New clothes were laid out and the aroma of freshly baked poda pitha wafted through the house. Over the last decade, most human-crocodile conflicts have been reported from areas around Bhitarkanika National Park, India’s largest habitation of estuarine or saltwater crocodiles, 150 km east of the State capital, Bhubaneswar. “Existing reports suggest that the present density of saltwater crocodiles in …
Like millions of people across the country, 31-year-old Ch Nageshu Patro of Odisha's Ganjam district too had lost his means of livelihood with the outbreak of Covid-19 and the Lockdown that followed. Railway porter by night, teacher during day - Odisha man's inspiring story However, undeterred by his miseries, Patro, who is a postgraduate, started teaching the underprivileged kids of …
Legislators will not have to undergo a COVID-19 test for attending the Budget Session of the Odisha Assembly that will begin on February 18, Speaker SN Patro said on Tuesday. An RT-PCR test for COVID-19 was made mandatory for the MLAs, assembly staff and others to attend the previous two sessions of the House. Those attending the session, including the …
All legislators and staffers of the Odisha Assembly will have to undergo a mandatory COVID-19 test two days before the commencement of the next session of the House due later this month, an official said on Monday. "RT-PCR tests of all MLAs and employees of the Assembly will be conducted, and those who test negative for the disease will be …