Bhubaneswar: One in four people in Odisha has non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) — termed metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) — according to the data of the health and family welfare department. “The prevalence of MASLD is 25-30% in the state,” said an official source.With World Liver Day being marked on Sunday, doctors have…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s capital city will host India’s first advanced 3D glass semiconductor packaging unit, with chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi set to lay the foundation stone for the Rs 1,943crore project on Sunday.The facility will be set up by Heterogeneous Integration Packaging Solutions, also known as 3D Glass Solutions. The state govt said the project…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha govt will soon establish the State Institute for Transformative Initiatives (Siti)-Odisha as an apex policy research and strategic advisory body, with chief minister heading its governing council.A resolution to this effect has been issued by the planning and convergence department — under whose administrative control it will operate — positioning Siti-Odisha as the…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha govt will soon establish the State Institute for Transformative Initiatives (Siti)-Odisha as an apex policy research and strategic advisory body, with chief minister heading its governing council.A resolution to this effect has been issued by the planning and convergence department — under whose administrative control it will operate — positioning Siti-Odisha as the…
On March 29, popular Bengali actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee (43) drowned while shooting for a TV serial at Talasari beach. The incident brought into focus safety, awareness and accountability on beaches in Odisha.Frequent drowning incidents have cast a shadow over the state’s beaches. According to statistics, between Jan and March this year alone, six tourists…
WHAT ARE MICROPLASTICS.indd Bhubaneswar: Tiny plastic pieces have been found in the sediments of the Brahmani river flowing through Odisha’s Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary, raising concerns over pollution in one of the state’s most sensitive ecosystems.A study published in the journal Water, Air, and Soil Pollution (Springer Nature) on April 14 found microplastics at all sampling…
A Class 8 student drowned in a pond under Bargaon police limits of Sundargarh district on Friday. Rohit Parmanik (13), a resident of Muslim Para under Bargaon police station, went to Rajabandhu pond to take bath. The student of Bargaon Govt High School drowned while bathing. After getting information, Bargaon police and fire brigade reached…
Berhampur: Shibashis Behera, a student of PM Shree Kendriya Vidyalaya, Berhampur, secured cent per cent marks in the CBSE Class X examination, the results of which were published on Wednesday. The school celebrated his achievements on Friday.Shibashis secured 500 out of 500 in the best of 5 subjects, said school principal Shivapriya Dash. He scored…
Former Odisha chief minister Biju Patnaik BHUBANESWAR: Former associates of Biju Patnaik including Rajya Sabha member Dilip Ray, former minister Bijoy Mohapatra and ex-BJD MP Prasanna Patasani were among senior politicians who attended a parallel event to pay homage to the former Odisha chief minister on his death anniversary, triggering fresh political speculation. The gathering…
Berhampur: Chairperson of Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (OSCPCR) Babita Patro on Friday asked SP (Gajapati) to submit a report to the commission within a week on the death of two girl students of a govt-run-primary school at Rubudisingh village in Nuagada block on Wednesday. The district administration suspended its in-charge headmaster…
