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Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy on Monday conducted a reality check of the implementation of the Covid-19 preventive methods in the State and directed the concerned authorities to enforce the lockdown strictly to keep people indoor amid the spike in cases in the country. The updates and issues relating to assistance to the Odia people […]
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Bhubaneswar: In a bid to boost the morale of the health personnel engaged in the fight against COVID-19 in Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced immediate implementation of Dynamic Assured Career Progression (DACP) for Medical Officers of Odisha Medical and Health Services (OHMC) Cadre. “In the present situation of COVID-19 pandemic, the Medical […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) to ensure strict adherence of social distancing at essential commodity stores and daily markets and haats in the wake of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and containment of its spread in community level. Issuing the SOP, BMC Commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary has […]
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Cuttack: The Orissa High Court (HC) has decided to suspend its functioning and also its offices from March 26 to April 15 because of the lockdown enforced to check the spread of the new Coronavirus aka COVID-19. “It is hereby given for general information that considering the impending threat of COVID-19 and in the sake […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Tuesday ordered temporary closure of Aahaar Centres (Cheap meal outlets) except those operating near the hospitals till March 29 in view of the lockdown to contain the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). In a letter to all the Collectors-cum-President of District Aahaar Society and Municipal Commissioners of Bhubaneswar, Berhampur, Cuttack, Sambalpur and […]
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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday showed show gratitude to health workers at the forefront of the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country by clapping and beating bells. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a televised address to the […]
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Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officer R Vineel Krishna, who returned from abroad recently, underwent home quarantine. The Sports Director and Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) MD registered himself in COVID-19 portal of the Odisha Government and preferred home 14-day quarantine despite not showing any symptoms yet. In a video message he appealed to others returning from abroad […]
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Bhubaneswar: Puri king Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb and his family members, who returned to Odisha on March 15 after visit to various cities in USA, on Tuesday registered online in the Odisha Government’s Coronavirus aka COVID-19 portal and will remain in quarantine at their residence in Bhubaneswar for the next 14 days (an euphemism for […]
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Bhubaneswar: With Odisha recording it’s first confirmed case of Coronavirus aka COVID-19, East Coast Railway (ECoR) General Manager Vidya Bhushan on Monday chaired a high-level review meeting and directed disinfection of railway coaches to check the spread of the virus. To properly handle and prevent the spread of corona virus, several decisions have been taken […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Monday sanctioned Rs 225 crore to the Health and Family Welfare Department to combat Coronavirus aka COVID-19. The amount was sanctioned from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), said Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena after the meeting. The decision was taken at the special meeting of the State Executive […]
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