Bhubaneswar: To provide sustainable income option to women, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) Odisha under Gramodyog Vikash Yojana distributed 100 beehives with bee colonies, 100 iron stands, 10 toolkit sets and two food-grade stainless steel honey extractor to 10 members of a women SHG in Naktikani village under Golamunda Block in Kalahandi District. The…
Bhubaneswar: An award winning documentary ‘Kotpad Weaving: The Story of a Race Against Time’ is streaming on one of the popular OTT platforms MX Player. The documentary by filmmaker Biswanath Rath which has been screened at numerous film festivals and won awards, was also premiered at Amazon Prime (US, UK, Canada and Australia) in June…
Bhubaneswar: On behalf of the Health and Wellness Group of The Odisha Society of The Americas (OSA-HWG), Dr Nitin Doshi and his wife Dr Chandini Doshi donated a Covid Testing cum vaccination Van to the health department of Odisha government, in memory of their parents Kanaiyalal and Ichhagouri Doshi. Actor Sabyasachi Mishra, as the goodwill…
Shillong: Scores of 100 year old English pine trees planted during the British regime at the iconic stretch in Upper Shillong have been cut down for the road expansion and four-lane construction. The pictures and videos of falling trees went viral on social media which has irked the residents of Shillong and they criticized the…
A COVID care centre set up by Gram Vikas in Kalahandi district has been helping in improving local healthcare infrastructures in the region. The 50 bed Covid care centre set in the Gram Vikas Shikshya Niketan, a Gram Vikas residential school in Kumudabahal village of Thuamul Rampur block is being accessed by people from villages…
Bhubaneswar: ‘The Art of Life’, a Hindi non-feature film written and directed by Santosh Panda, has been awarded with an Outstanding Achievement Award at World Film Carnival held at Singapore recently. The film based on sand art and also highlights the Culture, Tourism and Disaster Management by Odisha. “The sand art has been used as…
New Delhi: A government panel studying side-effects of Covid-19 vaccine has confirmed the first death due to anaphylaxis post vaccination. The panel carried out an assessment of 31 serious Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) reported cases after Covid-19 vaccination. As per the report of the panel, a 68 year old man died on March 31…
Bhubaneswar: The staff of all medicine shops in Odisha will be vaccinated on a priority basis. Chemists across the state were demanding to be acknowledged as Covid Warriors and get vaccinated. Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra, the additional chief secretary of the health department has written to all Collectors, Municipal Commissioners and CDMOs to take necessary steps…
Itanagar: A case has been registered against Paras Singh, a youtuber from Punjab who posted a video with racial comments on MLA and Congress leader Ninong Ering and on the people of Arunachal Pradesh. Paras who runs a You tube channel posted a video on May 23 and called Ninong Ering ‘Non-Indian and Arunachal Pradesh…
Mumbai/ Berhampur: Bollywood actor Sonu Sood who turned as a real hero during the Covid pandemic has landed into a controversy over his claim to have arranged a bed in a hospital for a Covid patient in Berhampur. On Monday, the Ganjam collector shared the tweet of Sonu Sood and said, “ “We don’t received…
