A study in The Lancet Public Health journal underscores the link between education and life expectancy, suggesting that each year of schooling positively impacts longevity, akin to adopting healthy lifestyle choices. Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) found a 2 per cent reduction in the risk of death with each additional…
New Delhi: The national capital faced travel disruptions on Wednesday morning due to dense fog, causing zero visibility at Indira Gandhi Airport. Three flights were diverted, and train services experienced delays. The India Meteorological Department predicted light rain and thundershowers with gusty winds in the evening, attributed to a western disturbance until February 3. Delhi…
Bhubaneswar: Surgeons at SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) here have successfully treated an infant suffering from severe Laryngomalacia, a congenital softening of the tissues in the larynx. Four-month-old child was brought to the hospital as the baby showed signs of severe respiratory distress with chest and neck retractions. The patient was rushed to the pediatric ICU…
Bhubaneswar: Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) celebrated the 75th Republic Day on Friday with the chancellor Prof (Dr) Amit Banerjee unfurling the national flag and urging the students to contribute to the process of nation building. “The citizens of India, particularly the youth, have a vital role to play in this process and you have the…
Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) is marching ahead, serving as the lifeline of the nation and playing an unifying role of national integration, Manoj Sharma, general manager of ECoR said while addressing the Republic Day celebrations observed at Railway Stadium here on Friday. Speaking on the occasion, Sharma informed that East Coast Railway has proved…
Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) celebrated National Voters’ Day (NVD) at its headquarters here on Thursday. Employees and officials of East Coast Railway led by general manager Manoj Sharma took oath to mark the foundation day (Jan 25, 1950) of the Election Commission of India, to create electoral awareness among the citizens and encourage them…
Bhubaneswar: Nine Grand Masters and 24 International Masters from across the world will take part in the 1st SOA International Grand Masters Chess Festival at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) here, which will begin on January 28, the organizers said on Thursday. Some of the finest chess players from Denmark, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Iran, Sri Lanka, Vietnam,…
Bhubaneswar: As part of its CSR initiative, Punjab National Bank (PNB) has donated a multipurpose ventilator and six motorized ICU beds to theInstitute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here on Tuesday. Atul Kumar Goel, PNB’s managing director and chief executive officer,handed over the ventilator and beds to Prof (Dr) Manojranjan Nayak, founderpresident of Siksha…
Bhubaneswar: The Bronx Community College of City University of New York (CUNY) installed an automatic solar powered weather and air quality monitoring station on the campus of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), here on Monday. The station will monitor weather and air quality within a five mile radius of SOA’s Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC)…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the second campus Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital at Phulnakhara on Sunday. “The new hospital will have the objective to become a milestone in the state’s healthcare ecosystem,” SOA vice-chancellor Prof Pradipta Kumar Nanda said. The new teaching hospital, which will have 750 beds to begin…
