Covid-19 tally in Odisha reaches 287 with 7 fresh cases
May 09, 2020, at 01:37 pm
Bhubaneswar/UNI: Covid 19 positive among the Surat returnees continued to rise in Odisha as the tally reached 287 with the report of 17 fresh cases ,16 of them being Surat returnees.
Contaminated PHD potable water supply blamed for jaundice outbreak in Odisha's Cuttack
Mar 03, 2017, at 06:43 pm
Bhubaneswar, Mar 3 (IBNS): In Odisha, contaminated potable water supplied by the Public Health Department (PHD) has been allegedly the major cause of jaundice outbreak in Cuttack, according to media reports.
India launches the biggest Leprosy Case Detection Campaign in the country
Sep 06, 2016, at 06:09 pm
New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS) Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda has launched the biggest Leprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC) in the country on Monday across 149 districts of 19 states/UTs.
Cyclone Roanu follows Indian east coast and deposits heavy rain
May 19, 2016, at 10:41 pm
Kolkata, May 19 (IBNS) Heavy rainfall warning has been sounded in coastal Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on Thursday as cyclone Roanu is seen hugging the east coast of India with chances of moving towards Bangladesh and/or Myanmar, according to media reports.
Chief Minister of Odisha flags off 20 astronomers’ visit to ISRO Bengaluru
May 09, 2016, at 05:58 am
Bhubaneswar/ Kolkata, May 8 (IBNS): Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik on Sunday flagged off the exposure visit of the top twenty budding astronomers of the state to Satellite Centre of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Bengaluru in a function held at Naveen Niwas, Bhubaneswar.
Infosys undertakes sanitation drive: completes construction of 365 toilets in Odisha
Mar 23, 2016, at 06:40 pm
Bhubaneswar, Mar 21 (IBNS) Infosys Foundation in association with Akanksha, the CSR arm of Infosys Bhubaneswar, announced the successful completion of construction of 365 toilets in 110 schools of Odisha, as part of its endeavor to support the Prime Minister's 'Swachh Bharat Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan' mission in two phases.
Depression over Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal , more rains predicted
Aug 02, 2015, at 11:02 pm
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IBNS) The Ministry of Earth Science on Sunday said depression, which was formed over Jharkhand and adjoining Gangetic West Bengal, has moved west-southwestwards and was centred over 'Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Jharkhand about 70 km east-northeast of Ranchi'.
Odisha, AP brace for severe cyclone
Oct 11, 2014, at 09:49 pm
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IBNS): Early preparedness, ranging from evacuation to relief operations is on wartime footing as very severe cyclone "Hudhud" is expected to pound India's eastern coast on Sunday morning as the whole situation is being monitored by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Met department: Cyclone Hudhud to "turn severe" in few hours
Oct 10, 2014, at 06:05 pm
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IBNS): Cyclone Hudhud is expected to “turn severe†in a few hours causing heavy rain and stormy spell of about 140-km/hour, Met department sources said.