Bhubaneswar: For the promotion of the online education during this lockdown, Utkal Entrepreneurship and Career Hub (UECH) of Utkal University in collaboration with RUSA have started a series of webinars as a part of the University’s online teaching initiative starting last week. The second in the series, today’s webinar focused on “Sustainable technologies for livelihoods and…
Bhubaneswar: Explaining the queries & doubts of traders in Bhubaneswar regarding the opening of shops and other business establishments, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) issued a clarification on today. BMC commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary made it clear that shops dealing with all essential commodities shall remain open told while briefing the media. The neighbourhood shops, standalone shops…
Bhubaneswar: Two more COVID-19 patients recovered today, bringing down the number of recovered cases in Odisha to 41, tweet by Health and Family Welfare Department. Earlier today, as many as 17 persons were tested positive with COVID-19 in the State taking the total coronavirus cases to 142. In the meantime, labors from Surat & Tamilnadu are rushing to…
Bhubaneswar: To seek a ease from the ongoing Lockdown, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi had discussed with the Chief Ministers and asked for the detail plan by Monday. As per the sources, there was no final decision on the the lockdown extension or relaxation. The second phase of the Lockdown ends on 3rd May. During…
Bhubaneswar: In the health update of 27th April (i.e. today) by the Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department, GoO, 03 new positive cases have been detected in Odisha. One positive case in Koraput (Dasmantapur) 22 Yrs Male, Health worker (Asymptomatic) One positive case in Balasore 32 Yrs Male (West Bengal returnee). He is a staff nurse…
New Delhi, April 27, 2020: India’s leading financial services platform Paytm now empowers mobile recharge shops, grocery stores, milk booth operators, pharmacists as well as individuals to sell Vodafone Idea prepaid mobile recharges from their outlets. This move would help millions of mobile phone users including migrant workers, who are finding it difficult at the…
Bhubaneswar: The total cases of Corona virus positives in Odisha rose to 103 with 3 more persons testing positive for the virus in Sundargarh today as per data released by the health department. Six other persons from Jajpur district had reportedly tested positive on Saturday. The recent rise in the number of positives is due…
Bhubaneswar: Elderly are the worst affected among all during current lock down situation due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. It was revealed by a latest survey, conducted by Agewell Foundation, an NGO, working for the welfare and empowerment of older persons in the country since 1999. For the survey, 5000 older persons across the country were…
Bhubaneswar: THE Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday collected `17,600 fine from 88 persons for not wearing mask outside home and warned vendors selling vegetables, fruits and grocery items of heavy penalty if they too were found without masks during the lockdown period. BMC officials said continuing its drive against the violators, the civic body has…
Bhubaneswar: Khimji Group, one of the leading business houses of the State provided 100 hazmat suits worth about five lakh to the Commissionerate Police in its fight against Covid-19 pandemic. Hazmat suits are used as personal protective equipment (PPE) to prevent contamination. The air tight suits are made of plastic, fabric and rubber, along with an…