March 2019

ODISHA   Voters with multiple IDs reduced from 9lakh to 48,000 in Odisha   As many as 8.5 lakh voters with multiple identities have been deleted from the electoral roll in the state.   During the preparation of the draft electoral roll more than nine lakh voters came under the scanner of CEO as they … Read more

ODISHA   Govt bats for 25% quota for EWS kids in pvt schools   The state school and mass education department has decided to partner with New Delhi-based Indus Action to implement 25 per cent admission quota for children from disadvantaged groups in private schools across the state.   To implement the provision, the Odisha Primary Education … Read more

ODISHA Large swathe of rural Odisha water stressed   The World Water Day is an annual event celebrated on March 22 as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. The theme for 2019 is “Leaving no one behind”.   There are many habitations … Read more

ODISHA   AIIMS Bhubaneswar opens CSSD for infection control in hospital   AIIMS Bhubaneswar on Monday inaugurated the newly built Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD) to control infection in the hospital operation theatres (OTs) by providing sterile instruments and other accessories required for an average of 200 major surgeries per day. The CSSD built at a … Read more

ODISHA   ·         Samal gets Nat’l Lalitakala Award   Dhauli College of Art and Crafts Principal Chandan Kumar Samal and artist Jaya Jena have been conferred with the Jatiya Lalitakala Akademi awards for the stone sculpture titled “The Construction”.   Samal’s sculpture “Human Thinking’ made of granite stone was highly lauded. Earlier, Samal and Jen … Read more