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…
Bhubaeswar: The Regional Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar forecast rainfall along with hailstorm and thunderstorms in many parts of Odisha and issued Orange warning for 15 districts in the state till Saturday morning. As per the latest weather bulletin, the Meteorological Department has issued Orange warning for the districts of of Kalahandi, Balangir, Sonepur, Boudh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Keonjhar,…
Bhubaneswar: Govt of Odisha had implemented a partial modification in the lockdown norms. A notification regarding the same has been issued by the Revenue and Disaster Management Department. The order will not be applicable in areas under shutdown. Shops of educational books, electric fans and recharge facilities for prepaid mobile connection across the state will remain open during…
Bhubaneswar Odisha Govt gearing up for contact tracing in COVID-19 hotspots in Balasore, Bhadrak and Jajpur districts to trace the people who have recently returned from other states, especially West Bengal. The state government has imposed a 60-hour complete shutdown from 10 pm Thursday till April 26 in the three districts following a rise of COVID-19…
Bhubaneswar: The migration of workers from West Bengal is headache for Odisha to tackle the Covid-19 crisis. Though every State is facing the problem of reverse migration in India now . The daily wage labourers from various parts of West Bengal trying to cross the State borders from various way to enter into the Odisha border. And this is…
Bhubaneswar, 24 April, 2020: Fieldfresh Foods Pvt. Ltd today announced strategic tie-ups for its premium food brand, Del Monte, with online food delivering platforms Zomato and Swiggy as well as door to door delivery app Dunzo to deliver its range of premium food products – which include Tomato Ketchup, Mayo, Pasta, Olive Oil and fruit…
Bhubaneswar: 25.03.2020: State Government has announced that the subject English will be included in the syllabus of the Government Schools from class one. Students of the Government schools in Odisha will be taught spoken English from their first standard itself. The Government is going to implement it very soon. Mr. Sameer Ranjan Das, minister, school…
Bhubaneswar: 21/01/2020: ASER 2019 ‘Early Years’ was conducted in one district in Odisha. The survey reached a total of 60 villages, 1,159 households, and 1,252 children in the age group 4 to 8. In the survey, children’s in pre-school and school enrollment status was recorded. Children did a variety of cognitive, early language, and early…
