Ashwini Vaishnaw

Vande Bharat Express for Odisha soon: Vaishnaw

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw during his visit to Odisha on Saturday reviewed the ongoing projects and traffic facility works with the General Manager and other principal heads of East Coast Railway (ECoR). As the projects in the state are being given priority for speedy construction work and early completion; Vaishnaw advised railway…

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e-scooters

SOA adds more e-scooters on campus

Bhubaneswar: Travelling within the campus or going around the city has become easier for students of SOA Deemed to be University with introduction of a fleet of e-scooters for their use. “One hundred e-scooters are presently in use in the campus of Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER), SOA’s faculty of engineering and technology,…

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SUMUM

Doctors turn around a critically ill elderly

Bhubaneswar: Doctors at SUM Ultimate Medicare here battled for 57 days to successfully turn around a 79-year-old man down with severe pneumonia. Nikunja Kishore Das was admitted on September 23 with fever, shortness of breath and bilateral pneumonia. The patient was immediately admitted to the ICU and put on non-invasive ventilation. As he already had…

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Roop Narayan Sunkar

ECoR general manager inspects Bhubaneswar railway station

East Coast Railway (ECoR) General Manager Roop Narayan Sunkar on Wednesday inspected the Bhubaneswar Railway station and had Window Trailing inspection from Bhubaneswar to Talcher via Angul and reviewed various other work. Sunkar inspected the Bhubaneswar railway station circulating area, reservation counters, various passenger amenities at the station and platform. He also reviewed the proposed…

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Usha Devi

Minister urges ULB representatives to scale up urban initiatives

Bhubaneswar: Housing and Urban Development Minister Usha Devi inaugurated a state-level workshop-cum-orientation for elected representatives of ULBs at Lok Seva Bhawan on Wednesday. The chairman, vice-chairman and councillors of 12 ULBs from five districts – Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara attended. Speaking on the occasion, she said: “Together we can scale up our initiatives…

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Lumpy Skin Disease

Lumpy Skin Disease resurfaces in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), a Capripox virus disease affecting cattle, buffalo and goat, which was detected in Odisha in the aftermath of Fani cyclone in May 2019, has resurfaced in the state, the Institute of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry (IVSAH) run by SOA, said on Tuesday. The disease, which is contagious and transmitted…

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SUMUM sleep clinic

SUMUM launches sleep clinic

Bhubaneswar: There is a misconception in the public mind that snoring is a sign of good sleep. But few realise that snoring is only one aspect of sleep disorders which also has a public safety aspect. People with disturbed sleep tend to fall asleep during daytime and look lethargic. Sleep deprivation can lead to a…

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