August 2018

ODISHA   Large number of shelter homes unregistered: scpcr   The State Commission for protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) will release a consolidated report about condition of shelter homes and Child Care Institutions operating across the State within a week. Notably, on the instructions of Chief Minister Raghubar Das, the nodal agency for the protection … Read more

ODISHA   Paradip port expansion to boost pcpir   The expansion plans of the Paradip Port would improve the stake of the proposed Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Regions (PCPIR) at Paradip, which has an investment potential of over Rs 45,000 crore.   Paradip would have the most advanced greenfield PCPIR with a total area … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha 7th most dengue-affected in country   Dengue has been winging out quite fast in Odisha. The State that was at number 13 among 35 States and UTs in 2017, in 2018 has emerged as the 7th most dengue affected State in the country.   The worrying sign is cases of dengue positive … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha government launched Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana   On the occasion of 72nd Independence Day, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaiklaunched Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) which provides annual cashless health coverage of Rs 5 lakh per beneficiary family per annum. More than 70 lakh families will be benefited by the scheme. Patnaik also handed over ‘Uttam Jeevan Rakshya Padak‘ and ‘Jeevan … Read more

ODISHA   42 cr children to be given tablets   Deworming tablets would be distributed to as many as 1,42,33,273 children in the age group of 1-19 years in the State before the National Deworing Day to be observed on September 16 in the country.   The aim of the Deworming Day is to deworm … Read more

ODISHA   Centre not to fund for hockey world cup     Another chapter has been added to the ongoing Centre-State tussle over a series of issues after the Union Sports Minister has made it clear that the Centre will not allocate fund for Odisha to host Men’s Hockey World Cup starting here in November. … Read more

ODISHA   Hockey wc to boost odisha tourism   The 14th Men’s Hockey World Cup, to be held in the Odisha capital from November 28 to December 16 this year, would present an excellent opportunity to focus on the State’s tourism potential and market the same.   Several thousand people from other countries will converge … Read more

ODISHA   BNHS to open its regional center at WRTC Campus   The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Mumbai, has started its regional centre on the campus of Wetland Research and Training Centre(WRTC) near Chilika Lake, Odisha from 27th August. BNHS is one of the premier avian research institutes in India.   The BNHS has been active in … Read more

ODISHA   Odisha buddhist hubs not in nat’l dev plan   Odisha will miss out the elite list of Buddhist Circuits of the country, thanks to the apathetic attitude of the Union Ministry of Tourism.   While the Union Government is moving ahead with a major plan for promoting Buddhist Circuits in the country, Odisha … Read more

ODISHA   State’s 36l youths out of higher edu loop   In what looks to be a shocking development for Odisha, the State in 2017-18 had a whopping 36.08lakh youth aged 18-23 years who were out of the higher education loop in Odisha.   For which, Odisha’s total youths enrolled in higher education are around … Read more