30-31.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA   Pool of cyber experts to help decode new-age crimes in Odisha   The Odisha police have decided to create a pool of cyber experts and establish a cyber laboratory-cum-training centre to effectively deal with the IT-related offences. The dedicated cyber police officers will assist police in other districts to crack cybercrimes. At present, police stations, mostly … Read more

16-17.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA Odisha shoulld have State Minority Commission   Religion and identities of religious minorities are very often being discussed these days while some are complaining against the minority appeasement policy of Government. The minorities are being projected as vote banks.   The United Nations Minorities Declaration based on consensus in 1992 in its Article 1 … Read more

28.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA   Odisha extends helping hand to Meghalaya in rescue operation for trapped miners   The state government on Friday sent a team of trained Odisha Fire Service personnel to Meghalaya to join a massive rescue operation of 15 labourers, trapped in a coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district since December 13.   Calamity-prone Odisha that excelled in disaster … Read more

22.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA   PM lays stone of Paradip-Hyd pipeline   Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation stone of Paradip-Hyderabad pipeline project of South Eastern Region Pipelines (SERPL), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, at Khajuria village, before Jankia toll gate, Khorda through videoconferencing from the IIT Argul campus.   The proposed pipeline with a capacity of 4.5 MMTPA … Read more

12.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA   Odisha study tour for tiger zone villagers   The Odisha forest department has decided to engage locals residing near Satkosia Tiger Reserve in Angul district with big cat conservation plan. They will be taken to a study tour to Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and other parts of the country to know how locals there … Read more

06.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA   ·        Odisha: Lawyers demand state to table Advocate Protection Bill in assembly ð  Members of the All Odisha Lawyers’ Association said they will pass a resolution to urge the state government for introduction of Advocate Protection Bill in the state assembly. ð  Notably, the state witnessed strikes across the state after a lawyer was beaten … Read more

21.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA   Odisha Government announced Rs. 10,000 Crore Scheme for Farmers Development   Odisha CM Naveen Patnaikannounced a ₹10,000 crore scheme named Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA), which will provide farmers with ₹10,000 a year at the rate of ₹5,000 each for Kharif and Rabi  Additionally, crop loans of up to₹50,000 will be interest-free under the scheme.   Besides, the scheme also … Read more

05.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA   Odisha to cover 5 lakh more people under Madhu Babu Pension Yojana   Chief minister Naveen Patnaik  announced to add five lakhs more people under the Madhu Babu Pension Yojana (MBPY), state’s own social security pension scheme taking the total number of beneficiaries to 48 lakhs. Over 40,000 artists will also receive monthly pension of Rs 1200 under … Read more

19.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA   Power production to be 57,664 MU   With massive capacity addition in the power sector, there will be nearly double the amount of electricity available than therequirement of the State by 2021-22.   According to latest projection of power availability and requirement, it has came to fore that there will be 57,664 million … Read more

07.12.18 Odisha (OPSC) Current Affairs

ODISHA   Migratory birds at Chilika faces flu threat   Themigratory birds at the Chilika lake, Odisha are facing a threat to their lives due to the detection of avian influenza virus. Some crows and chickens were found dead inside poultry farms in Krushnaprasad block last week. When sent for testing to the National Institute of High-Security Animal Diseases, … Read more

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