Bhubaneswar: Odisha has reason to celebrate as Bhubaneswar-based student Snehasis Das has emerged as the state’s top scorer in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2025, or NEET (UG) 2025, with an impressive All India Rank (AIR) of 60. Scoring a percentile of 99.9972390, Snehasis’s performance has placed him among the country’s brightest medical…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has intensified its public health efforts to prevent and control the spread of waterborne and vector-borne diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, jaundice, malaria, and dengue. At a high-level review meeting chaired by Chief Secretary Manoj Ahuja, IAS, officials from the Health and Family Welfare Department, Water Supply Department, and local administrations discussed…
Bhubaneswar: As the Government of Odisha led by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi completes its first year in office, a defining milestone in industrial growth has marked the occasion. The 137th meeting of the State Level Single Window Clearance Authority (SLSWCA), chaired by Chief Secretary Shri Manoj Ahuja, IAS, has approved 17 new industrial projects…
Bhubaneswar: In a major push toward digital transformation of natural resource governance, the State Water Informatics Centre (SWIC), under the Department of Water Resources, Government of Odisha, organized a technical workshop on “Introduction of Best Practices in Data Management and Digitization for Water Resources Monitoring using Artificial Intelligence (AI).” Held in collaboration with the Indian…
Bhubaneswar: In a first for India, the state of Odisha has successfully completed a formal, women-led commercial trade of Sal seeds (Shorea robusta) — a significant milestone in the transformation of the country’s forest-based economy. Tribal women, through newly formed producer companies, have not only taken charge of the procurement process but also led the first…
Bhubaneswar: In a major crackdown on left-wing extremism, Odisha police arrested two senior cadres of the banned CPI (Maoist) during a late-night combing operation in the dense forests near Sodiguda and Tentuliguda villages under Mathili Police Station limits in Malkangiri district. The operation, launched on the intervening night of June 12 and 13 based on specific…
Ranchi: The eighth edition of the Green and Sustainable Development Partnership (GSDP) Conversation Series concluded on a hopeful note in Ranchi, marking a significant step toward shaping the future of Jharkhand’s coal regions through the framework of a ‘Just Transition’. The high-level dialogue brought together senior officials from the Government of Jharkhand, the German Embassy, the…
Ahmedabad: In one of the worst air disasters in India’s recent history, an Air India Dreamliner flight bound for London Gatwick crashed less than a minute after takeoff from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Thursday afternoon, claiming the lives of at least 265 people, including passengers and people on the ground. Flight AI-171,…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha took a major step forward in enhancing its global connectivity as Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi flagged off the first-ever direct flight from Bhubaneswar to Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. The launch marks a strategic milestone in the state’s bid to establish itself as a key aviation hub in eastern India. The new service,…
Bhubaneswar: Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Digvijaya Singh on Thursday visited the World Skill Center (WSC) in Bhubaneswar during his tour of Odisha, praising the institution as a national model for skill-based education and workforce development. Deeply impressed by the state-of-the-art infrastructure and the center’s focus on empowering youth with future-ready skills, Shri Singh commended…
