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,…
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…
Guwahati: A forest guard has been suspended on Monday for unwarranted firing which led to the death of a male Royal Bengal Tiger in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNP & TR) in Assam. The incident happened on June 18. The carcass of the tiger was found by the staff of Bheroni camp under…
European Union (EU) has started the procedure for issuing the ‘Green Pass’ which will be available from July 1 and allow people to travel for work or tourism. The pass will be given only to those who have administered with COVID-19 vaccines which has been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The EMA has…
Bhubaneswar: Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V is now available for the citizens in Bhubaneswar. After Covaxin, Sputnik V is the second vaccine to be administered in the state capital. Except Bhubaneswar, across the state Covisheild vaccine is being administered to the citizens. At present, the Russian vaccine is being administered only at Care Hospital at…
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….
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…
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…
Mechukha: A rare Red Panda rescued in Mechukha subdivision in Arunachal Pradesh has been released into the forest by the forest officials and administration on Saturday. The rare species strayed out into the human settlement near Samten Yangchag Monastery was rescued by two local residents of the Mechukha town and informed the forest officials. A…
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…
