Covid19

22 Covid deaths, 925 new cases reported in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Twenty-two more Covid-19 patients have died in Odisha and 925 people tested positive for the virus, the health department said on Tuesday. The daily positivity rate was 1.7 per cent and 203 children were among those newly infected, reported PTI. The infections are the lowest since 680 cases on January 4. The state had…

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Maxillofacial Surgeons Day

International Maxillofacial Surgeons Day celebrated

Bhubaneswar: Oral and maxillofacial surgeons from different institutes came together to spread awareness about the specialty of maxillofacial surgery at the Institute of Dental Sciences and SUM Hospital here on Sunday while commemorating the birth anniversary of India’s first oral surgeon Dr. Minoo Sorabjee Ginwalla. The Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India (AOMSI)…

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SOA

SOA sets up labs to boost agriculture

Bhubaneswar: Three laboratories have been set up by the Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS), faculty of agricultural sciences of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) here, to augment farm production and focus on pest control. The labs, set up under the Experimental Learning Programme, were inaugurated on Monday by SOA vice-president Saswati Das. Two laboratories were established…

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Covid-19

Odisha reports 20 Covid-19 deaths, 859 new cases

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Monday reported 859 new Covid-19 cases, which pushed the tally to 12,78,121, the health department said in its bulletin. Twenty more people, including six in Balasore and four in Jajpur, succumbed to the infection, raising the toll to 8,904, reported PTI. On Sunday, the state had logged 1,148 cases and 22 deaths….

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