports, UGC is also planning to create new and special positions to…
Khurda: Over 22 people including seven police personnel were seriously injured when suspended BJD leader and Chilika MLA Prasant Jagdev mowed down a crowd with his vehicle at Banpur in Khurda district in Odisha on Saturday. As per reports, the crowd was gathered outside the Block Development Office at Banpur while the election for the…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha will host the IWLF National Weightlifting Championships, 2021-22 for Men & Women under Youth, Junior & Senior Category from March 19. Over 1300 athletes, support staff & technical officials from 30 states and UTs are expected to participate in this national Championships. Indian Weightlifting Federation in association with Odisha Weightlifting Association with support…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government on Friday announced the dates for the conduct of annual Matriculation Examinations for the year 2022. Odisha Chief Secretary, Suresh Mohapatra informed that the matriculation or the high school certificate examination (HSC), Madhyama Sanskrit Examination, and Odisha State Open School Examination conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) will begin from…
Bhubaneswar: Former India International Player and FIH Level-2 Certified Coach, Edgar Mascarenhas has been appointed as the Coach for the Odisha Hockey Teams participating in the upcoming Hockey India National Championships. With Mascarenhas joining the squad, the Sports and Youth Services Department hopes that his experience and expertise can take Odisha Hockey to new heights….
Bhubaneswar: The first-ever human milk bank has been inaugurated at the pediatric unit of Capital Hospital. It is the first such initiative while it is the 34th Comprehensive Lactation Management Centre (CLMC) in the country. The initiative by the National Health Mission (NHM) aims to cater to the needs of several newborns across the state….
The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the surgery. David Bennett, 57, died at the University of Maryland Medical Center on Tuesday. However, doctors didn’t give an exact cause of death and stated that his condition has been deteriorating for the last couple of days. The…
Bhubaneswar: A video campaign by the Odisha State Transport Department released on the occasion of International Women’s day has gone viral and garnered appreciation. Encouraging women drivers, the department has created a two-minute video that shows how a young woman in a scooty, comes to the rescue of a truck driver stuck in a road…
Cuttack: More women in Odisha are taking up driving as the state has recorded an increase in their number. There has been a 33 percent increase in women drivers in the last five years in the state. In 2017, around 25,086 women had driving licenses across the state which has increased to 33,666 in 2021….
