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Bhubaneswar, May 16: A total of 681 super speciality hospitals from private sector from across the country were brought under the fold of Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY), State Government’s unique universal healthcare programme. These hospitals were from different districts of Odisha, and other States, including Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat, […]
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Bhubaneawar, May 1: A male melanistic (black stripe) Royal Bengal Tiger was found dead in Nawna (south) range of Similipal Tiger Reserve in Mayurbhanj district on Sunday evening. Though the exact reason behind the tiger’s death is yet to be ascertained, forest department officials said that the tiger could have died due to infighting as […]
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Bhubaneswar, April 18: The Odisha Government on Tuesday gave its nod to adopt Redeployment of Superannuated Teachers of Armed Force Medical Service (AFMS) in partnership with Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and NITI Ayog. The move was aimed to further improve quality of medical education in the State. Engagement of these […]
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Bhubaneswar, Argus 12: To integrate medical Slscience with technology for providing a better and more equipped health care service, in a first of its kind effort, AIIMS Bhubaneswar and IIT Bhubaneswar signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote academic and research collaboration in various areas of health and technology, said an official release. Both […]
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Bhubaneswar, April 6: The State Government has revised minimum daily wages of unskilled, semi-skilled, skilled and highly-skilled labourers. “The daily wages of the labourers has been increased by hiking their Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) by Rs 12,” stated an official notification issued by the State Labour Commissioner Dr N. Thirumala Naik. “The Variable Dearness Allowance […]
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Bhubaneawar, March 24: Senior IAS officer Nikunja Bihari Dhal has been appointed as new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the State. Election Commission of India has issued the appointment of the 1993-batch IAS Dhal in consultation with the State Government, said Rahul Sharma, Principal Secretary Election Commission of India in the order. ECI has stipulated […]
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Bhubaneawar, March 22: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday approved a proposal to waive off the entertainment tax for ‘Zwigato’, a film, based on the struggling life of a food delivery boy and his family. The Hindi language film has been directed by renowned filmaker Nandita Das and its entire shooting has been done in […]
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Bhubaneawar, October 20: The soon-to-develop cyclonic storm Sitrang in the Bay of Bengal is most likely to skirt past Odisha and reach close to the West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts around October 25, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said Thursday. “Low Pressure formed today is very likely to move west-northwestwards and concentrate into a depression over eastcentral […]
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Bhubaneawar, October 14: As many as 384 Banking Assistants were inducted in 15 district Central Co-operative Banks in the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here on Friday. Patnaik also launched online operations in Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies on the occasion. With this, total 2,063 PACS came under the Core Banking Solution platform. “Co-operative Banks […]
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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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