State to prioritise jabs to high-risk groups
Government has decided to prioritise vaccination of street vendors, newspaper hawkers, petrol pump employees, grocery store staff, food delivery boys, and 17 other segments of ‘high-risk groups’ on the basis of their profession in a bid to provide safety to such residents who were more likely to get exposed to...
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1,001 new Covid cases in BBSR
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Health department asks districts to prepare for vector-borne disease control
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State adds 33 more Covid deaths
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Covid recovery rate goes up by 5 % in ten days
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Oxygen cylinders from China reach State
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Dentist turned model making waves in fashion world
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NLU students launch Covid helpline
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‘Climate Change’ added to Forest & Environ Dept
The State Government on Saturday renamed its Forest & Environment Department as ‘Forest, Environment & Climate Change Department’. The department would now give focus on climate change along with forest and environment protection and conservation, The department would be the nodal agency of the State for Climate Change Actions. Development of State...
BJP celebrates seven years of Modi Govt as Sewa Diwas
Thousands of BJP cadres visited around 5,000 villages across the State to do social service as BJP celebrated the seventh anniversary of the Narendra Modi Government on Sunday. The ruling party at the Centre is championing the day as "Sewa Diwas" with BJP leaders and party cadres distributing rations, medicines,...
Rs 100/dose at Cuttack private hospitals
The Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) has decided to conduct Covid-19 vaccination at 16 private hospitals in the city apart from the government vaccination centres. The private hospitals shall be used for vaccination of the 18-44 age group only. Vaccines shall be supplied to the private hospitals by the administration free...
FLO holds meet on ‘Power of Goddesses’
The FICCI FLO Bhubaneswar Chair on Saturday organised a webinar on ‘Power of Goddesses’ with the guidance of spiritual leader Rishi Nanda. The webinar was attended by over 100 viewers from across the country wherein ‘bhakti’ and ‘shakti’ were referred to being two sides of a coin that represents a creative...
JMM-Cong mock BJP on 7th anniversary in power
Ruling alliance in the State, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Congress on Sunday mocked the seventh anniversary of the Central Government led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and termed it the “worst Government ever”. Addressing media persons JMM Spokesperson Supriyo Bhattacharya said that the last seven years of the country under...
AIIMS denies treatment to non-Covid patients
A human rights activist has moved the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) alleging that the AIIMS Bhubaneswar authorities are denying treatment to serious no-Covid patients. Pradipta Nayak in his petition has alleged that due to denial of treatment, many serious patients are either succumbing to their ailments or forced to spend...
Op Cleanup: Jharpada Jail Chief Warder axed
The State Government on Sunday suspended the Jharpada Special Jail Chief Warder in connection with seizure of mobile phones and other prohibited items, including contraband, from the premises of the prison on Saturday. The Jail Chief Warder Sudarshan Barik was placed under suspension following a preliminary probe. After his suspension,...
