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Bhubaneswar: Five more Government standalone Covid-19 hospitals were opened in the State on Monday. With this, the State’s dedicated Covid hospitals are now functional in 26 districts with a bed capacity of 5,000. The five hospitals have come up in Sundargarh, Bargarh, Angul, Jagatsinghpur and Nabarangpur, and have a bed-strength of 825. Chief Minister Naveen […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday announced a humanitarian roadmap to facilitate return of people of Odisha stranded outside the States, after the ongoing lockdown restrictions are lifted. He also granted Collector’s power to the Sarpanchs to effectively manage the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in village levels. This will be done through community based monitoring […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court, Mohammed Rafiq, to Orissa High Court, Cuttack. The SC on Saturday issued a statement on the transfer. The office of the Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court had fallen vacant with the retirement of Chief Justice Kalpesh […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced Rs 100 crore ‘Urban Wage Employment Initiative’ to generate employment for the urban poor amidst the ongoing lockdown enforced by the Central Government to effectively contain the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19). The initiative will benefit 4.5 lakh families in 114 urban local bodies (ULBs). Under the initiative, […]
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By Sraban Kumar Bag It is unarguably an accepted proposition that, ‘the pandemic ‘Corona’ has brought a great deal of concern on the present education system of our country, particularly to the classroom process, curriculum planning and preparation for the next academic session’. As we know the outbreak of this pandemic took place at the […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government will collect 5,000 samples for Covid-19 testing alone in Bhubaneswar within seven days, informed Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy here on Friday. Of the 60 positive cases so far tested in State, Bhubaneswar alone reported 46 positive cases thereby becoming a Covid-19 hotspot. “We have prepared a plan namely ‘Bhubaneswar Strategy’ in […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to promote use of TickMe mobile App so that citizens can place online orders for pickup and delivery with grocery stores, medical shops, restaurants nearby during the ongoing lockdown period. The innovative App can also notify the buyers when the orders are ready for pickup or delivery. As […]
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Bhubaneswar: Two days after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik directed Director General of Police (DGP) Abhay to punish the habitual offenders of domestic violence, the State Commission for Women (SCW) on Thursday also issued Whatsapp helpline number (8763543013) to address issues related to violence against women during the ongoing lockdown period. “During the lockdown period, it […]
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Bhubaneswar: In a bid to speed up Covid-19 tests in the State, Odisha Government has decided to carry out extensive group testing or pooled sample testing. The practice involves mixing of several samples to create a large sample and putting them up for test in one go instead of testing every single sample one at […]
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Coornavirus (Covid-19) positivity rate is lowest at 1.08 per cent compared to national average of 5 per cent, said National Health Mission (NHM) Director Shalini Pandit here on Wednesday. According to Pandit, out of 41 active cases in Odisha, only two persons are under COVID-19 hospital care. Of the two, one person has […]
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