Mobile app to answer tuberculosis queries
Bhubaneswar: TB Mitra, a unique mobile application for tuberculosis-affected communities was launched in Berhampur this week. Ganjam is the second district in the state after Bargarh to launch the app
Telegraph (Kolkata)
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For a plastic-free Odisha
Teachers and students of DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, pay tribute to Mother Teresa and Sarvepalli Radhakrishanan on Wednesday and (below) a student performs at the event. Telegraph
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Dengue kills 10-year-old in Duttabad
Salt Lake: A 10-year-old boy from Duttabad who had tested positive for dengue and been suffering from fever for a week died at NRS Medical College and Hospital on Thursday morning. The child's mother
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Cuttack dengue action plan crawls
Cuttack: The municipal corporation's action plan to contain the spread of dengue has been making tardy progress since it was launched 11 days ago. Although "a multi-pronged action plan" was drawn up
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100 CMC wards at dengue risk
Salt Lake: At least 100 of the 144 wards in Calcutta are vulnerable to dengue with 109 cases reported between August 15 and 22. The government has hardly ever accepted that dengue is a problem but
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75 dengue cases in a month
Calcutta: Around 75 people have been infected with the dengue virus in the Calcutta Municipal Corporation area over the past month, the mayoral council member in charge of health said on Thursday. Atin
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Pollution threat to greenery
Paradip: Tree cover spread around Paradip golf course area wears an emaciated look with black and burnt patches appearing on the leaves. The State Pollution Control Board is working to ascertain the
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Season II of big cat count after rains
Calcutta: Five hundred pairs of all-weather night-vision cameras will be installed across the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve and South 24-Parganas division for the second round of tiger census in the mangroves
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Dengue cases go up at SCB
Cuttack: Dengue patients continue to get admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital here with the disease affecting 233 people since July 15. In the past 21 days, on a daily basis more than 10 persons
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Study links alcohol to TB in young
Young alcoholics living with latent and symptomless tuberculosis infections appear to face a higher risk of developing active TB, medical researchers in India and the US have said after a joint study.