Bhubaneswar: To mark World Children’s Day on Sunday, UNICEF in association with the Sports and Youth Services Department, Odisha FC, and Prosocio Sports and Games Federation organised a football tournament for children from underprivileged communities. Around 115 children between 10 to 15 years living in slums participated in the tournament in a unique event to…
Bhubaneswar: Seventeen-year-old Odia boy Bablu Munda, an International Wushu (A Chinese Martial Art form) player represented Odisha in a national level festive event organized by UNICEF at Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium in South Delhi on World Children’s Day. In the event, a friendly futsal match was organized for the children where Bablu along with other children…
Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the Men’s Hockey World Cup from January 2023, the Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) will include 40 new electric buses in its current fleet of 242. Currently 10 e-buses are plying on the roads of Bhubaneswar on various routes. To promote green transport in the city, these buses were included into the…
Koraput: Coordinated efforts of health workers ensured a reluctant villager in a remote area of the Koraput district had her third delivery under proper medical care. On October 23, 35-year-old Ichai Mandingya of Baghamari village under the Pipalpadar sub-center of Laxmipur block in Koraput district gave birth to a healthy baby in the nearest Community…
Rourkela: Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra along with senior officials visited Rourkela on Thursday and reviewed the work progress of Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, expansion of Rourkela airport, and other peripheral development work ahead of the Men’s Hockey World Cup-2023. The Chief Secretary was accompanied by Sports and Youth Services department Secretary R. Vineel…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday launched ‘Mukhya Mantri Sikhya Puraskar Yojana’ (MMSPY), an award programme for school education worth Rs 100 crore. Under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Sikhya Puraskar Yojana’, students excelling in education, educational institutions, headmasters, teachers, sarpanchs, school management committees, and former students would be awarded. The award aims to improve…
Bhubaneswar: Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) of Odisha which runs Mo Bus and Mo E-Ride has been awarded for being the ‘Most Innovative Bus Transit System in India’ in the 2nd Urban Infra Business Summit & Awards 2022 in the category of ‘Transit & Mobility. The award recognises and honours corporates, and individual industry leaders…
Kendrapara: In Kendrapara, ‘Kaincha’ or golden grass has become synonymous with prosperity. For close to 3,500 women, who are a part of 200 self-help groups (SHGs), the golden grass craft has not just brought in a sense of financial independence but also empowered them at various levels. Primarily a women-dominated craft, it has taken the…
Itanagar: In a major development to provide medical facilities in remote areas of Arunachal Pradesh, a drone service has been started to deliver essential medicines to inaccessible areas. On November 9, a drone flew to conduct the first-ever delivery of life-saving medicines from Seppa to a remote region of Bana located in the Richukrong circle…
Guwahati: The world’s longest luxury river cruise from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to Dibrugarh in Assam via Bangladesh will be launched in January 2023. The cruise will start its journey from Varanasi on January 10 and will cover a 4,000-km-long route in 50 days. It will pass through Kolkata and Dhaka before reaching Bogibeel in…
