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1,200 KidsAdmitted ToBengal’sBurdwan MedicalCollege, 9 Dead

Adidas Ropes InBollywood ActressDeepika PadukoneAs Global BrandAmbassador

2 3 6 Odisha All-Rounder Subhra GetsPlace In National Women’s U-19Squard For Challenger Trophy

325 Kgcannabis,2 carseized and 3person arrested bychitrakonda police

Corona New Variant: Very Contagious Form Of CoronaWreaks Havoc In Britain, Patients Found In India TooUK:A new mutatedform of the coron virus(mutant) AY.4.2 Aftercreating panic in Eu-rope, has now knockedin India as well. How-ever, its ‘number is stillvery low’. This form ofthe virus is probablyconsidered more lethalthan the delta variantbecause it spreadsfaster thanthat.Scientists from theINSACOG networkmonitoring variations inSARS-CoV-2 gave thisinformation on Satur-day. Actually it is be-lieved that due toAY.4.2, there has beena rapid increase inKovid-19 cases in theUK, Russia (alockdown will start inMoscow next week)

and Israel (lockdownwas imposed lastweek).Delta Plus is re-named as VUI-21OCT-01The rise innew types of cases ofthe delta form ofKovid-19 has raisedconcern in many coun-tries including Britain.This form was being

monitored till now, butafter the increase incases, it has now beenkept under the categoryof VUI under investiga-tion. The new form ofthe virus AY.4.2 ieDelta Plus has beennamed VUI-21OCT-01 by the UK HealthServices Agency.

‘Bhagwan Birsa Munda – Our Inspira-tion’: PM Modi In Mann Ki BaatNewdelhi: : Prime Min-ister Narendra Modiremembered freedomfighter from Odisha,Birsa Munda, during aradio programme MannKi Baat airedtoday.Addressing citi-zens of the country, heacknowledged the con-tribution of Birsa Mundaahead his birth anniver-sary scheduled on No-vember 15. He de-scribed the great soul as‘ B h a g w a n ’(Lord).Since the coun-try is observing AmritMahotsav to remembericons and brave war-riors of the country,Modi spoke aboutBirsa Munda, who isalso known as ‘DhartiAaba’.“Do you knowwhat this epithet (DhartiAaba) means? It meansthe father of earth. Theway Bhagwan BirsaMunda fought to pro-

tect his culture, his for-est, his land, it couldhave only been done by‘Dharti Aaba’! Hetaught us to be proud ofour culture and roots.The foreign rule sub-jected him to countlessthreats and applied im-mense pressure, but hedid not relinquish thetribal culture,” Modisaid.Speaking moreabout the freedom

fighter, he said, “If wehave to learn to lovenature and the environ-ment, then for that too,Dharti Aaba BhagwanBirsa Munda is one ofour greatest inspirations.He strongly opposedevery such policy of for-eign rule, which wasdetrimental for the envi-ronment. BhagwanBirsa Munda was al-ways at the forefront

while helping the poorand the distressed. Healso made the societyaware towards elimi-nating social evils.”Onsacrifice made by BirsaMunda for the country,Modi said, “Who canforget his leadershipduring the Ulgulanmovement! This move-ment shook the Britishand as an aftermath theBritish had placed a

huge reward onBhagwan Birsa Munda.The British governmentput him in jail; he wastortured to such an ex-tent that he left us at theage of less than 25years. He left us, butonly in the body; in thepublic psyche, LordBirsa Munda residesforever! His life re-mains an inspirationalforce for the people.Even today folk songsand stories, full of hiscourage and valour arevery popular in thecentral region ofIndia.”“I bow to‘Dharti Aaba’ BirsaMunda and urge theyouth to read moreabout him. The moreyou know about theunique contribution ofour tribal populace inthe freedom struggle ofIndia, the more you willfeel proud,” he added

Cruiser Raid: Witness Claims Bribe SoughtFrom SRK, NCB Takes CognisanceMumbai: Sparking offa major controversy, awitness in the cruise shiprave party raid case onSunday accused theNarcotics Control Bu-reau (NCB) of allegedlydemanding bribes fromBollywood megastarShah Rukh Khan to re-lease his son AryanKhan.The witness,Prabhakar Sail, openlystated on various TVchannels that he feareda threat to his life fromnone other than theNCB Zonal DirectorSameer Wankhede.TheNCB has taken cogni-sance of the allegationsof threats and bribesand a top official said

that the matter will beprobed.Sail, identifiedas the personal body-guard of the so-calledprivate detective KiranP. Gosavi, has releaseda signed affidavit state-ment and videos per-taining to the arrest ofAryan Khan and otherson October 3, a day af-ter the ship raid (Octo-ber 2).ne of the 9 wit-nesses listed by theNCB, among otherthings, Sail claimed thathe was made to sign 10blank papers by theagency and now fearedfor his life fromWankhede.In the affi-davit, Sail has con-tended that he “over-

heard” Gosavi and SamD’Souza discuss a dealof Rs 24 crore whichthey “settled” for Rs 18crore, of which Rs 8crore would got toWankhede.He said thathe saw SRK’s manager,Pooja Dadlani arrive at

the NCB office afterAryan Khan’s arrestand also witnessed hertalking with Gosavi andD’Souza inside hervehicle.Sail alleged thatGosavi directed him tocollect Rs 50 lakh cashfrom a spot near the

Indiana Hotel andasked him to give thebags to D’Souza nearthe Trident Hotelwhere he counted it tofind Rs 38 lakhcash.Reacting to theallegations, NCBDeputy Director-Gen-

eral, South West Re-gion Mutha Ashok Jainsaid that Wankhedehas “categorically de-nied” theallegations.“As someof the contents of theaffidavit relate to vigi-lance matters, I amhereby forwarding theaffidavit to the DirectorGeneral, NCB and re-questing him for furthernecessary action,” Jainsaid. Simultaneously, chid-ing Sail, Jain said that sincehe is a witness in the casewhich is now sub-judice,“he needs to submit hisprayer to the honourablecourt rather than throughsocial media if he has any-thing to say”.

National Open Javelin Throw Ch’ships: Odisha’s KishoreJena Claims Maiden National-Level TitleCuttack(A.O. Bureau):Odisha’s KishoreKumar Jena came upwith the three bestthrows to dominate themen’s final in the thirdNational Open JavelinThrow Championshipsat the Jawaharlal NehruStadium on Sunday.The26-year-old won hismaiden title at the Na-tional-level with a74.26m effort on hissecond attempt whileHarish Kumar

(Rajasthan) and sea-soned Vipin Kasana(Delhi) took silver andbronze with their fifthand sixth throws

respectively.VijayL a k r a( J h a r k h a n d )moved out of themedal bracketafter he lookedgood for a po-dium place untilVipin Kasana’slast-ditch try.SriAsirbad Behera,

Hony Secretary, OdishaAthletics Associationcongratulated Kishorefor his maiden SeniorNational-level title.

Mamita’s Mother Meets DIG, SeeksTrial By Fast Track CourtBolangir(A.O. Bureau):The family of murderedschool teacher MamitaMeher, met DIG of Po-lice (Northern Range)Deepak Kumar on Sun-day. Mamita’s motherwas asked to identify afew articles which werefound from the locationfrom where the ‘her’remains wereexhumed.Mamita’smother requested thesenior officials that thetrial of this case shouldbe done in a fast trackcourt. Earlier, her fatherhad expressed a wishthat the culprit/s in thiscase should be hangedto death.The lady

teacher’s family couldidentify her ornamentsbut the mobile phoneand dress were nother’s, said KousikMeher, Mamita’s uncle,quoting hermother.Koushik addedthat they were not beingpressurised by the policein any manner. Hethanked political and so-

cial organisations as wellas the media for raisingthis sensitive issue pertain-ing to women’ssafety.Mamita was work-ing as a teacher at Sun-shine English MediumSchool, an institution un-der the Mahaling groupheaded by prime accusedin this case GobindaSahu. The school is lo-cated Mahaling villagewhile Mamita was a na-tive of Jharni village un-der Bolangir’s Tureikelapolice limits.Mamita’sbody was found at anunder construction sta-dium in Mahaling villageunder Kegaon tahasil ofKalahandi district on

T20 World Cup 2021:PAK win by 10 wickets

Newdelhi: Pakistan de-feated India by 10wickets in Dubai to getoff to a winning start inthe tournament.BabarAzam and MohammadRizwan, at the start ofthe chase got Pakistanoff to a brisk start inDubai. The duo guidedthe side to 46/0 after 7overs. They brought upyet another 50 run standbetween them as con-tinue to push India ontothe backfoot. At thehalfway mark, they tookPakistan to 71/0. Thetwo then brought uptheir 100-run stand, andBabar Azam smashed50, as Pakistan reached101/0 after 13 overs.Eventually Rizwan alsobrought up his fifty andremained unbeaten on79, alongside Babar's68 not-out, as Pakistanromped home with 2.1overs to spare. Indiahave set Pakistan a tar-get of 152 in 20 overs.After being put in tobat, Team India got offto the worst start pos-

sible. Rohit Sharmawas trapped LBW on0 by Shaheen Afridi inthe first over. He wasgone for a golden duck.In his next over, Afridithen removed KLRahul on 3 by disturb-ing his timber. At 4,Suryakuamr Yadavplayed a few shots andgot the scoreboardticking but in the 6thover, he was dismissedby Hasan Ali. Eventu-ally, India reached 36/3 after the Powerplay.In the next four overs,India scored 24 tokeep the run-rate up.Thanks to RishabhPant upping the anteand Kohli playing sec-ond fiddle, India begantheir comeback. He hittwo one-handed sixesbefore being caughtand bowled by ShadabKhan. India got to 100/4 after 15 overs. Even-tually, after Kohli got tohis 29th T20I fifty, In-dia posted 151/6 in their20 overs. Kohli wasdismissed for 57.

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1,200 Kids Admitted To Bengal’sBurdwan Medical College, 9 DeadKolkata: After the pujaseason when Covid isslowly surging back tothe state, more than1,200 children wereadmitted to theBurdwan Medical Col-lege in West Bengal inthe last one month withacute respiratory prob-lems, and nine of themhave died, officials saidon Sunday.Though the doctorsclaimed that the feverand cough leading tobreathing problems area result of RespiratorySyncytial Virus (RSV)and has nothing to dowith Covid, the hugenumber of affected chil-dren has become acause of worry for thedistrict health adminis-tration. “In the last onemonth, more than 1200children have been ad-mitted with high fever,cough, cold, and acute

respiratory problemsand we couldn’t savenine of them. They werebelow six months oldand were physicallyweak. We have testedall the children and all ofthem have been de-tected Covid negative,”the Medical College’sHead of the PaediatricDepartment, KaustavNayek said. Accordingto Nayek, all the chil-dren who are getting af-

fected are below oneyear old and the childrenwho are below sixmonths are the most vul-nerable to the disease.“Every time at this timeof the year, the childrenget affected because ofseason change, but itdoesn’t stay for morethan two weeks… thisyear it is taking littlelonger because of thecontinuous rain. We aretaking measures to con-

trol the disease,” headded. According to thedoctors, the patient af-fected by RSV will havea cough and cold in thefirst two days and thenthey will developbreathing problems,and, in some cases, itturns out to be serious.“We have created twoadditional wards withmore than 200 beds tohandle this situation. Weneed oxygen and

nebulisers for the treat-ment and that we havetold the Principal. Wehope the situation will beunder control in the nextcouple of weeks,”Nayek said. The stateHealth Department iskeeping a close watchon the development ofthe situation and hasasked the hospital au-thorities to send dailyupdates on the infectionrate, the treatment pro-tocol, and condition ofthe children. “If the childis more than one yearthen there is nothing toworry about but thechildren who are belowsix months are the mostvulnerable in this diseaseand so we have askedthat a neo-natal ward beopened so that thesecases can be treatedseparately and withcare,” a Health Depart-ment official said

SCR Operated 500 Kisan Rails, Transported1.6L Tonnes Of Agri Produce Since Launch

Hyderabad: SouthCentral Railway (SCR)has successfully oper-ated more than 500Kisan Rails, since thefirst such service waslaunched in South Indiain September 2020,SCR officials said onSunday. These 500Kisan Rails have beenoperated from differentrailway stations of thezone covering the threestates of AndhraPradesh, Telangana andMaharashtra. Till date,More than 1.6 lakhtonnes of agriculturalproducts have beentransported to differentparts of the country,majority being to theEastern, Northern andNorth Eastern states.

The Kisan Rail conceptwas announced in theUnion Budget 2020-21to double the income ofagricultural community.The initiative has beensuccessfully started bythe Indian Railways toprovide the safe, se-cure and fast mode oftransportation withleast Enroute damagesto the agricultural prod-ucts. In addition, 50 percent concession in thefreight charges are be-ing accorded for trans-portation of the agricul-tural products by KisanRails. South CentralRailway’s first KisanRail was flagged off onSeptember 9, 2020from Anantapur stationof Andhra Pradesh

state, which also hap-pens to be SouthIndia’s first Kisan Rail,while Telangana’s firstKisan Rail had com-menced on February 8,2021 from Warangalstation. Kisan Rail fromMaharashtra Stateover SCR jurisdictionstarted from Nagarsolstation on January 5 thisyear.Officials said the KisanRails over SCR havewitnessed huge success,right from the date oftheir introduction andhave been instrumentalin transporting differentvarieties of vegetablesand fruits, especially todifferent destinations lo-cated in farther states ofthe country.

Govt Working To OptimiseRice Bran Oil ProductionNew Delhi: With an aimto increase rice bran oilproduction to 18 lakhmetric tonnes (LMT) toease import of edibleoils, the Centre has re-quested the states toassess the potential andenhance capacity of therice mills for its maxi-mum extraction. Thecurrent productionstands at approximately11 LMT, and the gov-ernment contends thepotential is approxi-mately 18 LMT. There-fore, the states havebeen requested to as-sess the potential of ricebran oil production inthe rice clusters locatedin their respective statesand also enhance the ca-pacity of rice mills so asto ensure that maximumrice bran oil isextracted.Major riceproducing states/UTshave been requested toadvise the authoritiesconcerned to promotesetting up of rice bran oilplants in rice millingclusters. “States such asTelangana, MadhyaPradesh, Uttar Pradesh,

and Punjab have al-ready shown interestand agreed to set up ricebran oil solvent extrac-tion plants,” said FoodSecretary, SudhanshuPandey. Rice bran isused in confectioneryproducts such as bread,snacks, cookies andbiscuits. The defattedbran is also used ascattle feed, organicfertiliser (compost), me-dicinal purpose, and inwax making. Althoughcompared to traditionaloils, rice bran oil’s directconsumption is veryless, however, it is regu-larly used in soap andfatty acids manufactur-ing. It is also used incosmetics, synthetic fi-bres, plasticisers, deter-gents, and emulsifiers.This is where the gov-ernment is seeking toreplace palm oil withrice bran oil to avoidimporting the former ata huge cost to the ex-chequer. As per govern-ment data from 2018,rice bran oil productionwas 9.20 lakh tonnes in2014-15, 9.90 lakh

tonnes in 2015-16, and10.31 lakh tonnes in2016-17. Earlier in theyear, the sale of fortifiedrice bran oil on com-mercial basis waslaunched by NAFEDon June 15 through itsmultiple outlets inDelhi/NCR. An MoUwas signed betweenNAFED and FoodCorporation of Indiafor the production andmarketing of fortifiedrice kernel. “This willprovide easy access toNAFED branded highquality rice bran oil,which will also give aboost to the indigenousoil manufacturing in-dustry,” an official said,adding, this initiative byNAFED “will signifi-cantly reduce thecountry’s consumptiondependence on im-ported edible oil in fu-ture”. Recently, thegovernment directedthe FCI to organisestate level interactiveworkshops with the ricemillers and field officesto assess their techno-logical requirements.

Nobody Will Be Allowed To Scuttle Peace And Progress In J&K: ShahJammu: Union HomeMinister Amit Shah onSunday said that no-body will be allowed toscuttle peace, progressand prosperity in Jammua n dKashmir.Addressing apublic rally in BhagwatiNagar area of Jammucity, Shah said, “Themonopoly of three fami-lies is over once andforever.“I don’t want toname them, but every-body knows them. Theyare today asking us whatwe have done. We havedone what they couldnot do in 70 years.“Wehave given employment,

empowerment andspace to those who re-mained neglected in 70years.“Power will nowbe exercised by Panchsand Sarpanchs, the daysof monopoly and ex-ploitation are over,” hesaid.He said at no cost

would anybody be al-lowed to scuttle peace,progress and prosperityin J&K.“I have come toassure you that the daysof injustice with Jammuare over. Developmentwill now take place forboth Jammu and Kash-

mir”, he said.Shah saidhe had apprehensionswhether he could ad-dress Sunday’s rally ornot due to badweather.“With theblessings of MataVaishno Devi, it is sun-shine now and I amspeaking to you.“Todayis a special day since itis the birthday of PremNath Dogra. Not onlythe people of Jammu,but the people of theentire country cannotforget him.“He was thegreat personality whojoined Syama PrasadMukherjee and de-clared that one country

cannot have two flags,two Prime Ministersand twoconstitutions.“The soulsof Syama PrasadMukherjee and PremNath Dogra will besending their blessingson Prime MinisterNarendra Modi”, Shahsaid.Prem Nath Dograwas the founder ofPraja Parishad partywhich was later mergedinto the JanSangh.Earlier, Shah in-augurated the new cam-pus at the IIT-Jammuand also laid foundationstones of many devel-opmental projects.

‘Kashmiri Pandits Asked To Give Un-dertaking If They Don’t Take Security’

Srinagar: The Kashmiri Pandit families living in thevalley have been offered security by the Jammu andKashmir Police, but those who do not wish to takethe security have to give an undertaking, which saysthat they will be responsible for their own securityand won’t blame the police or government for that,Kashmiri Pandit leader Sanjay Tickoo said on Sun-day. Tickoo said a majority of Kashmiri Panditshave refused to give that undertaking.“We are toldto give two rooms in our houses for security forces,maximum people have rejected that offer, but thesurprising thing is that an undertaking is taken fromthem addressed to the concerned SSP that theydon’t want to take security.“There is a line in theend which says God forbid if something happens,it’s responsibility will not be on the police or thegovernment,” Tickoo said.He said he has raisedthe issue with the IG Police and Lt. Governor, butso far there has been no response.“I have put thisup with the LG and the IGP and asked them whatthis is all about? But there is no response, that’svery unfortunate,” he said.After the eruption of mili-tancy in Kashmir in early nineties there was a massmigration of Kashmiri Pandits, but over 800 Panditfamilies remained and did not migrate.Recently, manycivilians have been targetted and some of them weremembers of the minority community in Kashmir.

Woman Gangraped And MurderedIn Bihar’s West ChamparanPatna: A marriedwoman was gangrapedand murdered in Bihar’sWest Champaran dis-trict, an official said onSunday. The police havearrested two suspects inthe case.The incidenttook place inChawgharia village un-der Ram Nagar policestation.“The 35-year-old victim had gone tothe field for farming onSaturday but did not re-turn in the evening. Herchildren along with

neighbours started look-ing for her in the village.They searched for herthe entire night. On Sun-day morning, her deadbody was found in asugarcane field outsidethe village in semi nakedcondition,” saidSatyanarayan Ram,SDPO of Ramnagarrange.“Prima facie, itslooks to be case ofgangrape followed bymurder by strangula-tion. A mark was vis-ible on her neck,”

Ram said.Angry vil-lagers blocked theroad following the in-cident demanding ar-rest of theculprits.“We have ar-rested two suspectsnamed Hiraman Ramand MohamadKalimuddin in this con-nection. The complaintwas given bydeceased’s brother inlaw,” Ram said.Thedeceased’s husband is alabourer who has goneto other state for work.

2 Die After Eating Cauliflower In UP DistrictFarrukhabad (UP):Twopersons died allegedlyafter consuming a dishmade of potato and cau-liflower in UttarPradesh’s Farrukhabaddistrict.The victimswere identified as Irshad(45) and his son Lalla(six). Three members ofthe family are in criticalcondition and have beenadmitted to ahospital.According toreports, the incidenttook place late on Sat-

urday night in RasulpurGadhia village under theRajepur policecircle.Irshad and hisfamily had dinner whichincluded the cauliflowerand potato dish. Afterabout half an hour, thefamily startedvomiting.Irshad, Majid,daughters Majida andSajida were admitted toa private hospital in thecity.The youngest sonLalla was also taken toa hospital.Irshad and

Lalla were declaredbrought dead, while thecondition of Sajida,Majida and Majid is saidto be critical.His wife and their young-est daughter had notconsumed thedish.Police said that thematter was beinginvestigated.“It is pos-sible that the vegetablecontained pesticide andwas not properlywashed before cook-ing,” said a police officer.

India Registers 15,906 New Covid Cases, 561 DeathsNew Delhi: In the last 24hours, India registered15,906 new Covid-19cases and 561 deaths,the Union Health Minis-try said on Sunday.Thenew fatalities have takenthe death toll to4,54,269.The recoveryof 16,479 patients in thelast 24 hours has in-creased the cumulativetally to 3,35,48,605.Consequently, India’srecovery rate stands at98.17 per cent, currentlyat its highest peak sinceMarch 2020.The active

caseload stood at1,72,594, which is thelowest in 235days.Active cases pres-ently constitute 0.51 percent of the country’s to-tal positive cases, thelowest since March2020.Also in the sameperiod, a total of13,40,158 tests wereconducted across thecountry.India has so farconducted over 59.97crore cumulativetests.Meanwhile, theweekly positivity rate at1.23 per cent has re-

mained less than 2 percent for the last 30 daysnow.The daily positivityrate stands at 1.19 percent, which has also re-mained below 2 per centfor last 20 days and lessthan 3 per cent for 55 con-secutive days now.Withthe administration of77,40,676 vaccine dosesin the last 24 hours, India’sCovid inoculation cover-age has reached 102.10crore as of Sundaymorning,This has beenachieved through1,01,28,910 sessions.


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325 Kg cannabis,2 car seized and 3 per-son arrested by chitrakonda policeMalKangiri AO Bureau: On 23.10.2021 whileOIC SP Naik alongwith police staffs wereperforming night patrol-ling duty on Dyke 1area , they got reliableinformation regardingtransportation of ganjanear DYKE 2 dam sidenear village Rajabandh. After reaching there hefound some vehicles andpeople loading Ganja inthe XUV 500 car . Theabove mentioned Swiftdesire car and 3 bikeswere also present at thatspot whi ch were meantfor transporting theabove ganja . They wereable to apprehend 3above persons from thespot . During search ofXUV car , found 13 no'sof white jari Packetscontained net of 325Kgs 390 gms ganja

along with the XUV car, maruti Swift Dezire car, 2 Yamaha FZ bikes , 1hero glamour bike , 5smart phones , 3 key-pad phones , ATMcards and Aadhar cardsand other documents .The accused personswere about to transportthe above ganja fromDyke 2 area to Ganjamside .they are 1 ) JhinuKhilla ( 25 ) , S / o

Padna Khilla , Vill :OCC Colony ,Nuaguda , Balimela , Ps. Orkel , Dist .Malkangiri , ( 2 ) .Deepak Jena ( 22 ) S /o Surendra Jena ofPower house colony ,Balimela , PS . Orkel ,Dist . Malkangiri , and (3 ) Nilanchala Padhi (42 ) S / o SurjyatranaPadhi of Court Colony, PS . Kodala , Dist .

Ganjam 1. And policeseized the following -13no's packets containedganja ( Net - 325 Kgs390 gms contrabandGanja , 2. One whitecoloured MahindraXUV - 500 car bearingRegd . No. OD02D -5057 3. Maruti SuzukiSwift Dezire Car bear-ing Regd . No. OD07M- 0019 4. One blue -Metallic coloured

Yamaha FZS bikebearing Regd . No.OD10K - 1289 5.One black - Metalliccoloured Yamaha FZSbike bearing Regd .No. OD10S - 2242 6.One blue colouredHero Glamour bikebearing Regd . No.OD10B - 5160 7. Fiveno's of Smart mobilePhone , two keypadmobile phones , ATMCards ( SBI , ICICI ,HDFC ) , AadharCards and other ve-hicular documents thechitrakonda Police reg-istered Chitrakonda PSCase No. 139 , dt .23.10.2021 , U / s 20Act .. ( b ) ( ii ) ( c ) / 25/ 27 - A / 29 of NDPS.Total 3 accused werearrested and forwardedto the court . Further in-vestigation is underway

Complaints against Gurunthi public represen-tative, demands for a high-level investigation

Kukudakhandi(A.O.Bureau): A Jain politicianfrom Gurundipanchayat underKukudakhandi block ofGopalpur constituencyis running an illegalpodaitavati in Barpalliarea underKukudakhandi tehsil,bringing in workers fromoutside the district andother states to pay lowwages day and night. Asa result, the working-class family has beensubjected to harassmentat various times and hasremained silent. Whilethe elected people's rep-resentative is callinghimself a BJD leader, hehas joined hands with

the BJP and set up a gasagency himself, whilethe central governmenthas directed the poorBPL family beneficiariesto join the Ujjwala gasscheme and distributefree gas. The gas agencyhas been operating in thename of BPL and poorfamilies, and has beenrunning a black marketby cheating on gas. Thepolitician, who has beentaking advantage of thepolitical situation in thelocal area for manyyears, has been openlyhanding over revenue togovernment officials andfinishing Rs 200,000 inthe past few days. He isthought to have survived

an earlier attempt to ousthim following allegationsthat he was living inMumbai and working asan agent for a chit fundcompany. It is allegedthat the ambassador pro-vided the information toHussein during his tenureas a contractor. How-ever, the fact that one ortwo corrupt members ofthe public are involvedin such corruption is amatter of urgency."Itsimply came to our no-tice then. While it is im-perative that a high-levelinvestigation be con-ducted against such aleader, there is a generaldemand for a vigilanceinvestigation.

Balasore team at Bateshwar Shaivapithpraised the devlopment works

Ganjam(A.O. Bureau):Development projectsin rural areas of variouspanchayats in Ganjamdistrict have become at-tractive. The ChiefMinister's Ganjam dis-trict is being monitored byadministrative officialsfrom different districts.Atroup of 20-member del-egation led by BalasoreDistrict Project Officer(P.D.) Rabindra KumarSahu on Saturday visitedvarious developmental

models at the famousBateshwar Shaivapith inPalibandha Panchayat inGanjam block, includingCommunity Hall,children's park, Modeltank, He praised thetemple for its impressivearchitecture. GanjamBlock BDO BiswajitRoy, local sarpanchDilip Kumar Chhotraya,steering committee vice-president ShabarKumar Tarai chief dis-cussed the projects. He

also inspected theHumma Panchayat of-fice, Shatrusol ChickenForm, Panibandha Mis-sion Shakti House, GymCenter and otherprojects. Social activistsShiv Prasad Swain,Trilochan Pradhan, RaviPalei, ShivprasadSwayam, AjayPradhan, PadmaCharan Palai, KishorePradhan, P.E. and DilipNayak were present onthe occasion.

Manish Anurag Murder Case: Constable PrasannaBehera Dismissed From ServiceBhubaneswar(A.O.Bureau): ConstablePrasanna Behera whowas arrested on Satur-day for operating a barillegally in violation ofCOVID-19 guidelines,has been dismissedfrom service.TheCommissionerate ofPolice today orderedhis dismissal from Gov-ernment service ongrounds of multiplecases and proceedingsagainst him.Accordingto reports, Behera,who is also the presi-dent of Havildar andConstable Association,has 5 criminal cases and8 departmental pro-ceedings in hisname.On October 10,son of senior journalistNaveen Das, ManishAnurag was founddead in a pond at

Patrapada. Investiga-tion revealed thatManish and his friendshad been to South CityHotel’s Bar which re-mained open till earlymorning, in blatant vio-lation of COVID-19guidelines.A videoshowing Behera danc-ing inside the bar alsowent viral afterManish’s death. Whilethis bar comes underthe jurisdiction ofTamando police limits,IIC Tamando wasshunted on Friday

We Will Join BJD En-Masse In The Larger In-terest Of Undivided Koraput: Pradeep MajhiBhubaneswar(A.O.Bureau ) : Fo rmerNaba rangpur MPPradeep Majhi whoquit Congress re-cently, announcedon Sunday that heand his supportersare going to join theBi ju J ana t a Da l(BJD) ve rysoon.Congress willnot reurn to power inOdisha. For the de-velopment of undi-vided Koraput re-gion in the larger in-terest of our people,we wi l l j o in t heBJD,” said Majhiaddressing a posse

o f r epo r t e r s onSunday.Majhi’s exitwas a big jolt forOdiha Congress, ashe wielded consider-able influence as ayouth leader in thet r i ba l be l t .Ma jh iadded, “I would ap-peal all other Con-

gress workers andleaders of undividedKoraput to join us aswe join the BJD un-der the leadership ofour Chief MinisterN a v e e nPatnaik.”The formerMP’s suppor t e r salso resigned fromCongress followingtheir leader. He saidthe Congress cannotfulfill aspirations ofpeople of Odisha.“It is the BJD, whichhas given a stableand development-oriented Governmentover the last two de-cades,” he added.

AYouth’s Body Recovered From Bindusagar InBhubaneswar, Suicide SuspectedBhubaneswar(A.O.Bureau): The body of ayouth, aged around 20years, was recoveredfrom Bindusagar lakehere on Sunday. Ac-cording to reports, theyouth jumped intoBindusagar late on Sat-urday night.Lingaraj po-lice along with Fire Ser-vice personnel carriedout a search last nightbut were unsuccessful.The deceased has beenidentified as SaishreeJyoti Prakash, a native of

Samantrapur area of thecity. He was a student ofB.Tech, sourcessaid.Reports stated thathe had shared an emo-tional post of social me-dia on Saturday, beforehe resorted to the allegedextreme step.Todaymorning, the search op-eration resumed and theyouth’s body was re-trieved. The police sus-pects it to be a case ofsuicide and accordingly acase has been registeredat Lingaraj police station.

Unite To Strengthen International Coopera-tion: Naveen’s Message On UN DayBhubaneswar:(A.O. Bureau) On the occasion of UnitedNations Day, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik ex-horted everyone to unite and work together for interna-tional cooperation.Taking to micro-blogging platformTwitter, Naveen said, “On the occasion of #UNDay, let’sunite to work together towards strengthening internationalcooperation and ensure a peaceful and prosperous fu-ture for all.”United Nations Day, on 24 October, marksthe anniversary of the day in 1945 when the UN Charterentered into force. “UN Day, celebrated every year, of-

fers the opportunity to amplify our common agenda andreaffirm the purposes and principles of the UN Charterthat have guided us for the past 76 years.”Usually held inthe General Assembly Hall of the Organization, at Head-quarters in New York, a concert is held to mark UNDay. “As the world begins gradually to recover from theCovid-19 pandemic, the 2021 Concert represents a callto strengthen international cooperation in the interest ofboth nations and peoples, for a more peaceful and pros-perous future for all,” the United Nations further stated.

RUTAPARNA PANDA WINS PRESTI-GIOUS EKALABYA PURASKAR-2021

Swasti Singh & Pyari Xaxa are Citation WinnersBhubaneswar, (A.O.Bureau): InternationalBadminton Player Ms.Rutaparna Panda hasbagged the prestigious29th Ekalabya Puraskarfor the year 2021. TheEkalabya PuraskarCommittee comprisingof jury members drawnfrom different walks oflife were unanimous inselecting Ms. Panda forthe prestigious award ina meeting held here to-day. Ms. RutaparnaPanda, the mercurialInternatonial Badmintonplayer who has repre-sented the nation in sev-eral international tourna-ments and have beencredited with many winsfor Women's BadmintonTeam of India from 01stApril 2019 to 31stMarch 2021, emergedas the clear winner thisyear. She will get a cash

award of Rs.5 lakh alongwith a citation at theEkalabya Puraskar pro-gram to be held underthe strict observation ofCovid restrictions. Be-sides Ms. Panda, twoother sportspersons willalso be felicitated fortheir remarkable perfor-mances in various Inter-national & National levelin their respective fields.They are; Inernational

Women Cyclist Ms.Swasti Singh and theInternational Footballplayer Ms. PyariXaxa. Both will receivea cash prize of Rs.50,000/- each alongwith citations. The datefor Ekalabya Puraskarfunction will be an-nounced later. EkalabyaPuraskar, instituted byIMPaCT managed byIMFA, the leading

Ferro Alloys producerin the country, in theyear 1993, has come along way to be recog-nized as the most pres-tigious sports award ofOdisha, drawing paral-lels with many nationalawards. A mere look atthe career graph ofmany of the pastawardees confirms thatover the years, it hasbeen a moral boosterfor the best sporting tal-ents in the State. Theaward is given everyyear to youngsportspersons of Odishain recognition of theiroutstanding perfor-mance in the preceedingtwo years. Announcingthe names of the awardwinners, Shri BaijayantPanda, Chairperson ofEkalabya PuraskarCommittee and Trusteeof IMPaCT said

Missing Girl’s Body Recovered From Swamp In Keonjhar;Rape & Murder SuspectedKeonjhar:(A.O. Bureau) The body of a young girl,who was missing since last night, has been recov-ered from an abandoned area of ??Basantapurunder Pandapada police station limits in Keonjhardistrict on Sunday, the police said.Pandapada po-lice station IIC Prashant Kumar Sethi informedthat Reena (20), daughter of Bira Dandapat ofBudhaKhaman Sahi in Basantapur village, wentmissing from her home last night. Family mem-bers carried out a frantic search, but invain.However, the girl’s body, with both handstied, was found dumped in a swamp near the vil-lage this evening.Locals have alleged that the girlwas raped and murdered and her body wasdumped in the swamp.Reportedly, police have sentthe body for post-mortem to the District Head-quarters Hospital and launched a probe.


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EDITORIALPositive news oneconomic front

The weather has its seasons and so do economicforecasts. The latest round, coming on the backof a Chinese economic slowdown, beats the drumof optimism and India’s potential of regaining theworld’s fastest growing economy tag. If thescorecard from the World Bank to the IMF toprivate forecasts place the FY22 growth rate at aconservative 9.5% and thereabouts, the govern-ment believes it’s about to crack double digits onthe year. If that happens, the achievement will bepraiseworthy and efforts must focus on thawingnational output not to its pre-pandemic levels, butto pre-slowdown state and lower unemploymentrate—which shot up to frightening levels owingto the Covid-19 pandemic.Forecasts peg India to be at the start of a largecapex cycle, which can ensure a sustained realGDP growth of 7% in the medium-term. Severalfactors appear to be contributing to this belief,including rising exports and robust tax collec-tions. The government initiatives such as assetmonetisation and the recent privatisation driveraised hopes of disinvestment proceeds pickingup steam. While bank credit growth remains aconcern, the resolving bad loan situation is com-forting. While booming corporate profits arewelcome, private investments are still sore andso is capacity utilisation. Yet, some like MorganStanley expect that a virtuous cycle is in the off-ing, supported by strong capex. This cycle, theybelieve, will be unlike the past decade and morelike the one seen during 2003-07, allowing stronggrowth rates while keeping macro stability risksat bay.Rising capex lifts employment and boosts incomeand consumption, creating a virtuous cycle. Butuntil private sector investment picks up, the gov-ernment must continue holding the spending ba-ton. States too must weigh in and increase ex-penditure, particularly on healthcare and educa-tion. All said, the risks to the positive sentimentfrom external factors cannot be completelyavoided or escaped. Be it in the form of US in-terest rate hikes and capital outflows or volatil-ity in crude, energy and commodity prices cancause an upheaval and knock down India’s growthstory once again.

Will you be part of positive change?Okay! Go die!” That wasone of the comments on myvideo where I spoke abouthow I had come down withcovid and I chose to remainunvaccinated. As a celeb-rity I’m used to beingtrolled. It pretty muchcomes with the turf and Icertainly don’t take it per-sonally, because in theworld of healing we believethat only what is within youis what you spew out-wards. You can only sharewhat you possess. What Idid stop and ponder aboutwas about the level of bile,intolerance, insensitivity,simmering anger, and lackof respect for democracyand personal freedom thatseems to be on the rise.How have we become sohypersensitive as a peoplethat our lives have becomecentred around fault find-ing, a persecution complexand hating people for hav-ing a good life. Religiondoesn’t divide people,people divide people.Wealth and success don’tdivide people, people di-vide each other based onnegative attitudes of “rich v/s middle class”. Coviddoesn’t divide people,people divide people basedon their fears and miscon-ceptions. All of these are

excuses used by many tofeel right about hating. Howunfortunate! To live in aworld of prejudice, angst,and self-defeating belief sys-tems only adds to a collec-tive growing mindset of un-happiness. Mental health istruly the one commodity thatis the most precious in thesetesting times. So manydon’t even realise all theirnegativity and viciousnessare symptoms of mental

malaise. It’s hard to stare itin the face. Not manypeople can look at them-selves long and hard in themirror and say they like whothey have become. In thevarious counselling sessionsand workshops that I haveconducted over the pastcouple of years I have somany break down and sim-ply weep. The helplessness,the negativity, the fear, thenot knowing, the uncer-tainty of everything makesthem realise they have pol-luted their own minds andhearts with so much unnec-essary evil. People attackinnocents, children, celeb-rities, family, “anti-vaxxers”, minorities and somuch more. A deep need

Spreading vaxawareness in TN

The National Committee on Serious Adverse EventsFollowing Immunisation (AEFI) has concluded that thedeath of Vivekh—a popular actor in Tamil Nadu andonce one of the faces of the state’s Covid-19 vaccina-tion campaign—two days after he took the jab in Aprilwas coincidental. The committee has ruled that the offi-cial medical reason for the 59-year-old’s death was ablockage of the heart and it had nothing to do with theCovaxin shot that he had taken. What created a messfor the state was that his vaccination had taken place ina televised event attended by several dignitaries, includ-ing the state’s health secretary. His death soon after hadled to several conspiracy theories and social media cam-paigns against vaccination.The news comes as a big relief for Tamil Nadu’s vacci-nation drive. That fact is that despite several efforts bythe government, it is yet to pick up pace. While Indiacelebrates the completion of 100 crore doses, the vac-cine hesitancy among the urban poor and the rural com-munity continues to be a reality in the state. As the fearof the third wave has nearly vanished, a feeling of beingsafe and complacent with one dose is palpable. On theflip side, the fear of side effects has kept many farmersand daily-wage workers off the needle as the farmingseason is underway. Despite mega vaccination camps,74% of its adult population is yet to go for the secondjab. The state lags behind the national average (29%)and all other South Indian states. The government isrightly focusing on those who are yet to receive theirsecond dose after the mandatory three-month gap fol-lowing the first one. According to TN’s health ministerMa Subramanian, as many as 57 lakh people are duefor the second dose.The state has managed to administer the first dose to73% of its eligible population, marginally better than thenational average of 70%. But this is much lower thanthe numbers lapped up by its southern counterparts.For TN, there is a long way to go and the governmentneeds to pull out all the stops

for Acceptance, forgive-ness, letting go, rebuildingtrust with the universe,sending out apologies (notnecessarily vocal) to thosethey have harmed are alldeep and necessary heal-ing processes. I will re-cover from Covid in a fewdays, but how long will ittake the haters and deathwishers to clean theirminds and hearts and getemotionally and mentally

well? We need to start ahashtag #PositivityStartsNow and post it onevery cruel comment andill intent we see on socialmedia. By healing others,we heal ourselves. Wedon’t want a blanket ofnegativity to envelope usall. Let’s start collectivepositive change, today.#PositivityStartsNow1. I have seen inBollywood there are mul-tiple couples with huge agedifferences. Most of thetime they seem happy –like Arjun Kapoor andMalaika Arora or Saif AliKhan and KareenaKapoor Khan. Actually Ireally like a guy who ismuch younger than me.

We have a nine- year agedifference. We are not afilmy couple. Is this okay –because we are just a nor-mal, middle class couple.Parents of course don’tknow about the age gap.Do you feel that this rela-tionship will not work?A relationship is dependenton 2 human beings connect-ing with each other. Race,religion, age, geography etcare all just social demarca-tions for “us” vs “others”.You have to only ask your-self how sensitive you are towhat family, society andfriends think. Because theirconditioning will be to makeyou uncomfortable about itand if you’re the type to suc-cumb to pressure and seekthe approval of others thenit’s best to choose anotherpartner. 2. I’m 32, marriedto a good man for nineyears. We have been happy.No kids yet. Recently I meta 30 year old woman in myworkplace. She is a lesbianand never hides that. She isa great friend and sometimesflirts with me too. Lately Ithink I have developed feel-ings for her. I do love myhusband but I get a highwhen I am with this girl.What should I do? Sheknows I’m married but hasrealised my feelings for her

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and of course she recipro-cates them too. Whatshould I do? Whether youare attracted to a man or awoman, your commitmentto your marriage needs tobe your focus and priority.Cheating is the easiest thing.Living with the guilt, the be-trayal, the breakdown oftrust or a divorce is emo-tionally and personally costlyand definitely not worth flir-tation and a temporary high.This is about your value sys-tem as the devil does it’sdance. Choose wisely. 3.There is one really nice guywho has moved into the flatopposite mine. I feel stronglyattracted to him. I am a 25-year-old man. While hedoes seem to flirt and givecovert glances wheneverwe meet, I do not knowwhether he is actuallygay. How should I ap-proach him? Ask him outfor a drink and get toknow him better. Casu-ally throw in past relation-ships as a topic to ascer-tain his preference and ingeneral gauge commonareas of interest andcompatibility. Even if he’snot inclined towards asexual relationship, hemay have the potential tobe a great friend. Whychoose? Let it flow.

Embrace your weirdness!

Vinita Dawra Nangia

While the world savorsuniqueness and is attractedby non-conformists, haveyou tried to uncover yourown brand of weird?If you go by its dictionarymeaning, ‘weird’ has super-natural, unearthly connota-tions. For the longest time,to be weird was to bestrange and abnormal.People would shun weird-ness. No longer so. Todayto be different is good; tobe strange is better, and tobe weird is highly attractive!Weird is the new attractive,the new exciting. Such is theflexibility of language and thefickleness of human choice.However, there is nothingnew about our attraction tothe offbeat, weird, strange,or eccentric. The novelty isthat we are now owning thatattraction. Weirdness hasbeen the greatest asset ofsome of our most popular,iconic figures. All greats inliterature, music, cinema,theatre, or art have beennon-conformists. It is theuniqueness reflected in theirwork that fascinates theworld even centuries afterthey are no more.It is unlikely that theseicons imagined themselvesas ‘strange’ or ‘weird,’even if the world did so.They were just beingthemselves! In a sea ofnormalcy, the few differ-ent ones will automaticallyarouse curiosity and standout. The difference is thatwhile some are naturallyweird or different, someothers deliberately culti-vate those differences toattract attention. A case inpoint of a naturally weirdperson adopting weirderhabits would be the verytalented but hugely bro-ken Michael Jackson.Grand gestures and culti-

vated weirdness are pos-sibly the preserve of therich and already famous.Not all of us can — norneed to — take such ex-treme measures. The factremains that novelty ishighly valued, and we areattracted to anyone who isbold enough to live andportray his/her own indi-vidual personality. In agroup of people al ldressed similarly, the eyewill always be drawn tothe one dressed different.That is also the reason forcyclical changes in fashionand styles. We all get tiredof seeing sameness, andthen the few who dare to

go against the trend, natu-rally attract us, and are re-sponsible for setting newtrends – long skirt/shortskirt , hirsute/clean-shaven, flares/tapered,etc. Enough of the quirksand weirdness of celebri-ties and trends. The pointis to understand how canwe possibly embrace ourown inner weirdness? For,if we are to define weird-ness as being ‘different’,then we are all weird inour own way, because notwo persons in the worldcan be the exact same byvirtue of our unique geno-type and the impact of ourenvironment on thosegenes. So, if the worldloves non-conformists andwierdos, how best can wechannel our own weird-ness to be attractive andstand out as different? Forsometimes the only way tostand out is to stand away— isolated, different,unique, weird… OscarWilde understood this

when he said, “Neverlove anybody who treatsyou like you are normal.”So true. We all deserveto be cherished for ourown brand of unique,weird, or different. AndWilde’s words, “Be your-self. Everyone else is al-ready taken” is the bestadvice anyone can giveon embracing youruniqueness. As we growin years and the enddraws inexorably near,the most important ques-tion we will ask ourselveswill be, “Was I different,and did I make a differ-ence?” Consider how sadit would be if the answer

to this were, “You werejust like the others – andso, forgettable.” We allwant to be rememberedwith love and wish toleave behind a legacy.Such a legacy cannotcome by being like every-one else. The only way tobe memorable is bydrawing out your ownuniqueness, embracing itand allowing the world toconnect with it.Be yourself, no matterhow the world tries tochange you and make youconform.If you find yourself one ofmany in looks, thought,ideas, frame of mind –pause and know that youare doing somethingwrong. Look desperatelyfor your difference andadopt it. So, what is yourbrand of weird? Remem-ber if it is what makes yourdifferent, it is probablywhat will make you memo-rable too. For this weird-ness is your strength!

Bhagwad Gita’s advice onbuilding better ties

The relationships we form are vital to our mental and emo-tional wellbeing. We have an inborn desire to connect withpeople. But as our lifestyles become more reliant on digitaltools, these simple interactions are under threat.We have relationships at various levels – professional, so-cial and family. Work isn’t just about the paycheque. It’sabout meeting like-minded people, sharing ideas and work-ing towards common goals. A happy family life is the foun-dation on which our personality develops. Sharing and form-ing ties at family get-togethers create bonds that give us asense of belonging. Communities help individuals cope withthe stress, struggle and chaos of modern life. However, inmodern times relationships are breaking at an alarming rate.The joint family system is vanishing. Today, the nuclear familyis the norm. Single parenthood is increasing. Organisationsare experiencing high-attrition rates and people do not evenknow their neighbours. This is because of increasing self-ishness and lack of self-sufficiency. As a result you be-come dependent. There are expectations from the otherperson, you make demands, and when these are not metwith, there is conflict and bitterness. This is called attach-ment. When the person is around, you argue and fight.When the person is absent you miss him. Attachment breedssuffering and eventually the relationship breaks down.Onceyou develop inner strength and grow spiritually, you nolonger need to lean on people. You establish wonderfulrelationships with them. You love them for what they arewith no strings attached. And they, in turn, adore you. Thisis pure love or detachment. How do you get detached?Get attached to something higher and the lower attach-ment wanes away. Feel for the larger community, nation,all beings, and finally God. Devotion to God has no mean-ing unless you love all beings. In the Bhagwad Gita, Krishngives 35 qualities of a devotee. The very first trait is ‘onewho hates no being’. Devotion is not about professing loveto God, it is the ability to love one’s fellow beings. TheGita says there are no adversaries out there. Your worstfoes are within. Question your beliefs and prejudices. Re-visit your convictions. And you will realise the enemies yousaw everywhere are your friends. You will view even wrong-doers with compassion. And embrace the whole world witha feeling of oneness. Enlarge your circle of love. When youidentify with the body you see maximum differences. Alignwith the mind and you feel one with the family. Stretch tothe intellect and your circle of oneness includes the entirenation. In the end, understand the Spirit as the commonchord that holds the whole universe. You feel one with allbeings. And cease to feel hatred or revulsion towards any-body. This is devotion. Then Krishn loves you whetheryou love him or not. He declares that such a person isexceedingly dear to him. Where do you begin? With thepeople you dislike most. Change your attitude towardsthem. Look at things from their perspective. There is in-stant relief! You feel happy. And grow spiritually. This helpsmore than any prayers, visits to temples, or pilgrimages.


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The service of the people is at the forefront Dedicated tosociety and all working together: student BJDBerhampur(A.O. Bu-reau):: Today, on the in-structions of honourableChief Minister ShriNaveen Patnaik andBerhampur MLA ShriBikram Panda. Underthe supervision of StateStudent BJD PresidentMLA Banki ShriDeviranjan Tripathi andBerhampur corporationStudent PresidentShoban Nayak includ-ing Youth President ShriAjit Panda led a clean-up mission at theKhodasinghi cremato-rium and GosaninuagaChandi Mandir. Alongwith Ganjam Zone stu-dent president JyotiranjanSahu and corporationpresident Shri Vijay

Samal. State Secretaryand Odisha Mo PariwarJiban bindu coradinatorSubash Maharana MalayBisoyi, a senior leader inthe Khodsingh area,Sunya Das, Ram Tanti,District Treasurer

Rabindra Sahu,Madhusudan Acharya,Pramod Maharana,Dhiresh Sahu, AshwiniPatnaik, R.Kashi,Ratnakar, Kuna Nayak,Rajesh Patnaik, Ratnakar,Suman Sahu, Suraj

Behera, Adarsh Mohanty,Kalia Reddy, Aditya Sahuand Youth Digital secretaryRabindra Mishra, DistrictStudent Digital secretaryNikhil Choudhury werepresent in this serviceprogram.

2nd old-age will be started inBAM by mahan Sangha

Berhampur(A.O. Bu-reau): The MahanSangha, a leading socialservice organization,has been runningsmoothly a old-agehome with his social ac-tivities for eleven yearsat Ramchandrapur nearBerhampur. At the requestof the public, it has beendecided to open the sec-ond branch of the Biswa

Zara Niketana residenceat Anadi Nagar,Goodshade Road,Berhampur this week.The meeting, chaired byPresident Sushant KumarSabat, was held at thenew branch premises onGoodshade Road and willbe open to older women.The meeting was attendedby Mrs. DeviprabhaRath, Chairperson,

Mahan Sangha Women’sSection, secretary Mrs.Sunada Mohapatra, Mrs.Lily Sabat, SuchetaPanigrahi, Many mem-bers including SabitaSahu, Shr iHariprasad Malna,Shri Prasant Patro,Shri Sanjay Majhi,Shri V Ravi KumarGupta, Shri PrakashBhajani were present.

Capacity Building Training toSHGs of Salimi VSS. Malkangiri AO Bureau:A Capacity Buildingcum Skill developmenttraining for self-helpgroups in Salimi villageis organised by SrustiThe skills developmenttraining program washeld at Salimi GramPanchayat House. Theevent was attended byMr. Raj ShekharPatnaik, Training Fac-ulty, State Bank RuralSelf-Employment Train-ing Center. More than100 women members ofthe self-help group partici-pated in the skills devel-

opment training program.Suraj Majhi and Kishorebabu, a staff members ofSrusti organisation, pro-vided information on thec o l l e c t i o n ,processing.Marketing

and sale of NTFP forestproducts to womenmembers. The event wasattended by local wardmembers and OLMworkers, forest AnimatorDharmendra Majhi and

many others who encour-aged the women mem-bers. Villagers and lo-cal intellectuals havecalled for more train-ing praised for the Skilldevelopment training.

Youth for Action and Ajita JointlyOpen Help Desk at DHH

Khordha AO Bureau:A non political organiza-tion Youth for Actionand Ajita jointly openhelp desk at DistrictHead Quatre Hospital,Khordha to provideVoluntary Service to thepeoples those who arecome to the DHH. "Weare extending full sup-port to Youth for Actionand Ajita with positivemind sets and withoutany political or agendahave come forward for

the development of oursociety, said Mrs.Aparajita Sarangi, MP,Bhubaneswar. The twoorganization has fixed awork plan which themembers activists willproactively take up vari-ous initiatives to help thepeoples those who arecome to the Hospitaland Swachha BharatMission. Youth for Ac-tion and Ajita indeed al-ways in action, any time,any where.

Will prioritize the issues ofChilika : New Khordha DM

Chilika,(A.O. Bureau):Senior AdministratorSangram KeshariMohapatra has joinedthe office as New Col-lector of Khordha dis-trict on Friday. Mr.Mohapatra emphasizedon resolving various is-sues in the district byholding multiple meet-ings with various offi-cials of the district onthe first day of work.So when our Chilikacorrespondent askedthe DM what are hispriorities for the Chilika, he said he would soonvisit Chilika and hold ahigh-level meeting withall the departmental of-ficials to discuss all theissues in detail. The im-portance of social me-

dia is growing thesedays and the media is amajor part of it, the DMsaid. "E-work will beemphasized throughoutthe district," he alsosaid. DM has alreadydirected all the govern-ment offices throughoutthe district to open theirTwitter handle bywhich citizens could di-rectly connect with alloffices .Similarly, thedistrict magistrate hasalready spontaneouslypublished his list of as-sets on the NICwebsite, and other offi-cials in the district havealso called on the DMto make their propertylist public soon.This willmake all the officialsmore trustworthy.

Dandakaranya Vikas Parishad GeneralMeeting held at MalKangiri

MalKangiri AO Bu-reau: DandakaranyaVikas Parishad Gen-eral Meeting held atMalkangiri DistrictSanskriti Bhavan hasheld a general meet-ing of theDandakaranya VikasParishad under thechairmanship offormer MP JairamPangi. The develop-ment of theD a n d a k a r a n y aMountains has beenmade up of 4 districtsof Andhra Pradesh,including undividedKoraput, Kandhamaldistrict and 5 districtsof Chhattisgarhstate.With the de-mand to declare allthese areas as unionterritories, the em-phasis should be on

how the benefits ofvarious developmen-tal works andschemes of the Cen-tral and State Gov-ernments can reachthe grassroots, thedevelopment of agro-based industries, thecompensation to thedisplaced victims ofPolavaram project.he told the Associ-ated Press The meet-ing was attended byformer Union Minis-ter Arvind Netam,Development Coun-cil Central Secretaryand former Koraputdistrict magistrateGadadhar Parida,Andhra PradeshArjur MLAGangadhar sabusethi,Vishakhapatnam dis-trict president Er

Manikam Samaredi,MalKangiri districtcouncil presidentDashrath Padiami.Dr Kamaraj Kabasi,senior tribal leader,Rashtriya AdivasiSangh presidentGhenu Muduli, triballeader GhanshyamMadkami, tribalyouth leader LalitMadkami, forest re-searcher RanakarDas, district BJD ad-viser Keshab Nayak,former sub-collectorRathakrishna Patra,youth tribal leaderHari Golori LaxmanGharami, Joined. Inthe coming days, itwas decided to formthe DandakaranyaParbatmala VikasParishad in all districtsand block areas.

substandard works in PrimeMinister's Adarsh Gram Yojana Malkangiri . AO Bu-reau - The PrimeMinister's Adarsh??Gram Yojana hasbeen accused of sub-standard work, accord-ing to complaint theCentral and State Gov-ernments schemes arenot properly executingin Batapalli and M.V.11of Gouda guda GP Ac-cording to villagers,Batpalli and M.V. 11 thevillage roadside solarpanels were installed atan estimated cost of Rs3.61lakhs, while thelights were installed inthe village of Batapalli ata low cost, which wasvery low. One of theMV-11 village lights wasfound to have fallen offthe poles, and therewere plans to installlights at all Street and

Batpalli intersections inBatpalli village. Whilethe Garbage pond wasbuilt on the site, it wasfound to be of very poorquality, and the tin roofson the Garbage pondwere one foot less thanthe estimate. The villag-ers complained that thepoles had been bent forless than two months andcould not be used in thecoming days. "It simply

came to our notice then.The district administra-tion is expected to expe-dite the work, with somedishonest employeesbeing targeted.the villag-ers complained areBirajit Mandal ShyamalBiswas Sangram paikraiand the junior engineerof Malkangiri Block MrBibhuti bhushan Rautdidn't availed by con-tacting.

District Congress women's President Laxmipriya andPadia Block President MD Farooq quit the Congress Malkangiri AO Bureau: The stateCongress has been rocked by theresignation of PCC executive presi-dent Pradeep Majhi on October 23.Not only in the state but also inMalkangiri district. As a senior Con-gress leader, Pradeep Majhi was in-strumental in exposing corruption inMalkangiri district.Similarly, PadiaBlock Block President MD Farooq

is also reported to have sent a letterto PCC President Niranjan Patnaikresigning from the primary post of theCongress. .A day later, district Con-gress women's president LaxmipriyaNayak left the party, sparking specu-lation. Earlier, it was clear that shewas leaving the team. However,Pradeep Majhi was not immediatelyavailable for comment.

27th Inter Railway RPFHockey Championship-2021Puri,(A.O. Bureau): Under the sponsorship of RPFEast Coast Railway, 27th Inter Railway RPFHockey championship-2021 started at KIIT Sta-dium Bhubaneswar. Total 08 RPF team's of differ-ent Railway's participating in the above tournamentand the tournament ll be played on round robinsystem. The inauguration function held on theevening of 22th October-2021 at KIIT HockeyStadium Bhubaneswar. Sri Pranabindu Acharya,ADGP Railways is the chief guest and Sri RajaRam, IG RPF & Sri Rinkesh Roy,DRM KhurdaRoad Division was the guest of Honour. RPFKhurda Road Division organizing this types of tour-nament 2nd time. Earlier that types of tournamentwas organised by RPF in the year 2019. DivisionalSecurity Commissioner, RPF Khurda Road SriM.Sambharao welcomed all the guest. IIC RPF Puriand other Offers and Staff of Puri co-ordinating allthat for successful completion of Hockey tournament.

Port Trust High Schoolformer headmistress GitaRani Sinha passed away Paradip(A.O. Bu-reau)- Paradip PortTrust High School's re-nowned retired head-mistress Gita Rani Sinha(71) died in a heart at-tack at his residenceRovers Street inCuttack on Fridaymorning. In her lastbreath, two sonsPrasanjit Mohanty andSatyajit Mohantyalongwith daughters-in-law were present.His deaths has cast ashadow of mourningamong former teachersand students.It is learned that lateSinha retired in 2009after a long career ofover 35 years of ser-vice. She was loved byall because of his disci-plined teaching style.


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Adidas Ropes In Bollywood Actress DeepikaPadukone As Global Brand Ambassador

Global sportswear giant, Adidas,on Thursday said it has roped in

Bollywood actress DeepikaPadukone to endorse the Ger-man sportswear brand globally

for women sports.“Adidas welcomes global super-

star and youth icon, DeepikaPadukone to the brand.

Padukone will work closely withadidas on their common com-mitment towards fitness; bothphysical and emotional,” the

sportswear brand said in a state-ment.

Sport being an integral part ofher life, Padukone embodies

strength and resilience like noother while also encouraging

millions around the globe.Together they will create a

powerful synergy as the twoshare similar values.

Taking forward the brand’sattitude of ‘Impossible is Noth-

ing’, the partnership will be atestament towards breaking

barriers and limitless possibili-ties, inspiring both current as

well as future generations.

Yoga Asanas To RegainYour Flexibility After 50

We tend to lose flexibility as we get older. The aging process and minimal bodymovement can lead to a loss of flexibility. But don’t’ worry a little exercise canhelp you regain your flexibility and stability. Here are some yoga asanas that will

help you to regain flexibility.

Downward DogThe deeper you want to stretch, the moreyou need to push through your upper body

muscles and the more you work on isometricstrength.

Reverse Table TopIt helps to open up and stretch the tightmuscles at the front of the body while

strengthening the back and core muscles.

Standing Side BendThis posture causes the back to

curve forward and the neck to beout of alignment while tightening the

chest area.

Pyramid PoseThe Pyramid Pose helps to promote a

deep stretch for both your hamstrings andlower back. It is also a simple way to

practice your balance.

Treat Your Taste BudsWith Lip SmackingRajma RaitaRajma Raita also known as Dahi Rajma is an easy dish prepared withboiled rajma, Dahi, and some other spices. Let’s check the recipe be-low:

Ingredients1/2 cup rajma (kidney beans),soaked overnight1 cup yogurt, well beatento taste salt1/4 tsp. roasted cumin pow-der1 tbsp. oil1/2 tsp. mustard seeds1/2 tsp. cumin seeds2 red chilies1 sprig of curry leaves1pinch red chilli flakes1 tbsp. coriander leaves,choppedStepsPressure cook the rajma in 1 1/2 cups water till done. They should be cookedwell, but not mashed. Mix with the beaten yogurt, cumin powder, and salt.Keep aside. Heat oil in a pan. Temper with red chilies, cumin seeds, mustardseeds, and curry leaves. After it stops spluttering, switch off the flame & pourthis tempering over the raita. Garnish with coriander leaves & red chilli flakes.Serve with plain steamed rice, jeera rice, pulao, plain biryani, khichdi, or anyIndian bread

Karwa ChauthKarwa Chauth will be observed today on Sunday, October 24. It is a

significant festival for Hindu women in India and is celebrated widelyacross north Indian states like Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh

and Punjab.

Women adorn themselves in new clothes and‘solah shringar’ and perform Karwa Chauthpuja for a happy and blissful marriage. On thisday, women observe a day-long nirjala fast,which means they avoid consuming water orfood between sunrise and sunset on this day.The origin of Karwa Chauth can be traced backto Mahabharata when Savitri begged the godof death, Lord Yama, for her husband’s soul.Another episode in the epic talks aboutPandavas and their wife Draupadi. It is saidthat Arjuna went to the Nilgiris to pray andmeditate for a few days, worried about hissafety Draupadi sought her brother Krishna’shelp. He advised her to observe a strict fastjust like Goddess Parvati did for her husbandShiva’s safety. Draupadi adhered to it, andsoon Arjuna returned home safely.On this day, married women observe a nirjalavrat (fasting without water). They also pray fora healthy, prosperous, and long life for theirhusbands. Women worship Karva Mata, LordShiva, Lord Ganesha, and Lord Kartikeya onthis day and take a sankalpa (pledge) to ob-serve the vrat with utmost devotion and sin-cerity. Additionally, women begin their fast fromsunrise and don’t consume even a drop ofwater, let alone food, until they see the moon.

Fasting women also apply henna to their hands anddeck up in make-up, clothes and jewellery.Though, popular culture has told us that during KarvaChauth, women fast throughout the day and deck upin beautiful clothes and jewellery. The actual tradi-tions vary in each state. For instance, in Uttar Pradeshand Rajasthan, women pass pots called karvas amongthemselves, seeing the moon’s reflection in the wateror through a sieve. After this, they offer water to themoon and then drink water from their husband’shands. Women then break their fast and eat.

Kartika In Odisha: The HolyMonth For Self-CleansingThe month of Kartika is believed to be the ho-liest of all months in the Hindu lunar calendar. Itis known to be the best month of the year tobecome one with the Supreme Being. It is thesin-destroying month and almost overlaps Oc-tober and November in the English calendar.This month holds a lot of significance for theOdias who observe many traditional festivals

and rituals like “Habisha”, “Baluka Puja”,“Panchuka”, “Kartika Purnima” and “BoitaBandano”. According to Odia Hindus, someonewho observes Kartika Brata will get happinessin life because it is the favourite month of bothVishnu and Shiva.In the Puranas, this month is said to provide allfour goals (Purusharthas) of life – Dharma, Artha,

Kaama and Moksha. The religious significanceof the month was explained by Lord Vishnu toBrahma, who further explained it to Naradaand from him to King Prithu, informed BimalPanda. Kartika is the only month of the yearwhere every lunar activity is celebrated as afestival.Kartika is the most awaited month of the year,particularly for widows and women of Odisha.Kartika Brata is observed for the whole monthand important rituals that are followed includepartial fasting and reading the KartikaMahatmya from Padma Purana. A large num-ber of pilgrims (particularly widows andwomen) flock Puri to serve Lord Jagannath andobserve Kartika Brata.Rituals Odias follow during KartikaMost devotees observing the Brata, take pre-dawn bath and visit Jagannath Temple dailyearly in the morning during Mangal Arati. Dur-ing the entire month they take food only once aday in the afternoon, which is known as“Habisa” and the devotees undertaking theBrata are known as “Habisiali”. They either takeMahaprasad from the temple throughout thismonth or prepare their own “Habisa” food withspecific vegetables and pulses.In the Habisa food, a certain number of veg-

etables are prohibited from being used, such asbrinjal, sweet potato, different varieties of gourds,a number of pulses and leafy vegetables.Another important ritual of this month is the“Baluka Puja” in which devotees worship the holyTulsi (Basil) plant as the image of Lord Jagannath.The last five daysThe last five days of the Kartika month are con-sidered highly auspicious and are known as“Panchuka”. During these five days, Odia Hindusare prohibited for eating non-veg food. And manypeople come to Puri to behold Jagannath,Balabhadra and Subhadra. During these five days,the three sibling deities and Sudarshan are dressedin five different Beshas (attires) each day.


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Indian Women Lose To Sweden’sDjurgarden IF In Friendly MatchNew Delhi: The Indiawomen’s team endedits tour of Europe as itwent down to Swedishside Djurgarden IF bya lone goal in the sec-ond friendly fixturehosted in the Scandina-vian country at theStockholm Stadium onSaturday.Djurgardenforward Fanny’s goal(45') earned them ahard-fought victoryagainst the Indianeves.India coach Tho-mas Dennerby handedShreya the gloves forthis match. He startedwith a 4-3-3 line-upwith Manisha andDangmei Grace on theflanks to support Pyari

at the heart of the at-tack, according to a re-port on the all-IndiaFootball Federation’s(AIFF) officialwebsite.The move paidoff as goalkeeperShreya came up with anearly save to deny theSwedish outfit, whichcould have opened thescoring as early as thethird minute. Ten min-

utes later, Anju’s long-curling corner was metby Ashalata at the farpost but the oppositiongoalkeeper made awell-timed save.Shreyawas in the thick of theaction once again be-fore the half-hour markwhen she deniedEngolo from scoring theopening goal. Sanjurolled it in for Grace

but her effort was an-ticipated by goalkeeperKelsey well in time.Atthe end of the first half,Fanny scored the firstgoal, the eventual win-ning one, to hand thema crucial lead.Dennerbymade three changesduring the break,throwing in MichelCastanha, SumatiKumari, and RanjanaChanu instead ofDalima Chhibber,Grace, and AstamOraon, respectively.The changes could havepaid early dividends toIndia but Sumati’s crossmissed the target by awhisker in the 63rdminute. Ranjana made

another crucial save 15minutes from the end ofregulation time. Manishamade an audacious ef-fort in the added timeonly to see the shot flyover the crossbar. Oneminute later, Indumathi’sfree-kick could havebeen dealt better butRanjana’s effortmissed the target.Thereferee brought thegame to an end withDjurgarden taking thenarrow win in India’slast match in Sweden.The squad will now re-turn to India on Octo-ber 25, before resum-ing its training for nextyear’s AFC Asian Cupat home.

T20 World Cup: England Hammer West Indies By 6 WicketsDubai: A sensationalbowling performancefollowed by some de-cent batting helped En-gland hammer WestIndies by six wickets ina Group 1 match in theSuper 12 stage of theICC Men’s T20 WorldCup at the Dubai Inter-national Cricket Sta-dium, here on Saturday.This is the first time thatEngland have beatenWest Indies in a T20World Cup match in sixmatches.Adil Rashid (2/4), TymalMills (2/17), Moeen Ali(2/17), Chris Woakes(1/12), Chris Jordan (1/7) wreaked havoc with

the ball as Englandbundle out West Indiesfor just 55 in 20 overs.This was West Indies’second lowest T20Iscore and lowest in

World T20.Chasing a small targetfor victory, Englandlooked in a bit of a hurry.They also showed somesigns of nervousness and

lost wickets of JasonRoy (11), JonnyBairstow (9), Moeen Ali(3), and LiamLivingstone (1).However, Jos Buttler

(24) and Eoin Morgan(7) remained not out tillthe end and helped En-gland overhaul the tar-get in 8.2 overs with sixwickets in hand.Akeal Hosein (2/24)was the shining star withthe ball for West Indieson a very disappointingday for the defendingchampions.Brief scores:West Indies 55/10 in14.2 overs (ChrisGayle 13 ; Adi lRashid 2/4, TymalMills 2/17) lost toEngland 56-4 in 8.2overs (Jos Buttler 24,Jason Roy 11; AkealHosein 2/24 )

World Snooker Qualifiers: RawatStrikes Form As Advani, Mehta WinMumbai: India No. 3,Laxman Rawat (PSPB)was in good nick andscored twin victories,defeating Neeraj Kumar(RPSB) and DhavajHaria (PSPB by identi-cal 4-1 margins in theMen’s ‘Z’ Camp (2ndleg) round-robin leaguematches of the WorldSnooker Qualifiers, aBSFI National SelectionTournament, here.The29-year-old Rawat wasin full flow and compiledthree notable breaks of47 (2nd frame), 82(3rd), and 49 (5th) tooutshine teammateDhvaj Haria (PSPB) andclinch a satisfying 70-13,57(47)-17, 113(82)-00,62-75 and 67(49)-01)victory. Earlier on Fridaynight, Rawat had pro-duced another steadyperformance to over-come Neeraj Kumar(RSPB) 4-1 (50-37,58-43, 35-75, 80-20,and 68(66)-26), theorganisers informed in apress release on Satur-day. In the women’s sec-tion, National champion

and India No. 1 VidyaPillai of Karnataka gotback on the winningtrack after three con-secutive defeats, beatingTamil Nadu’s strongchallenger and third-ranked Indian VarshaSanjeev 3-1 (45-83,58-20, 64-28, 61-49).Madhya Pradesh’s In-dian No.2 AmeeKamani (MP) alsotasted success, gettingthe better ofMah’rashtra’s ArantxaSanchis (MAH) 3-1(10-46, 97-52, 67-28,59-43). Meanwhile, thetop two Indian men play-ers Aditya Mehta andPankaj Advani both re-corded victories. IndiaNo. 1 Mehta defeatedHimanshu Jain (TEL) 4-1 (92-16, 62-43, 32-79,62-44, 109(65)-01),while Advani outplayedHaria (PSPB) 4-0(71(44)-16, 74-38,72(54)-18, 56-48).Results: Women’s Z-camp (2nd leg): AmeeKamani (MP) beatArantxa Sanchis(MAH) 3-1 (10-46,

97-52, 67-28, 59-43);Anupama Ramchandran(TN) beat KeerathBhandaal (DEL) 3-2(58-21, 65-74, 60-74,91-39, 64-32); VidyaPillai (KTK) beatVarsha Sanjeev (TN) 3-1 (45-83, 58-20, 64-28,61-49).Men’s Z-camp (2ndleg): Laxman Rawat(PSPB) beat NeerajKumar (RSPB) 4-1(50-37, 58-43, 35-75, 80-20, 68(66)-26); Pankaj Advani(PSPB) beat DhvajHaria (PSPB) 4-0(71(44)-16, 74-38,72(54)-18, 56-48);Pushpender Singh(RSPB) beat HimanshuJain (TEL) 4-1 (92-16,62-43, 32-79, 62-44,109(65)-01); Rawat(PSPB) beat Haria(PSPB) 4-1 (70-13,57(47)-17, 113(82)-00, 62-75, 67(49)-01); Mehta (PSPB)beat Pushpender(RSPB) 4-3 (25-68(54), 42-59, 82-69,72-22, 77(73)-09,31-64, 63-25).

Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey BreaksHalf Marathon World RecordValencia: LetesenbetGidey of Ethiopiasmashed the women’shalf marathon worldrecord on Sunday afterfinishing it in one hour,two minutes and 52 sec-onds at the ValenciaHalf Marathon TrinidadAlfonso EDP.The 23-year-old Gidey,who is also the world5,000 metres(14:06.62) and 10,000metres (29:01.03)record-holder, shavedmore than a minute offthe previous half mara-thon mark of 1:04:02set by Kenya’s RuthChepngetich this year.In the men’s race,Kenya’s AbelKipchumba made a late

charge to win in 58:07minutes, moving him tosixth on the world all-time list. Kenyan

Rhonex Kipruto wassecond with 58:09 andDaniel Mateiko wasthird with 58:26.

Odisha All-Rounder Subhra Gets Place In National Women’s U-19 Squard For Challenger TrophyCuttack: Odisha all-rounder SubhraNirjharani Swain hasbeen selected for theupcoming Women’sU-19 BCCI WomenOne-Day ChallengerTrophy which is set tobegin on November 2.Swain is set to traveland link up with hersquad on 25th Octo-

ber 2021 before un-dergoing a QuarantinePeriod, in line with theBCCI’s Bio-bubbleprotocol, to tackleCovid-19.Congratulating Swain,Odisha Cricket Asso-ciat ion Secretary,Sanjay Behera said,“I’d like to inform youwith immense joy and

pride that SubhraNirjharani Swain ofOdisha CricketAssociation’s emerg-ing U-19 Women con-tingent, has been se-lected for the upcom-ing Women’s U-19BCCI Women One-Day Challenger Tro-phy which is set tobegin from 2nd No-

vember 2021 inJaipur.”“Odisha Cricket As-sociation would like towish her good luck forthe upcoming tourna-ment and hopefullyshe’ll continue tomake our StateCricket Associationproud on the NationalStage,” he said.

India's Rishabh Pant makes an unsuccessful attempt to stump out Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwanduring the Cricket Twenty20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan in Dubai, UAE

Pakistan's cricket captain Babar Azam, right, and Mohammad Rizwan celebrate scoring runsduring the Cricket Twenty20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan in Dubai, UAE

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Evos Buildcon launches new Dream HolidayHomes project 'SEAROSES' in Puri New project offers sea facing luxurious 1BHK and Studio ApartmentBhubaneswar: EvosBuildcon, one of theleading property andreal estate developer ofOdisha with decades ofexpertise, has an-nounced that it will adda new dream holidayhomes project named'SEAROSES' in Purisea beach. It willofferPremium Sea fac-ing luxurious 1BHK andstudio apartment. Theproject is situated in asought after locationnear Puri Sea Beach andis in very close proxim-ity to Lord JagannathTemple. SEAROSESofEvos Buildcon, withits strategic location, willenjoy excellent connec-tivity via road and railand will benefit from in-

frastructure availablenear Puri sea beach. Theproject situated at 10minutes drive from LordJagannath Temple, 15minutes from RailwayStation and 15 minutes

away from Puri BusStop. The project is ata walkable distancefrom Puri sea beach andlight house and alsocloser to SamukaBeach.Statutory Com-

pliance and Approvals:The "SEAROSES"project is duly ap-proved by PKDAvideRegd. No: 329 andORERA, vide Regd.No: RP/26/2021/

00530. The project isalso approved by SBIand all leadingnationalised and privatebanks. Offer and pro-motions The project"SEA ROSES"have 249units of 1 BHK and Stu-dio Apartments and alsohouse to many amenitieslike Community Hall,Swimming Pool, Gym,Spa, Open Cafeteria,etc.As a launching offer,customer can get 5 GMGold Coin on bookingof a flat during 18thOctto25thOct, 2021. TheEvos Buildcon also of-fers exciting flash saleoffers and promotions.The promoter also of-fer Rs.300persqft dis-count on MRP forearly comers.

Sum Cardiologist's Successful Intervention saves Newborn's lifeBhubaneswar, Oct. 23:Swift intervention bydoctors at the Instituteof Medical Sciencesand SUM Hospital herehelped in reviving a four-day-old baby girl suf-fering from a cardiacdisease known as Dex-tro-Transposition of theGreat Arteries (D-TGA).The baby, weigh-ing 2.3 kg, was receivedin the hospital emer-gency with oxygen satu-ration of less than 50per cent and rushed intothe Neo-natal ICU asthe saturation level wascoming down fast, Dr.Dibya Ranjan Behera,Cardiologist in the hos-pital, said.D-TGA is abirth defect of the heartin which the two mainarteries carrying bloodout of the heart, the mainpulmonary artery andthe aorta, are found'transposed' (meaningthey have switched

position).Dr. Beherasaid he and his team hadto conduct an emergentprocedure called Bal-loon Atrial Septostomy(BAS) and performedPatent Ductus Arterio-sus (PDA) stenting.While BAS led to thecreation of a hole in theheart, PDA stentinghelped towards main-taining the link betweenthe two major bloodpipes, aorta and pulmo-nary artery, he said add-

ing these two combinedprocedures resulted ininstant improvement inthe baby's oxygen satu-ration from 40 per centto 95 per cent.The babywas extubated andstabilised in the NICUfor seven days. Dr.Jagdish Sahoo, Dr.Abhilipsa Acharya andthe team of doctors atNICU managed thebaby nicely before shewas successfully re-ferred to Sree Chitra

Tirunal Institute forMedical Sciences andTechnology atThiruvananthapuramwhere corrective sur-gery was done on hersubsequently. "This wasperhaps the first neona-tal cardiac interventionof its kind undertaken inour state," Dr. Beherasaid.Explaining D-TGAdisease, he described itas a life threateningcongenital cyanoticheart problem which

usually surfaced in thefirst few days of life."The child suddenlyturns blue, becomes le-thargic and showsbreathing distress andoxygen saturation fallsto less than 90 percent," he said addingimmediate diagnosiswas the most importantthing which could bedone by a cardiologist.Pointing out thatawareness about suchcongenital heart prob-lem in new born babiesand children in Odishawas very low, he said"many such babies dieundiagnosed and forlack of necessary inter-vention." "This cardiactreatment for infants inIMS and SUM Hospi-tal will certainly open awindow of opportunityfor such babies wherethe treatment is avail-able and can help saveprecious lives," he said.

‘Gold Bond’ VII To Be Is-sued At Rs 4,765 Per GramNew Delhi: The issueprice for SovereignGold Bonds has beenfixed at Rs 4,765 pergram ofgold.According to theMinistry of Finance,the Sovereign GoldBond Scheme 2021-22 (Series VII) will beopened for subscrip-tion during the periodOctober 25-29, andthe settlement date hasbeen set at November2.“Government of In-dia in consultation withthe Reserve Bank ofIndia has decided toallow discount of Rs50 per gram from theissue price to those in-vestors who applyonline and the payment

is made through digitalmode,” it said.“Forsuch investors the issueprice of ‘Gold Bond’will be Rs 4,715 pergram of gold.”TheSGBs are governmentsecurities denominatedin grams of gold. Be-sides, they are substitutes

for holding physicalgold.AUnder thescheme, investors haveto pay the issue price incash and the bonds willbe redeemed in cash onmaturity.The bond is is-sued by Reserve Bankon behalf of the govern-ment.

After Oil, Gas Price May See SurgeUpsetting CNG, PNG RatesNew Delhi: After fuelprice surge, prices of gasused for cooking andtransportation are ex-pected to soar this yearputting consumers in In-dia at the risk of inflatedCNG and PNG rates.Asper an assessment of gasmarket done by ICICISecurities, prices in gasfutures market is esti-mated to rise by US$4.1/mmbtu to US $7.35/mmbtu in H1FY23 andby another US$3.6/mmbtu (49 per cent) toUS $10.95/mmbtu inH2FY23.This wouldmean that three mainplayers supplying CNGand PNG — Green Gas(GGL), Mahanagar Gas

(MGL) and IndraprasthaGas (IGL) would need tohike CNG prices by 50-56 per cent in April-Oc-tober, 2022 to fully passon APM gas price rise tokeep their margins at loftylevels. APM gas pricewas at US $2.3-3.8/mmbtu in FY17-FY22and bottomed out at US$2/mmbtu in H1FY22. Itis up US $1.22/mmbtu(62 per cent) to US$3.22/mmbtu inH2FY22. What is inter-esting is that gas suppli-ers to CNG and PNGmarkets have made loftymargins in the pandemicperiod due to non revi-sion of piped naturalgas and compressed

natural gas prices dur-ing the inadequacy whenthe cereal gas prices hadfallen globally due to de-mand compression andlockdowns. SinceQ2FY20, gas cost fallfor CNG is Rs 5.7/scmvs Rs 1.3-2.2/scmCNG price cut by GGL,MGL and IGL. Hence,their margin was up 21-84 per cent (Rs 1.4-4.0/scm) to Rs 7.9-13.9/scm in Q1FY22 from Rs4.3-9.9/scm inQ2FY20. In fact, CGDmargins are up 44-130per cent since FY14, and21-84 per cent sinceDecember, 2019 as gascost fall has not beenpassed on.

Cycle invites women to bring Kumkum Bindiback in vogue with Kumkum Bindi ChallengeBhubaneswar : CyclePure Agarbathi, fromthe agarbathi to aero-space conglomerate NRGroup, has announceda social media challengecalled #Kumkum BindiChallenge, in which thebrand invites women toparticipate via itsInstagram handle,h t t p s : / /www.instagram.com/p/C U r m A O k o y o 9 /? u t m _ m e d i u m =copy_link. On the occa-sion of Navaratri, thebrand announced thisfun initiative with itsnewly launched OmShanthi Gold ClassPure Kumkum, India'sfirst certified 'safe onskin' Kumkum. It'smade with pure turmericand only BIS-approvedcolours, so it's gentle onthe skin and perfect forrituals. Kumkum has

long been revered in ourculture for its social andspiritual significance.The campaign inviteswomen from all over theworld to participate inorder to revive the tra-dition of wearing akumkumbindi.The #Kumkum BindiChallengebeckonswomen to make theKumkumBindi trendywhile encouragingthem to reap its ben-efits. Participants mustshare photos of themwearing the traditionalKumkumBindi with the

given hashtags and tagfive women onFacebook andInstagram to join thechallenge. They canclick solo, group andselfie photos. Havingreceived a great re-sponse, the challengehas been extendeduntil Diwali on 4 No-vember, 2021. Thebrand has roped in re-n o w n e dB h a r a t a n a t y a mdancer, ac tor andc h o r e o g r a p h e rRukmini Vijayakumarfor this campaign.

Fuel Prices Hiked Again By 35Paise/Ltr For 5th Consecutive DayNew Delhi: Petrol anddiesel prices rallied totheir highest ever levelsacross the country, asrates were hiked againfor the fifth consecutiveday on Sunday. Ac-cordingly, the pumpprice of petrol in Delhirose by 35 paise to itshighest-ever level of Rs107.59 a litre while die-sel prices also rose bythe same margin to Rs96.32 a litre, accordingto a price notification ofstate-owned fuel retail-ers. In the financial capi-tal Mumbai, petrolprices have now risen toRs 113.47 per litre whilediesel to Rs 104.47 a li-tre, the highest among allmetros.The fuel pricesremained static on Mon-day and Tuesday buthad risen for four straightdays by 35 paise per li-tre previously beforeagain rising for five con-

secutive days betweenWednesday and Sun-day. There was nochange in rates on Oc-tober 12 and 13.Dieselprices have increased24 out of the last 30days taking up its retailprice by Rs 7.80 per li-tre in Delhi.With dieselprices rising sharply, thefuel is now available atover Rs 100 a litre inseveral parts of thecountry. This dubiousdistinction was earlieravailable to petrol thathad crossed Rs 100 alitre-mark across thecountry a few monthsearlier.Petrol prices hadmaintained stabilitysince September 5 butoil companies finallyraised the pump priceslast week. Petrol priceshave also risen on 21 ofthe previous 26 daystaking up its pump priceby Rs 6.40 per litre.

Credit Outreach Programme KhurdaDistrict - 22nd October 2021Bhubaneswar: A oneday event was organisedon 22.10.21 by StateBank of India inpartnershipwith otherBanks at KasturbaNariMahal atBhubaneswar (KhurdaDistrict ) as part of theongoing second phaseof the Credit OutreachProgramme. The eventwas inaugurated by ShriC.S.Setty, ManagingDirector (Retail & Digi-tal Banking) SBI. ShriAnanta NarayanJena,Hon'ble MLA was theGuest of Honour. Alsopresent at the eventwere Smt. VidyaKrishnan- Chief Gen-eral Manager, StateBank of IndiaBhubaneswar Circle ;Shri C. UdayaBhaskar- Chief General Man-ager NABARD;Dr.PragyansmitaSahoo- Director ofInstitutionalFinance, Govt. ofOdisha ; ShriArupananda Jena - GMUCO Bank and SLBCConvenor, OdishaIn his inaugural address,

Shri Setty impressedupon Bankers to step uplending to Agriculture,MSME , other prioritysectors and particularlySHG financingforempowerment ofwomen.He said that highercredit off-take will helpeconomic growth in thecountry. Heurged Bank-ers to augment focus onvarious sectors in the Statefor financial inclusion . Theparticipating banks hadset up stalls to showcasethe productsoffered bythem.Housing, Vehicleand other personal

loans facilities were be-ing offered by the vari-ous Banks to meet thefestival season demand.So far, more than6,500 borrowers havebeen sanctioned loanstothe tune of Rs 397crores during thisphase. During the 1stphaseof the credit out-reach programme,21,342 loans amount-ing to Rs 869 croresweresanctioned inOdisha which included4,408 loans of Rs 221crores of Khurda Dis-trict.

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