New Odisha Age

AMRI Opens Bariatrics Wing

AMRI Hospitals, Bhubaneswar, today, announced its collaboration with Asian Bariatrics, Ahmedabad for providing the world class Bariatrics and Metabolic surgery facility at AMRI Hospitals Bhubaneswar.  The announcement was done in the presence of noted Bariatric & GI Robotic surgeons of India Dr Mahendra Narwaria, and Dr. Sanjay Patolia,  along with Mr. Rupak Barua, CEO, AMRI…

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Health Advisory for yatris during Shri Amarnathji Yatra

The Pilgrimage to Holy Cave of Shri Amarnathji involves trekking at altitudes as high as 14000 feet. Yatrismay develop High Altitude Sickness with following symptoms: loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, weakness,dizziness, lightheadedness and difficulty in sleeping, visual impairment, bladder dysfunction, bowl dysfunction, loss ofcoordination of movements, paralysis on one side of the body, gradual…

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Shri Dharmendra Pradhan meets Dr Ernest Moniz, Secretary of Energy, USA

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas met the US Secretary of Energy Dr Ernest Moniz in Washington on Monday. The two Ministers reviewed bilateral energy cooperation, especially in oil and gas sector between the two countries. The two sides agreed to enhance institutional and technical cooperation in specific areas:…

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Children to be sent back to Odisha

The district-level child welfare committee here has decided to send back six minor girls from Odisha who were detrained under suspicious circumstances at the Shoranur Railway Station in the first week of July along with 29 others. The children were travelling in a coach of Dhanbad-Alappuzha Express and a medical examination found that they had…

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More than 50000 devotees accompanied the Divine Rathayatra of Emami Jagannath Temple at Balasore, Odisha

The Lord Jagannath Temple built by the Emami Group of Companies hosted its very first colourful Car Festival (Rathyatra) at Balgopalpur , Balasore, Odisha. After the “Prana Pratistha” of the divine Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra in November 2015, this is the first Rathayatra that is being celebrated at this temple. Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra &…

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Steps to Check Corporal Punishment in Schools

Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, prohibits ‘physical punishment’ and ‘mental harassment’ under Section 17(1) and makes it a punishable offence under Section 17(2). The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and the State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCRs) have been entrusted with the task of…

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