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Bhubaneswar: The vaccination process of human trial of the much-awaited Covaxin vaccine against Coronavirus began at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here on Monday. Covaxin, the vaccine being developed by Bharat Biotech, was administered to several persons who had volunteered to be part of the trial, said Dr E Venkat Rao, Principal […]
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Bhubaneswar: Train services have been affected due to the complete lockdown in West Bengal. The neighbouring State is observing complete lockdown on July 25 and 29 to break the COVID-19 chain. According to an East Coast Railway (ECoR) statement, Sealdah (Kolkata)-Bhubaneswar-Sealdah Duronto Special 02201/02202) from Sealdah and Bhubaneswar will remain cancelled on July 27 […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in its war against the COVID-19 pandemic situation has taken steps to increase the bed strength for better and efficient treatment of the patients across the State Capital. There will be 850 more beds including 31 ICU beds. While the High-Tech Medical and Hospital in the collaboration with BMC […]
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Bhubaneswar: Recognising the popularity of the famous folk song ‘Rangabati’, the Odisha Government on Wednesday renamed ‘Bilung’ village in the district of Sambalpur as ‘Rangabati Bilung.’ Bilung village is the native place of Mitrabhanu Gauntia, lyricist of the famous ‘Rangabati’ song, has been renamed as Rangabati Bilung. His contribution to the cultural heritage of Odisha is […]
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Bhubaneswar: The State Government on Monday made a provision of Rs 7,500 for handling and disposal of each COVID-19 positive dead body in the State, said an official order. According to an order of the Health and Family Welfare Department, the expenditure for the purpose will be met out of the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Monday approved incentives for doctors, paramedics and Class-IV employees engaged in #COVID health facilities such as dedicated COVID Hospitals/COVID Health Centres/COVID Care Centres in the State for treatment and care of COVID19 positive patients. As per the Health and Family Welfare Department notification, doctors will get an incentive of Rs […]
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Bhubaneswar: Plasma therapy has brought a great relief to serious Covid patients in the State. Out of six critical patients who are now under plasma therapy, as many as four are responding very well and they are now not in need of oxygen support, and will soon be discharged. Other two patients are in stable […]
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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday inaugurated eight new branches of HDFC Bank in Odisha through video conference. These branches will generate over 100 jobs for the youth. Of the eight new branches five are in Khurda district, one each in Sudargargarh, Sambalpur and Kendrapada districts. The new branches are part of HDFC’s network […]
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Bhubaneswar: In order to know the immunological status of the community and high risk groups, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday started Sero Surveilance for Coronavirus (Covid-19) in the capital city. The RMRC (ICMR) Bhubaneswar provides the technical support of the surveillance. The surveillance is being conducted according to the Covid-19 Guidelines, said BMC […]
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Bhubaneswar: IIT-Bhubaneswar conducted the end‐semester examinations in the normal comprehensive way in online mode from June 24 to 30 for its final year subjects. A total of 526 students, including BTech (206) Dual Degree (36), M.sc (75), M.Tech (167), PhD (42) appeared the examinations. The commercially available systems for online examinations are normally designed to […]
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