Worry For Cyclone!
In 1961, the southwest monsoon started withdrawal from India on 1 October. This was recorded as the most delayed monsoon withdrawal of all time. However, the things are worse this time in 2020 when there is no such indication of monsoon withdrawal from Odisha and India as well even after 17 October. The SW monsoon is very active in the...
Good Wishes For Naveen
Good wishes pour in from across the globe as Odisha’s undisputed leader and five-time Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik turns 75 year on Friday.Beginning from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Dharmendra Pradhan, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, MP Jual Oram and many...
Subsidy For Cage Culture
In a bid to encourage cage culture in different reservoirs, the Odisha Government has decided to grant subsidy to entrepreneurs investing in this new area of fish farming in the state.R Raghu Prasad, Secretary Fisheries and Animal Resources Development has announced this while addressing a seminar on cage culture held today on digital platform.More than 40 entrepreneurs who were...
One More Low Pressure
With a fresh low pressure area brewing over Bay of Bengal likely to trigger heavy to very heavy rainfall in several parts of Odisha, ACS Disaster management and Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena has directed Collectors to work out advance planning and remain fully prepared to deal with any flood, water logging and landslides.SRC’s direction came after the...
Odisha Hosts Travel Majors
Flagship Eco-retreat and road travel itineraries have rekindled hope for travel and tourism industry as State Tourism in association with Mayfair Hotels & Resorts Ltd hosted a delegation of six leading tour operators of the country who arrived in city on 15 October. Their campaign, under ‘VocalForLocal’ to conduct an 18,000 km across 29 states and 5 Union Territories during...
Preference For MSME
While MSME Sector has received serious jolt during COVID-19 Pandemic, State Government has come up with such an option for providing more preference to the MSEs and Start-Ups, which will generate more job opportunities in the State. Ashok Kumar Meena, Principal Secretary Finance has issued Office Memorandum (OM) on 16 October, which will help the MSME Sector in a big...
SPCB On Ease Process
Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy has directed to make the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) more be vibrant and facilitating through ‘process re-engineering’ without compromising the environmental concerns.He gave this direction while presiding over the Board meeting of SPCB held over digital mode.Mr.Tripathy asked the Board to come up with definite Action Plan for setting national benchmark in ‘hassle free...
CEO Takes Poll Stock
Election Commission of India has issued a detail guideline to ensure safe conduct of Elections during COVID pandemic period. In the Guidelines special emphasis has been given to safety and security of polling staff deployed in election duty as well as voters. As per ECl guidelines any person deployed in election process has to always wear face mask. All the...
RSP Urged To Support MSME
Principal Secretary MSME, Satyabrata Sahu emphasizing the philosophy of ‘Vocal for Local’ urged the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) Management to make every possible effort to promote the local MSMEs and ensure that they have the ease in doing business. Chairing the 57th Plant Level Advisory Committee Meeting of RSP today, Mr.Sahu also advised the MSMEs to adhere to the requirements...
Favipiravir Acceptance On Rise
Nearly 20,000 Favipiravir were distributed to patients in Home Isolation and community acceptance has improved for the life saving drug, officials say. Although the State Government have made available Favipiravir through Odisha State Medical Corporation Limited (OSMCL) across the state, parallel it is being allowed to be sold in 1120 retail drug stores. Notably, the Odisha Government decided to start Favipiravir...