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Bhubaneswar: The Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, the medical school of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University, here has become the leading hospital in the state to offer chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T-cell) therapy to treat blood cancer patients. Talking...

Bhubaneswar: Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), and Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins affiliate, Thursday called for a new initiative ‘Tribal Health Research Innovation and Vocational Empowerment’ (THRIVE). A new tripartite MoU was signed in this regard between KIIT, KISS...

Puri: The Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) recently prohibited three servitors from entering the temple premises after they were found using iron cauldrons (kadhai) to prepare Mahaprasad for the deities and devotees. SJTA chief administrator Arabinda Padhee said the temple administration took a serious view...

Bhubaneswar: Prof Kulbhushan Balooni, a noted academician with over 25 years of experience with premier education institutions, was recently appointed as the new vice chancellor of Birla Global University (BGU), Bhubaneswar. According to BGU, Prof Balooni possesses immense knowledge and expertise in academic administration, research...

Bhubaneswar: Institute of Life Sciences (ILS) here will organise a two-day Life Science Startup Summit – 2024 from October 4, an official said Thursday. The event will be an innovation platform to bring together researchers, investors, corporations, policymakers, and representatives from public institutions, academia and...

Bhubaneswar: The objective behind celebrating Wildlife Week is to create widespread awareness for protection, conservation and growth of wildlife and their habitats, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Minister Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia said at the 70th State Wildlife Week celebration here Thursday. “On this occasion,...

Bhubaneswar: As the vibrant festival of Durga Puja approaches, preparations are in full swing at various puja pandals in City. Artisans are working overtime to finish their theme based structures as the countdown has begun for the autumn fest. To make the celebrations grander this...

Cuttack: A little over a week after the Orissa High Court expressed its dissatisfaction over lack of repair of roads and resolution of civic issues, the court Thursday rapped the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) on civic issues in the Silver City. Taking up a petition...

Cuttack: A few days after a milk adulteration unit was busted in Atada area here, police sealed a factory at Jagatpur New Industrial Estate where spurious ghee was being manufactured, Thursday. According to sources, the factory, which has got the licence for production of soya...

Bhubaneswar: Alleging that Odisha Raj Bhavan is being used as a 'war room' for the upcoming Jharkhand elections, the Opposition BJD Thursday sought clarification from Governor Raghubar Das on whether he was in the race for the chief minister post in the neighbouring state. The...