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Cyclone Yaas: Two die after they step out of shelter home in Odisha | Bhubaneswar News

Cyclone Yaas left a trail of destruction in north Odisha killing at least two persons, uprooting hundreds of trees, inundating several low-lying seasi

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Odisha's coastal dists scurry to keep Covid-hit safe during cyclone | Bhubaneswar News

The NDRF team in Balasore on Sunday
BHUBANESWAR: The government has asked the collectors in coastal districts, especially Balasore, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapada to ensure smooth treatment of Covid patients and uninterrupted power supply to Covid hospitals as the imminent cyclone is likely to cause maximum damage in the four regions. The government said adequate high-powered diesel generator sets would be positioned in the Covid-19 hospitals.
“Treatment and safety of Covid infected patients, including those in the ICU and on oxygen support is our priority. Adequate power backup system would be put in place and diesel stored to ensure that critical patients do not suffer in the wake of disruption of electricity due to the cyclone. Since gusty winds are likely to topple electricity poles, the energy department should carry out the repair and power restoration work in the Covid hospitals on war footing,” a senior government officer said.

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State to take call on Class XII boards after cyclone blows over | Bhubaneswar News

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has told the Centre that any decision on conducting Class XII board exams would be taken after the state gets over the threat of an impending cyclone. The message was conveyed during a high-level meeting chaired by defence minister Rajnath Singh and attended by state education ministers and secretaries.
The Centre has given two proposals to the state government regarding conducting the Class XII board exams, including holding the exams after the Covid situation improves or to conduct exams on few subjects by reducing the time period from three hours to 90 minutes.
“We feel it is important to maintain uniformity in the examination pattern for Class XII boards as it is very crucial for the career of students. They need their results for admission in higher and technical education institutes. Since the state is busy ensuring preparedness for the impending cyclone, we will take the decision after it blows over,” said school and mass education minister Samir Ranjan Dash.

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Man held for selling fake ID cards | Bhubaneswar News

Chandrasekharpur police here on Tuesday arrested a man for allegedly creating and selling fake identity cards, involving emergency services, to people

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CM wants vax sale in open, priority jabs for metros | Bhubaneswar News

People wait for their turn to get inoculated at a hospital in Unit-IV, Bhubaneswar, on Saturday
BHUBANESWAR: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik has asked the Centre to allow the sale of Covid vaccine in the open market so that those who are willing and have the means to buy them can get inoculated. He also suggested that metropolitan cities, which have been witnessing the bulk of infections, should be given priority in vaccination and states be allowed the freedom to chose the age group to be inoculated.
In a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and released to the media on Saturday, Naveen wrote, “Covid-19 vaccines may be made available outside the government supply chain in the open market so that willing citizens who can afford the vaccine can avail them. This will help governments to have a focused approach towards vulnerable sections of the society.”

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49 cop checkposts in twin cities to enforce night curfew | Bhubaneswar News

A cop asks mall goers to head home as night curfew returns to Bhubaneswar on Saturday
BHUBANESWAR: The twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack together put up 49 police check posts at vantage points as the state began night curfew in all districts from Saturday.
“Mostly, police will be deployed at the check posts but our squads will also be present. Except those falling under exempted categories, people won’t be allowed to move after 9 pm,” said BMC commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhury.
Weekend shutdown has started in 10 western districts bordering Chhattisgarh and the timing of night curfew in those districts has been changed from 10 pm-5am to 6pm-5am. There is no weekend shutdown in rural areas of these 10 districts. In the other 20 districts, including the twin cities, night curfew will be in force from 9 pm to 5 am every day.

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Covid-19 fatalities inching up in state | Bhubaneswar News

People queue up for an RTPCR test in the city on Saturday
BHUBANESWAR: The Covid death rate has started going up in the state. Four patients died in the past 24 hours, taking the total Covid deaths to 1,942.
The four fatalities were reported from Balangir, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi and Sambalpur.
The state was was reporting one death daily since the start of the second wave, but this has changed now.
The state reported two Covid deaths a day on April 10, when it reported 1,374 infections. A day before (April 9), the Covid tally had touched the 1,000-mark. On April 14, the daily deaths rose to three with the infection count crossing the 2,000-mark.

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Fresh surge forces exodus of students living in hostels | Bhubaneswar News

Students of Utkal University leave the hostels on Friday
BHUBANESWAR: Students from different parts of the state were on Friday seen going towards railway stations and bus stands with all their luggage.
The government has issued an order asking colleges and universitiesto shut down from April 19. Students have also been asked to vacate the hostels, with the exception being made only for scholars, subject to the approval of the authorities concerned.
While many in the capital city have already vacated their hostels, the rest of the students will leave by this weekend.
Bhaba Ranjan Behera, a second-year student of public administration, Utkal University, said, “I, along with my friends, have come back to our native places. I returned home to Jagatsinghpur district on Friday after reading the news about the closure of hostels from Monday. More than 70% boarders have left instead of waiting till Monday.”

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Govt asks police to revive pink autos for women | Bhubaneswar News

WOMEN SAFETY
BHUBANESWAR: The state government has asked commissionerate police to revive the pink auto service, which has been non-operational for the past three years here.
On June 27, 2014, chief minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the public transport system primarily for women in the capital city.
“More women passengers, including working women and students, are travelling here at night. Steps may be taken to review why the pink auto service was stopped. In view of public demand and for the safe travel of women passengers, it may be resumed under the monitoring of the commissionerate police,” transport secretary Madhu Sudan Padhi has written to commissioner of police Saumendra Priyadarshi.

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Relief, frustration greet CBSE announcement | Bhubaneswar News

A DISTANT MEMORY, Class X CBSE board examinees
BHUBANESWAR: Students, parents and teachers welcomed the Centre’s decision to postpone the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class XII board exams due to rising Covid-19 cases across the country. They said the move had come as a big relief.
However, they also criticised the government’s decision to cancel the Class X board exams, and said it would harm the children’s academic career. The board will review its decision on June 1.
“It seems that the decision to postpone and not cancel the Class XII exam is correct as far as the academic prospects of students are concerned. If we go by the alarming Covid-19 situation, cancellation of Class X exam is also in favour of students,” said Puspita Brahma, a Class XII student of Kendriya Vidyalaya-1.

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