New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah conducted an aerial survey of rain-hit areas of Uttarakhand on Thursday (October 21) to asses the damage pegged at Rs 7,000 crore. Shah hailed the 'alertness' of the central and state government agencies had helped contain the damage.Read News

As India achieved the landmark of administering 100 crore COVID vaccine doses today (October 21), several politicians, including PM Narendra Modi, congratulated the medical professionals as well as the countrymen for achieving this remarkable feat. Here's what some of them had to say.Read News

The superbly talented and much celebrated artistes of BOS had the privilege of presenting the choreographic compositions entitled 'Nritya' consisting of classical Odissi Dance performances and folk dance and music presentations like Dhemsa, RRead News

The falling COVID-19 cases across the state means no night curfew in Noida, Ghaziabad and the rest of Uttar Pradesh. On Wednesday (October 20), in view of the improved COVID-19 situation in Uttar Pradesh, the state government lifted night restrictions between 11 PM to 6 AM, a senior official said in the state capital, Lucknow. Read News

While one person has died in Champawat's Banbasa on October 17 following heavy rains, six deaths including three in Pauri, two in Champawat and one in Pithoragarh were reported on October 18.Read News

As the death toll in flood-related incidents in Kerala increased to 27, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday (October 18, 2021) morning called an emergency meeting to take stock of the situation in the rain-affected areas. As many as 22 people have died in Kottayam (13) and Idukki (9), the two worst-hit districts in the southern state.Read News

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has commended the Indian state of Odisha and its administration for its Covid-19 management despite being doubly troubled by Cyclone Amphan and migrant labourers issue. Read News

On 28th May 2020 Odisha Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik made an appeal to Odias across the world to sing Bande Utkal Janani, the ode to nationalism of Odisha, on 30th May at 5.30 PM in honour of corona warriors. Read News

During this year Odisha Government has created history in winning the prestigious World Habitat Award for successfully implementing its Jaga Mission which provides land rights to those living in slums and securing their access to other entitlements such as water, electricity, sanitation and education. "Jaga" means land space and by guaranteeing land tights to slum dwellers the Odisha Government r has generated hope among them to live a life of dignity. This coveted award which earlier was conferred on individuals, public trusts and activists world over has been conferred for the first time on a State Government. The jury while selecRead News

Demiliitarisation of patriotism" should pave the way for understanding it from the perspective of health and human security. It is the need of the hour. China officially honoured doctors who died of COVID 19 while treating corona infected patients as martyrs. Iran has declared that it would recognize doctors and nurses who died combating the new coronavirus as "martyrs” like slain soldiers. Shri Naveen Patnaik's pronouncements that doctors and health professionals laying down their lives while treating COVID patients would be honoured as martyrs and they would get State funeral and full State honours upholds theRead News

On 6th day of all India lock down to counter alarming spread of corona virus and remedy COVID19 Odish Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik has issued a message to men of Odisha. He appealed to them not to further increase the burden of household work of women in the family during the lock down period when everyone including men are asked to stay home. Lock down of the country does not mean lock down of household work which are normally done exclusively by women in the family.Read News

The threat posed by corona virus is the worst ever faced by humanity in peace time and it is the only threat which has baffled the scientists, political leaders and peoples of the world. It has no cure, no vaccine and no medical remedy. It can be only tackled by aggressive social and physical distancing, extensive testing and adopting preventing and non pharmaceutical measures which can be strengthened by implementing the suggestions of Chief Minister Shri Patnaik by the Union Government, Read News