UGC for compulsory environment studies
Bhubaneswar: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all universities to make environment studies a compulsory subject for undergraduate students of all branches. According to the directive
Times Of India (Bhubaneswar)
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Pollution panel fines 50 city hotels
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) on Tuesday imposed penalty on 50 hotels in the city for violating pollution control norms. The hoteliers will have to pay the penalty amount
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Odisha survey puts tiger count at 40 against NTCA's 28
Bhubaneswar: A survey conducted by the state government in 46 forest and wildlife divisions has pegged the population of Royal Bengal Tigers at 40. The government took up the tiger estimation nearly
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Pollution panel to monitor demolition waste disposal
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) will monitor the disposal of construction and demolition waste with Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) coming up with the new Construction
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22.17% children in Odisha are malnourished: Usha Devi
Bhubaneswar: Despite the state government's claim of substantial reduction of poverty, a recent official statement has revealed that many children, a large section of them from the tribal belt, are malnourished.
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5 brick kilns shut down in Kendrapada
Kendrapada: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) and the district administration on Wednesday shut down five brick kilns in Marsaghai and Mahakalapada blocks of Kendrapada district following
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Solar power lights up Sambalpur village
Sambalpur: The remote village of Rairakhol under Chasabardi district was lit up with solar lights on Sunday. As soon as the Chief Whip of the government, Rohit Pujari, inaugurated the solar energy system
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No Posco, but 3L trees axed for project
Bhubaneswar: As uncertainty prevails over South Korean steel giant Posco's proposed plant near Paradip, the state government on Tuesday informed the assembly that around three lakh trees were felled during
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Poor progress of piped water scheme: CAG
Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik last week announced that he would ensure piped water supply (PWS) reached all villages in a year. However, progress of the government's PWS scheme is moving at
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IMD issues severe heatwave warning in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: India Meteorology Department (IMD) on Thursday issued severe heatwave warning in coastal Odisha as temperature started soaring again after a slight drop. Met office warned hotter days as most
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Odisha's mega Posco dreams all but over
Bhubaneswar: In June 2005 when the Naveen Patnaik government signed an MoU with the South Korean steel behemoth, Posco, for a 12-mtpa mega steel plant in the state, the public euphoria reached its peak.