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नई दिल्ली: आज IIM कैंपस के शिलान्यास के साथ ही ओडिशा के युवा सामर्थ्य को नई मज़बूती देने वाली एक नवीन शिला भी रखी गई है। IIM संबलपुर का परमानेंट कैंपस, ओडिशा की महान संस्कृति और संसाधनों की पहचान के साथ ओडिशा को मैनेजमेंट की दुनिया में नई पहचान दिलाने वाला है। नए वर्ष की शुरुआत में, इस शुभारंभ ने हम सबके आनंद को दोगुना कर दिया है।

Bhubaneswar: Archana Soreng, a climate activist, has been selected by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as part of the new advisory group comprising young leaders who will provide perspective and solutions to tackle climate crisis.

Bhubaneswar: The municipal corporation here has found that at least 16 persons with visual impairment tested positive for Coronavirus. All of them were staying in the Odisha Association for the Blind building.

Most of them were asymptomatic and some had mild symptoms. There is no special Covid care centre for the disabled, especially those suffering from visual impairment.

Bhubaneswar: In a great humanitarian gesture which also exposed the faultlines in Odisha's administration apparatus, the body of a retired headmaster was left unattended in Shergarh village of Ganjam district.

Pitambar Padhi succumbed on Thursday after suffering from fever and cough for about a fortnight. His two sons live abroad and the neighbours didn't dare come in contact with the body fearing that it might be infected with the Corona virus. The unfortunate incident also exposed the apathy of the State's administration.

Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 tally in Odisha registered its highest number in a single day on Thursday when it touched 21,099 with 114 deaths reported. Ganjam district had the largest share with 540 cases.

Odisha recorded 1,264 new positive cases within 24 hours. The I&PR Department said that 847 of the cases were reported from quarantine centres and 417 from local contacts. The latter includes 61 identified cases from a local flour mill of Mancheswar Industrial Estate, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation stated.