Balasore: The long pending demand for a subway near Nidhipanda bridge in Balasore has been approved by union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. The design of the subway already approved for which Rs 14.7 crore has been sanctioned by the Railway Board towards its construction. Nidhipanda bridge is an important bridge in Haldipada-Balasore section of Kharagpur–Bhadrak…
The Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) of various ministries including public sector undertakings with an annual capex target of Rs 100 crore and above has reached around 42.5 per cent of their annual target in this financial year. The Indian Railways have spent around Rs 1.13 trillion (46.6 per cent) of the capex target of approximately Rs…
Bhubaneswar: The 22nd governing body meeting of State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) emphasised on expediting the urban transformative journey in the state. The meeting chaired by Usha Devi, H&UD minister and chairman SUDA also approved the budget for 2023-24, held at UNNATI Bhawan here recently. Also social mobilisation and institution building, self-employment programme, shelter for…
Bhubaneswar: The experts have rated Odisha’s septage infrastrucure as one of the best in the country, at a regional workshop held at Odisha Urban Academy here on Saturday. The workshop organised by Housing & Urban Development department Odisha in collaboration with Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi was on reuse of bio-solids harvested…
The first National Medical Records Day was celebrated at SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) on September 9. The National Medical Records Day was introduced by the Health Records Association of India this year. Dr (Brig) Biraj Mohan Mishra, chief of medical services, SUM Ultimate Medicare attended the event as chief guest along with Dr PK Panda,…
Bhubaneswar: ‘Sustainable Agriculture: Theory and Practices’, a book authored by Bidyadhar Maharana and Prof Subodh Kumar Sahu, was released at a function held here on Sunday. The book was released by Dr. Aurobinda Behera, former member, Board of Revenue, Government of Odisha, Prof RP Mohanty, former vice-chancellor ofSOA Deemed to be University and Achyut Das,…
Bhubaneswar: Koustuv Das of St. Xavier’s High School, Kedargouri, finished first by scoring 8.5 points out of a possible 9 at the two-day All Odisha School Chess Championship which concluded at the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) recently. Das won eight of the nine matches while drawing one to emerge the top…
Bhubaneswar: An induction programme for Masters in Public Administration students was organised by Post Graduate Department of Public Administration, Utkal University. During the inaugural address, former executive director NALCO (HR) talked about leadership and human resources. He urged everyone to follow the principle of 5D: dream, desire, dedication, direction and discipline to achieve success in…
Bhubaneswar: Three batches of the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, faculty of medicine of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SIA) here, who had completed their MBBS and Post-Graduate courses were presented their certificates at a special ceremony held recently. MBBS students of the 2015, 2016 and 2017 batches received their degrees…
Bhubaneswar: Dr Aditya Khadanga, an intern at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here, was felicitated by SOA recently for successfully scaling Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe. Dr Khadanga, faced with challenging weather conditions, made the ascent to the 18,510 feet summit on August 16 last. Mount Elbrus, located in Kabardino-Balkaria…
