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Bhubaneswar: Siksha O Anusandhan (SOA) is banking on global collaborations to take up inter-disciplinary research in diverse fields, said its vice-cha.

The State Bank of India’s (SBI) regional business office in Thane comprising 51 branches recently organised a meeting at Town Hall for top customers.

Image used for representational purpose only BHUBANESWAR: With the sharp rise in new covid-19 infections, the daily oxygen consumption in the state has surpassed the peak demand of the first phase of the pandemic last year. State’s oxygen consumption has touched 35.99 MT per day while the number of covid patients in ICU is 748 as on Friday evening. The consumption is far more than last year’s peak oxygen demand of 23 MT per day when highest 820 patients were in the ICU on September 27 last year. The demand may go up substantially since the number of new infections has been rising exponen...

An elderly man gets vaccinated in Bhubaneswar BHUBANESWAR: Odisha on Monday achieved one lakh vaccination mark of elderly people and persons with comorbidities (above 45 years) on a single day. The government a week ago had set a target of inoculating one lakh elderly persons on a daily basis. Of the total 1,00,273, who received the shot, 95,576 are above 60 years and 4,697 with comorbidities. “Today we have crossed one lakh vaccination of people on a single day according to the target fixed by the health department,” said additional chief secretary (health) Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra. Be...

Puri Jagannath Temple. BHUBANESWAR: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) in Puri has requested the state government to conduct a special vaccination drive for its servitors and their family members. The SJTA said the servitors need to be vaccinated as they are being exposed to devotees, who may be infected, following the withdrawal of the rule to carry a Covid negative certificate for temple entry from Thursday. Incidentally, Puri reported 23 Covid-19 positive cases on Wednesday, the highest among the 143 total cases of the day in the state, said the government data on Thursday....