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Naveen Patnaik felicitates Thomas Cup champions

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated Wednesday, the Indian men’s team members and their coach for their maiden spectacular Thomas Cup victory last month. India won this coveted cup for the first time in the history of Thomas Cup since the tournament started in 1948-49....

Four wetlands in Odisha likely to get Ramsar tag

New Delhi: India is aiming at getting a Ramsar tag for 75 of its wetlands on the 75th year of independence, top officials from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has said. India already has 49 Ramsar Sites -- wetlands of international...

Odisha reports highest COVID-19 cases in nearly five months

15 new Covid cases in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 15 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, two more than the previous day, taking the tally to 12,88,545, the health department said. The toll remained at 9,126 as there was no death due to the pathogen in the last 24 hours. Fifty-three other coronavirus...

Odisha hikes salary of junior teachers

Govt to appoint 11k teachers

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will appoint 11,000 teachers by the end of this month, School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash informed here Tuesday. He said that CM Naveen Patnaik will hand over the appointment letters to the new teachers at a function here...

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Man held for sharing wife’s obscene pics on social media

Bhubaneswar: The police in Odisha have arrested a man for allegedly sharing his wife's obscene photographs on social media, an official said Tuesday. The Bhubaneswar cyber police arrested the accused Saroj Kumar Das Monday from Chandbali area of Bhadrak district and presented him at a...

Heatwave in Odisha

IMD issues heatwave warning for western Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Met office warned Tuesday of a heatwave in parts of western Odisha for the next two days. At least eight weather stations recorded a maximum of over 40 degrees Celsius as the temperature rose by 1-2 degrees in some places, the Bhubaneswar Meteorological...

This tree grows 40 different kinds of fruits

Odisha govt to focus on enhancing fruit, vegetable production

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has directed the Horticulture department to enhance the production of some fruits and vegetables to meet the market demand in the state. At a virtual meeting of the Sanctioning Committee on Micro Irrigation, Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra directed the department...

 

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