CUTTACK: Open and uninhibited collection of hazardous medical waste material from the disposal unit of the SCB Medical College and Hospital among all other concerns has exposed the rot seeping through the premier health institution of the State.
CUTTACK: In the very precincts of the biomedical waste disposal and treatment facility of the SCB Medical College and Hospital, the premier medical institution of the State, a disaster is in the making.
It is 5.30 in the evening. The scene at the incinerator site near the post-mortem unit of the hospital presents a disturbing picture.
CUTTACK: With the Accredited Intermediary Reference Lab (IRL) for diagnosing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) going operational at the SCB Medical College and Hospital here, Orissa is all set to initiate directly observed therapy short-course (DOTS) Plus programme to treat such cases.
CUTTACK: Even as the prices of pulses have hit the roof with no sign of relenting, the contentious issue of continuing with the ban on khesari dal has now begun to assume heat.
CUTTACK: It is a Hamelin like situation in Malgodown. Already battling a foodgrains inflow crisis, traders at the largest commodities market of Orissa, have now found themselves in the midst of a severe rodent attack. Rats swarming the godowns and storage cells are not only damaging foodgrains in large quantities but also posing serious threat to human health by their contact with the edibles.
CUTTACK: After over a year of the imposition of ban on recycled polythene in the State by the Orissa High Court, the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) seems to have finally woken up to the issue.
It is set to launch a massive enforcement drive to free the millennium city from the hazardous waste by prohibiting its manufacture, import, sale and use.
BHUBANESWAR: Members of All India Crop Biotechnology Association (AICBA) Wednesday called for adoption of innovative technologies to boost crop productivity to meet food security needs.
Scientists go door to door to bring the pests in, PCR test tells them which ones are dangerous OVER the last few years, people from some villages of Orissa got used to a team of researchers knocking on their doors at five in the morning. The team was on a mission to collect mosquitoes to study the insects
CUTTACK: With monsoon on the horizon, pressure is on the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) to intensity its vector control measures to tackle the heightened mosquito menace during the rainy season.
