Slow Down: Speed violation detection systems installed in Bhubaneswar to monitor speeding vehicles

Bhubaneswar: To check speeding vehicles, the Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) has installed speed violation detection systems (SVDS) at 12 locations the capital city. As per officials, the systems are fully integrated with the central database of the Government of India. The 12 locations where the SVDS has been installed are Capital to AG, mid…

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Students of standard I-VII can attend physical classes in Odisha from February 28

Bhubaneswar: Though Odisha government had announced that schools for Class I to VII will reopen from February 14, today the government informed that the students can attend the physical classes from February 28. In a letter to the different offices functioning under the S&ME and Higher Education, Principal Secretary of Departments of School and Mass…

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Mass drug administration drive to eradicate filaria disease from Odisha

Bhubaneswar: To eradicate Filaria (Lymphatic Filariasis) disease from the state, a mass drug administration programme will be carried out from February 10. Initiated by the Health and Family Welfare department, 15 districts will be covered in the state under the programme in two phases. Informing about the initiative, Public Health Director Niranjan Mishra said, “There…

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Five old lighthouses in Odisha to be developed to promote tourism

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to promote tourism, the centre has initiated an action for the development of 65 lighthouses on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode in the country. Union Minister for ports, shipping and waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal informed this in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Under the initiative five lighthouses located at four…

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Private pre-schools to reopen in Odisha from February 14

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has decided to allow reopening of private pre-schools (Play & KG) for the academic session 2021-22 from February 14.  The educational institutions from pre-school to class-VIII have remained closed since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020. In a tweet , the I & PR Department informed about the reopening. It further mentioned…

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India, the first country to administer painless DNA Vaccine for Covid-19

India became the first country in the world to administer DNA vaccine against COVID-19 on Saturday giving a sigh of relief to people who fear needles. ZyCov D, India’s first needle-free and second indigenous Covid-19 vaccine was launched in Patna.  The world’s first plasmid DNA vaccine, ZyCoV-D is produced by Ahmedabad-based vaccine manufacturer Zydus Cadila….

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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik urges children to attend schools, follow Covid guidelines

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday urged the parents to send their children to attend physical classes at schools as all the educational institutions reopened. In his address, Patnaik requested parents and guardians to ensure their children wears mask properly and attend offline classes.  Exhorting students to follow the Covid appropriate behavior, he…

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