Bhubaneswar: HIV-1 viral load testing laboratory of ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) Bhubaneswar has received prestigious NABL accreditation. It is the only non-NACP (National AIDS Control Programme) laboratory in the country to get this accreditation.The National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) is an accreditation body under the Quality Council of India (QCI)….
Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi Bhubaneswar: Confident of BJP’s expanding eastern footprint, chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday said after Anga (Bihar) and Kalinga (Odisha), it is now Banga’s (West Bengal) turn, as he campaigned in the poll-bound state.Campaigning in Birbhum district, the Odisha CM asserted that change was in the offing. “People will…
Koraput: At least 16 final year UG students of Vikram Dev University, Jeypore, have secured job offers during a recruitment drive conducted on the university premises on Tuesday.The placement drive organised by the career counselling and placement cell saw participation from leading companies, including Vedanta Limited and Hetero Labs. While Vedanta, which operates in Lanjigarh,…
Within the past 47 months, crocodile attacks have claimed around 30 human lives in the region Kendrapada: A 66-year-old farmer narrowly escaped death after being attacked by a saltwater crocodile while bathing in the Kharosotra river in Jajpur district on Wednesday afternoon. The victim, Gurucharan Dehuri of Kujibara village under Dalijoda forest range, sustained injuries…
Cuttack: Orissa high court has upheld the limited diversion of surplus ‘gochara’ (grazing) land for public use, ruling that such utilisation is legally valid when based on objective assessment and does not substantially affect villagers’ grazing rights.In a judgment delivered on March 31, a single judge bench of Justice Sasikanta Mishra dismissed a writ petition…
Kendrapada: A 55-year-old devotee allegedly chopped off his tongue and offered it to Lord Hanuman at a temple in Jagatsinghpur district on Wednesday night, triggering panic among priests and locals. The incident took place in Nuagaon village under Abhayachandapur police station limits, where the man was found unconscious in a pool of blood on the…
Kendrapada: One person was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly running an illegal gas cylinder business in Jagatsinghpur district. Police seized 91 illegal gas cylinders of different companies, including 87 empty cylinders, 3 filled domestic cylinders and 1 filled commercial cylinder from his rented house at Balitutha Bazaar under Kujang police station.Acting on a tip-off, we…
The photo exhibition put up in Kotia gram panchayat Koraput: In the remote and disputed Kotia panchayat under Pottangi block of Koraput district, Utkal Diwas resonated with unmistakable Odia pride as the district administration brought the story of Odisha’s formation closer to its people. For the first time, a photo exhibition was organised by the…
Bhubaneswar: It’s back to the Covid days for 15-year-old Tisya Panigrahi, her younger sister Tvisha (9) and numerous other children like them living in Dubai.At the Panigrahi household in Dubai’s Al Furjan area, Tvisha (9) is adjusting her monitor as her class starts sharp at 8am, while in another room, her elder sister Tisya is…
A trash rack barrier system on a drain in Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has introduced an innovative trash rack barrier system not only to check clogging of drains because of waste deposits but also accidents in case somebody fall into the overflowing drains.It has installed specialised barriers on an experimental basis at 20…
