Newdelhi:10/2/24:The Government yesterday announced India’s highest civilian award Bharat Ratna to Former Prime Ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh and Father of the Green Revolution, Dr. MS Swaminathan. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a social media post. Speaking to the media, former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao’s daughter Surabhi Vani Devi expressed delight ...

Newdelhi:120/2/24:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi today addressed the last sitting of the 17th Lok Sabha. Addressing the House, the Prime Minister said that today’s occasion is significant for India’s democracy. Prime Minister Modi lauded the efforts of all Members of the 17th Lok Sabha in making important decisions and giving direction to the country. He said that today marks ...

New Delhi10/2/24:: In a bureaucratic reshuffle, the Centre has appointed Krishan Kumar, a 2002-batch IAS officer of Odisha cadre, as MD, National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL). His appointment assumed significance in the aftermath of Silkyara Tunnel Collapse when administrators with disaster management experience were needed at the helm of NHIDCL. Kumar had served as Ganjam collector when ...

Bhubaneswar:9/2/24: In a remarkable and pioneering effort, the Department of Paediatrics at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar successfully saved the life of a 9-year-old boy by performing a ground-breaking bronchoscopic intervention to remove a stitching needle lodged in the lungs. This achievement marks the first instance of removing such sharp foreign bodies without resorting to open surgery in any pediatrics center in Odisha. The ...

Newdelhi9/2/24: Two more tribal communities of Odisha will get the ST tag soon as two amendment bills have been cleared by both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha this week. The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order Amendment Bill, 2024 and Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Order Amendment Bill, 2024, for the addition of several new ...

New Delhi:8/2/23: To manage the overall food security and to prevent hoarding and unscrupulous speculation, the Government of India imposed stock limits on Wheat applicable to Traders/Wholesalers, Retailers, Big Chain Retailers, and Processors in all States and Union Territories. The Removal of Licensing Requirements, Stock Limits, and Movement Restrictions on Specified Foodstuffs (Amendment) Order, 2023 was issued on 12 June ...

Newdelhi:8/2/24:The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved 6 (Six) projects of Ministry of Railways with a total estimated cost of Rs. 12,343 crore (approx.) with 100% funding from the Central Government. The multi-tracking proposals will ease operations and reduce congestion, providing the much-required infrastructural development on the busiest sections across Indian Railways. The ...

New Delhi: 6/2/24:Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, passed two bills, which seek to alter the roster of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. Union Minister Arjun Munda had moved the Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2024, further to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 to ...

Newdelhi:6/2/24:The mandate of the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment (DoSJE) is to take care of the welfare of the poorest households of the socially, educationally and economically marginalized sections of the society including Scheduled Castes (SCs), Other Backward Classes, Senior Citizens, Victims of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Sanitation Workers, Transgender Persons, Beggars, De-notified and Nomadic Tribes (DNTs), Economically Backward ...

Newdelhi:6/2 /24:Under the ongoing Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, the cumulative footfall has reached 7,22,69,014 in 2,34,259 Health camps conducted in Gram Panchayats and Urban Local Bodies, till date The following activities are being carried out in the Health Camps: Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY): Under the flagship scheme of MoHFW for the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, Ayushman ...