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Bhubaneswar: In order to promote increased community preparedness and to create a cadre of skilled manpower for disaster and pandemic management in urban Odisha, OSDMA organised a three-day capacity building orientation in collaboration with State Urban Development Agency recently, here. A team of 43 master trainers consisting of State Mission Managers, City Mission Managers and…
Bhubaneswar: Eminent researcher Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda has taken over as vice-chancellor of the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University here. Prof Nanda, who was formerly dean (Research and Development) at SOA was functioning as pro-vice chancellor of the university till his appointment as vice-chancellor. A graduate from VSS University of Technology (formerly…
Cuttack: A budget of Rs 303 crore has been sanctioned for the redevelopment work of Cuttack railway station, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed. He along with his cabinet colleague Dharmendra Pradhan flagged off the inaugural run Bhadrak-Nayagarh Town-Bhadrak MEMU at Cuttack railway station on Thursday. Vaishnaw said the direct train link between Bhadrak and Nayagarh…
Bhubaneswar: A young team of surgeons at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here have successfully performed a highly complex surgery on a cancer patient which is being billed as the first of its kind in Odisha. The team performed the complex surgery on a 55-year-old man suffering from pancreatic cancer which was…
East Coast Railway (ECoR) has set a new milestone in freight loading during 2022-23 financial year by loading 232.32 million tonne from its jurisdiction, which is 11 days before the end of the current financial year. In 2021-22 financial year, ECoR had loaded 223.64 million tonne of freight during the same period and also loaded…
The 16th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the world’s most popular and lucrative cricket league, will start on March 31. The first game of this season will be played between defending champions Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. From this season onwards, the IPL will return…
Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) has surpassed its Scrap Disposal Target set by the Railway Board before end of the current financial year. General manager EcoR Manoj Sharma appreciated and congratulated the entire team involved in scrap disposal system.Before couple of days of the end of this financial year, ECoR has earned more than Rs…
Bhubaneswar: Realising the potential of donkey milk, a UP-based startup ‘Organiko’ has been manufacturing and marketing skin care products made of donkey milk. Pooja Kaul, a resident of UP, is the founder of Organiko Beautifying Life. Soaps made from donkey’s milk stole the show at the two-day conclave titled ‘Ideation to Commercialisation—Opportunities for Start-ups’ which…
Bhubaneswar: A two-day national workshop on “National Works on Geospatial Data Analysis for Natural Resource Management” was held in the department of Geography, Utkal University, recently. “It is very important when it concerns planning, conservation, management of our natural resources. Geospatial Data Analysis along with new technologies can add new dimension to the situational analysis,…
East Coast Railway general manager Manoj Sharma reviewed the progress of redevelopment of railway stations under ECoR jurisdiction with the concerned officials at ECoR HQs at Rail Sadan in Bhubaneswar. Sharma reviewed the progress of the redevelopment work of Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar New, Puri, Cuttack stations under ECoR jurisdiction. He also advised concerned officials to speed…
