Disablement Compensation and Sickness compensation for core sanitation workers

Bhubaneswar: The State government has sanctioned Disablement Compensation and Sickness compensation for the core sanitation workers, Minister Housing & Urban Development Pratap Jena said. “With our Hon’ble Chief Minister’s approval of these compensations, the State is demonstrating its commitment to protecting and enabling our society’s most disadvantaged people on both social and economic level,” Jena…

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TB workshop

Two-day TB task force workshop for east zone begins

Bhubaneswar: The fact that eradication of tuberculosis in India is a huge challenge has to be accepted and accordingly steps needs to be taken, Prof (Dr) Sachidananda Mohanty, Odisha’s director of Medical Education and Training (DMET) said on Thursday. “The diagnosis of tuberculosis cases in the eastern region has remained very low and there is…

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women empowerment seminar

International seminar on women empowerment concludes

Bhubaneswar: The School of Women’s Studies and Department of History, Utkal University in collaboration with The Asiatic Society for Social Science Research (ASSSR), New Delhi, has successfully conducted an international seminar on ‘Empowerment of Women in Revitalizing World: Past & Present’, held from February 23-25. International and national research scholars attended the inaugural function held…

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SUM Hospital

IMS and SUM to set up advanced Rheumatology Centre

Bhubaneswar: The Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, faculty of medicine of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) here, has initiated steps to set up an advanced Rheumatology Centre to promote research and reach patients with the latest treatment regimen. The institute had become the first centre of medical science in Odisha which has been permitted…

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