Odisha Recommends Dutee for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Birendra Lakra for Arjun Award

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government recommended sprinter Dutee Chand and hockey player Birendra Lakra for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Arjun Award for 2021 respectively.  The Sports and Youth Services Department of Odisha on Tuesday made the recommendations for the National Sports Awards 2021 to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. On June 21,…

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Higher Education Dept Issues Guidelines For Online UG, PG Exams in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: In view of COVID-19 situation in the state, the Odisha government  on Monday issued a notification with guidelines for the conduct of online examination of Under Graduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) final exams students. As per notification issued by the Higher Education Department, the final year or final semester examinations will be held in…

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Odisha Health Minister Requests Union Health Minister For Urgent Supply of Covishield Vaccines

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health minister Naba Kisore Das has written to Union health minister Harsh Vardhan to urgently supply Covishield vaccines to the state. Das informed that Odisha will run out of the Covishield vaccines in the next two days. “We have stock of 3.38 lakh doses of covishield which will be utilised within two days….

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Odia Designer Sujit Meher Receives Star India Award For Promoting Odisha Handloom

Bhubaneswar: Bangalore-based Odia designer Sujit Meher who has been promoting Odisha handloom with various designer garments, has been awarded with the ‘Best Designer For Social Impact’ award from Star India. The award ceremony was scheduled to be held in April in Mumbai, however due to the pandemic ceremony was held virtually recently. Overwhelmed on being…

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Dutee Misses Olympic Qualification Time Again, Hopes to Qualify On World Ranking Basis

Patiala: Sprinter Dutee Chand again misses the mark to qualify for Tokyo Olympics next month. Dutee secured fourth position by clocking 11.62 seconds in the 100-metre sprint at the 60th National Inter-State Athletics Championships held in Patiala, Punjab on Saturday. The qualifying time for the Tokyo Olympics is 11.15 seconds. On June 21, Dutee set…

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KVIC Distributes Beehives and Bee Colonies to Women SHG in Kalahandi 

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…

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