Phulbani: The infant mortality rate (IMR) is alarmingly high in Odisha’s Kandhamal district as around 3,000 infants died in the district in the last 5 years due to malnutrition and lack of awareness programmes. As per Government data, as many as 555 newborns died in 2011-12. While 80 infants diedContinue Reading
Rourkela: This was a joyous day, a solemn day, truly a day of the Lord on the feast of Nativity of mother Mary on September 8, 2016, where 19 Sisters of Handmaids of Mary (HM) took the final profession at Risen Christ Church, Kalunga in the presence of two Bishops-Most RevContinue Reading
In Odisha Missionaries of Charity has nine homesContinue Reading
K. Nuakgam: The Catholic bishops of Odisha on August 30 observed the first “Martyrs Day” to commemorate those who laid down lives for their faith during the anti-Christian violence in the eastern Indian state’s Kandhamal district. The Odisha Catholic Bishops’ Council (OCBC) had on March 10 decided to observe OdishaContinue Reading
Bhubanswar: The exceptionally high malnutrition deaths of 18 children at Nagada in Sukinda valley of Jajpur district exposed the glaring lapses in the state’s initiatives to check undernourishment deaths. Though Odisha’s progress in improving nutrition outcomes for children under two years of age has been good, Unicef feels Odisha needsContinue Reading
NGOS only promise, do not deliverContinue Reading
In the last 6 months, 19 infants have died in Nagada village due to malnutrition and related diseasesContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: Social sensitivity has to be strengthened when discrimination in any form and degree in society is addressed, said Aurovindo Behera, former drafting commissioner of Odisha Relieve Code, Government of Odisha. He was addressing a gathering at a “study report release on Discrimination during Disasters” at Red Cross Bhawan, Bhubaneswar,Continue Reading
Kandhamal: Six tribal and Dalit villagers, including a two-year-old boy, were shot dead and at least five injured when they were reportedly caught in a crossfire between police and Maoists in Kandhamal district on Friday night. Kandhamal SP Pinak Mishra said a team of the Special Operations Group (SOG) —Continue Reading
Kendrapara : A 13-year-old girl affected by HIV/AIDS has been driven out of the hostel of a Central government-run school in Odisha’s Kendrapara district allegedly on the insistence of other students’ parents, a child rights activist said. The girl has been allegedly denied the right to stay in the hostelContinue Reading
