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Bhubaneswar: The Vedanta Limited has donated 5,000 dustbins to the Jharsuguda district administration with aim for effective waste management in the Jharsuguda Municipality area. On June 20, the first phase of distribution took place at Sunarimunda, where 100 twin bins (blue for dry waste and yellow for wet waste) were distributed to the people. The […]
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Bhubaneswar: In a major recognition, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar scientist Dr Soma Chattopadhyay has been selected for the Biotech Product, Process Development and Commercialization Award-2019 by the Department of Biotechnology of the Central Government. The award was given to her for her scientific contribution for development of antibodies against the non-structural proteins (nsP1, nsP2, […]
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Bhubaneswar: An IndiGo flight from Hyderabad-Guwahati made an emergency landing at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here this morning after a mentally-disturbed passenger allegedly created disturbances. After offloading the passenger, the flight took off to its scheduled destination, sources said. A few minutes after takeoff, a passenger identified as Irsad Ali, who was accompanied by […]
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Bhubaneswar: At least eleven Australian students from city-based Centurion University joined the 73rd Monks, Caves and Kings Heritage trail at the Twin Hills of Khandagiri and Udayagiri on Saturday. The walk began in front of the facade of the Udayagiri Hill at 6.30 am and continued through the various caves. The visitors were enthralled by […]
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Bhubaneswar: In a good news to its employees, the State Government on Saturday declared fourth Saturday of every month as general holiday. According to a notification issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance Department, the first half every fourth Saturday will be devoted by the Heads of Offices at all levels for deliberating, training, […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday released Flood hazard Atlas of Odisha here in the presence of Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment Minister Arun Sahoo, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Sudam Marndi, Water Resources Minister Raghunandan Das, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi, Development Commissioner Asit Kumar Tripathy and ISRO scientists. Who have prepared the atlas? […]
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Bhubaneswar: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has suffered an estimated loss Rs 600 crore due to cyclone Fani that hit Odisha on May 3. Of the total loss, Rs 400 crores was in the form of damages and Rs 200 crore in the form of loss in earning capacity. This was revealed in a review […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday chaired the State-level Natural Calamity Committee meeting and directed enhancement of preparedness at all levels to face any possible natural calamity like floods and drought situation. “In view of the predication of the India Meteorological Department of a normal Monsoon this year, chances of flooding would also be […]
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Bhubaneswar: A day after being named BJP Rajya Sabha candidate, Ashwini Vaishnav on Saturday formally joined the saffron party at the State headquarters here in the presence of party State unit president and Kalahandi MP Basanta Panda. BJD is also supporting the candidature of Vaishnav, a former Indian Administrative Service officer. He was the private […]
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Angul: A total of 237 girls, aged between 10-12 years, successfully honed their skills at numerous activities such as yoga, sports, English learning, digital literacy, leadership and environment studies in the 28-day long workshop jointly organised by NTPC Talcher Kaniha and NTPC Talcher Thermal power plants here. The residential workshop titled Girls’ Empowerment Mission (GEM) […]
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