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Bhubaneswar, August 25: UNICEF Odisha on Thursday organised a workshop on gender sensitive reporting and writing for journalists in Odisha. More than 120 journalists attended the workshop, aimed at promoting equal and sensitive representation of gender in the media. A checklist for media was presented at the workshop, giving tips to journalists on how they […]
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Bhubaneswar, August 25: The American Heart Association (AHA) and AIIMS-Bhubaneswar has joined the hands to train more than 1 lakh community members on life saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skill in next two years, said AIIMS-Bhubaneswar Executive Director Dr. Ashutosh Biswas here on Thursday. “Survival from cardiac arrest largely depends on how quickly CPR is started […]
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Bhubaneswar, August 25: As many as 334 new recruits – 291 Laboratory Assistants, 25 Junior Librarians and 18 Physical Education Teachers – joined the State Government colleges on Thursday. An orientation programme was organised for the new recruits at the State Convention Centre in Loka Seva Bhawan and was graced by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik […]
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Bhubaneswar, August 24: Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra on Wednesday was given a second extension for six months. Mohapatra, a 1986-batch IAS officer, who has been serving as the head of State’s bureaucracy since December 2020, was scheduled to retire on February 28. His first tenure was extended in January till August end this year […]
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Bhubaneawar, August 23: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday inaugurated a state-of-the-art phone banking centre of ICICI Bank at Maitri Vihar here. The centre has employed 1,200 persons out of which 60 per cent are women. The banking centre has been powered by artificial intelligence and robotics. It is well equipped to serve the bank’s […]
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Bhubaneawar, August 22: Secretary to the Chief Minister (5T) VK Pandian on Monday visited the new BMC building at Satya Nagar and O Hub here to review the the progress and to ensure timely completion of the work required to have new development centres to be made operational by Deloitte and IBM, respectively. “The opening […]
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Bhubaneswar, August 22: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to consider Odisha’s proposal for addition of default provision in NREGASoft for drawal, utilisation & recoupment of budgetary allocation towards ‘State’s Revolving Fund’ to prevent delay in payments of wages. In a letter to the PM, Patnaik wrote, “State Government has […]
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Bhubaneawar, August 18: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday conducted an aerial survey of flood affected areas in Kendrapara, Puri, and Jagatsinghpur districts and announced 15-day relief to flood-affected people. The Chief Minister announced distribution of relief aid for 15 days in flood affected villages of Khordha, Puri, Cuttack, Kendrapada and Jagatsinghpur districts. Similarly, relief […]
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Bhubaneawar, August 17: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday released a collection of paintings by eminent artist Shyamsunder Pattanayak titled ‘Bridging Centuries’. The book is an artist’s impression on the times of emperor Kharvela and Kalinga Empire as depicted in the carvings of Udayagiri cave. Appreciating the work of Pattanayak, the Chief Minister said that […]
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Bolangir, August 16: Farmers in Odisha’s Kantabanjhi Assembly constituency on Wednesday protested against the non payment of their crop insurance claims. The aggrieved farmers under the leadership of Kantabanjhi MLA Santosh Singh Saluja took out a rally protesting against the apathetic attitude of the Government machinaries towards them and submitted a memorandum addressed to Chief […]
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