Members of East Coast Railway Womens’ Welfare Organisation (ECoRWWO) headed by its president Divya Sharma participated in an environmental awareness programme for children. To mark the occasion, Sharma and other members planted saplings at Rail Vihar and encouraged children and their parents to participate towards safeguarding the environment. Children of Phulwari School run by ECoRWWO…
Bhubaneswar: In a first in Odisha’s medical history, multiple organs were retrieved from a brain dead patient at the SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) here on Saturday. The organs were rushed to three different cities for transplantation providing a new lease of life to four critical patients. In an exceptional achievement, multiple organs including two kidneys,…
Bhubaneswar: Cuttack district finished as champions and Sundargarh runner-up as the 69th Odisha State Athletics Meet 2023 concluded at KIIT Athletics Stadium, here on Sunday. For the first time in the meet history, a total of 41 records were created. Sailendra Prasad Jena, joint secretary, Sports & YS, was the chief guest and declared the…
Cuttack: Sumit Sharma once again starred with the ball as Odisha Cheetahs beat Odisha Lions by six wickets in a rain truncated game of Odisha T20 Cricket league, played at DRIEMS ground here on Sunday. With the match reduced to six-overs-a-side, the Lions put in to bat scored 52 for 6 with Biplab Samantray scoring…
The OCA inter-district women cricket tournament on Saturday saw two low-scoring games where the teams were bowled out under the scores of 20. In a match played at Sunshine ground in Cuttack, Nayagarh were bowled out for 10 in 8.1 overs against Cuttack. Suryasnata Swain picked four wickets while Banalata Mallick took three wickets. Cuttack…
Cuttack: In a rain affected game of Odisha T20 Cricket League on Saturday, Odisha Cheetahs beat Odisha Pumas by five wickets, played at DRIEMS cricket ground here. The match reduced to 12-overs-a-side, the Pumas opting to bat scored 84 for 7 with Binaya Paikaray (25) being the top-scorer. For the Cheetahs, Sumit Sharma and Suryakant…
Suryakant Pradhan has moved from standby to become part of the East Zone team for the upcoming Duleep Trophy 2023 from June 28 to July 16 in Bengaluru. The status changed after Mukesh Kumar of Bengal who was previously named in the East Zone squad was picked in India’s squad for the West Indies tour….
Bhubaneswar: The journey of Catch the Rain Campaign through Rainwater Harvesting Structures (RWHS) under MUKTA has achieved around 37,242 RWHS across 111 ULBs of the state in last two years under MUKTA. During 2021-22 finacial year, around 13,000 RWHS were constructed with an investment of Rs 60 crore. About 8,000 MSG/SDA were engaged as implementing…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has recently approved action plan under the Mukhyamantri Karma Tatpara Abhiyan (MUKTA) for 2023-24 – where a total of 10,945 projects with an investment of Rs 833.21 crore – are to be implemented across 115 ULBs of the state. These projects will be executed through community partnership led by the…
Bhubaneswar: Two scientists from Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) here have been ranked among the top 10 nationally for their research work by Research.com, a leading academic research portal, for 2023. Prof Pradipta Kishore Dash, director of Multi-disciplinary Research Centre of SOA, has been ranked sixth among the best Electronics and Electrical…
