Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government gears up to administer COVID-19 vaccine to the children belonging to the age group of 15-18. Orders have been given to collect information about the number of children between 15-18 years across the state. “We have asked for district-wise details about children in the age group of 15-18. We have sufficient…
New Delhi: Vaccination for children for the age group of 15-18 years will begin from 3 January 3, 2022 across the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced this in a live video message today evening. He further announced that people above 60 years of age with comorbidities will be eligible for precaution doses on doctors…
Bhubaneswar: The fourth National Para-Badminton Championship was inaugurated at the Railway Indoor Stadium here on Friday. Over 500 plus participants are participating in the three day Championship being held under the aegis of Paralympic committee of India and Badminton Association of India. Inaugurating the championship, Sports Minister Tusharkanti Behera said, “Our Para athletes have brought…
Bhubaneswar: Amidst Omicron surge across the country, the Odisha government on Friday completely banned Zero night celebration across the state. Issuing fresh guidelines to avoid mass gathering of people during Christmas and New Year, the State Government completely banned Zero Night celebrations in hotels, clubs, restaurants, parks, convention halls, Kalyan Mandaps across the state. “No…
Bhubaneswar: In order to boost up rural connectivity, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik laid down the foundation for 55 Bus Stands in 22 districts of the state today. These Bus Stands will be set up at block levels taking into account several factors like distance from district headquarters, economic activity, places of tourist interest, existing communication…
Bhubaneswar: The first cases of Omicron detected in Odisha on Tuesday. As per reports two forign returnees had tested COVID-19 positive and their samples were sent for genome sequencing for the Omicron variant to the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) and the reports came positive. Of the two patients, one man returned from Nigeria and…
Bhubaneswar: Taking a significant step to improve the healthcare system, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched Mukhyamantri Vayu Swasthya Seva (Air Health Services) at the Biju Patnaik International Airport on Monday. In the first phase the air health services have been launched for four districts Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Nuapada and Kalahandi. Similarly other districts will be covered…
Bhubaneswar: A heritage access event for visually impaired students was organised at the heritage monument sites of the old town in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. An initiative by Sahapedia and Centre for Youth and Social Welfare (CYSW), where visually impaired students got direct experience of the architectural marvel of Kalinga architecture through ‘Touch’. Students visited the…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated O-Hub, a flagship initiative of Government of Odisha to support Start-up formation and subsequent scale-up. The incubation hub is located in the Special Economic Zone, Patia Bhubaneswar & offers 1,50,000 square feet area with state-of-the art facility, plug-n-play infrastructure to support star-tup activities within the state. This initiative would…
Bhubaneswar: Making waste collection a better citizen driven initiative, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has made a mandatory provision of sector map in each SAFEI GADI. Since functioning of Micro Composting Centres (MCCs) in the city partitioned vehicles specially designed for collection of dry and wet waste are covering the identified areas. The SAFEI GADIs are…
