ODISHA

Scientists have unraveled the mystery at the back of Odishas Black Tigers in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR).

The STR is the only tiger habitat in the world with melanistic tigers, which have vast black stripes strolling throughout their bodies and thicker than those viewed on ordinary tigers.

Black Tigers are a rare shade variant of the tiger and are now not a wonderful species or geographic subspecies.

The coat colouration & patterning that make the wild cats show up darkish boil down to a single mutation in the Transmembrane Aminopeptidase Q (Taqpep) gene.

And the abnormally darkish or black coat in such tigers is termed pseudo melanistic or false coloured. If you pick out any tiger from Similipal, the chance that it carries the mutant gene is almost 60%.

Factors for Occuring Black Colour: Due to Geographic Isolation, genetically associated people have been mating with each other for many generations in Similipal, mainly due to inbreeding. It needs to be mentioned that this has essential implications for tiger conservation as such isolated and inbred populations are susceptible to extinction over even short intervals of time.

To provide best in-class amenities to passengers and enhance their travel experience,Puri RAILWAY stationwill be redeveloped into a world class transit hub.
It will be built with an estimated cost of Rs 82 crore on design, build, finance, operate, transfer model.

Rail Land Development Authority(RLDA), a statutory authority under theministry of railwaysfor the Development Of Railway land, has invited bids for this upgradation and integrated redevelopment of the station spanning 28,574 square metres. It will also develop surrounding railway land.

Puri railway station, which falls under non-suburban grade-2 category, is one of the busiest stations of the East Coast Railway. It has eight platforms handling 52 trains daily.

Union Education and Skill development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday inaugurated a project Gajapati to Gabon and said this is a good opportunity for Odisha.

He said, The Centurion University would send the trained farmers and research students of Gajapati district to Gabon. The famers would teach on how they are cultivating maize and wheat. By this, our traditional agricultural practices will reach the world stage.

The project is a reflection of the 2020 national education policy. Pradhan said, adding that during the Narendra Modi tenure the relationship between India and South Africa has been strengthened

For the first time children will be part of the nation-wide serological survey to be conducted this month by the Indian Council of Medical Research (Icmr). Three districts inOdisha(Ganjam, Rayagada andKoraput) will be part of this nationwide survey.

The RMRC with the support of the has already conducted state-level sero surveys last year. It had started this survey atPuriin June last year. Later it conducted the survey at Bhubaneswar, Berhampur, Baramba-Narasinghpur, Rourkela, Paralakhemundi,MalkangiriandCuttack.

Doctors say more than 50% Women are diagnosed with severe Health problems after the age of 45 for not paying adequate attention to their own health.

Deteriorating health of mothers, especially working ones, is more of a socio-psychological issue than a health issue. Apart from hectic work schedules, most women are still doing all household chores, including raising children and acting as primary caregivers to the elderly. Irregular sleep pattern, unmindful eating is causing anaemia, low calcium and vitamin D. Prolonged standing causes osteoarthritis and osteoporosis, repetitive use of upper limbs causing to tennis elbow and frozen shoulders, while thyroid disorder are common among working mothers.

In addition to this, the increasing popularity of AIincreases the ability to form such patterns that can treat people withthe right objective.Concept of staying healthy:Through the use of AI, guidance, and support, the concept of staying healthy is rightly maintained.

AI and the use of Robotics in the Health care sector are gaining in popularity with the latest trends in studies and concepts. When it is about discussing cognitive and surgical robotics, one needs to talk about the robotics that can collect the data from the real approach which are existing for surgical approaches.

Farmers staged a rally at Lower PMG in Bhubaneswar demandingfree electricityand pension for farmers and proper price for theiragricultural produce.
They also urged the to take over the power distribution responsibility to its purview instead of engaging private companies.
Farmers under the aegis of Navnirman Krushak Sangathan (NKS) came in a procession from Bhubaneswar RAILWAY station to Lower PMG and staged a massive rally near the state assembly protesting the power distribution companies for allegedly harassing farmers.

The farmers flaunting placards and shouting slogans against the government and power companies had a scuffle with the Police and marched ahead by breaking the police barricade.

As many as 54 projects worth Rs 63,000 crore have been identified for implementation in Odisha under the Centres ambitiousSagarmalaprogramme that aims to bring change in the countrys sector by unlocking the potential of its coastline and waterways.
Informing it inRajya Sabha, Union minister of Ports, shipping and waterwaysSarbananda Sonowalsaid the projects identified in Odisha are related to modernization of the ports, connectivity, industrialization, coastal community development and shipping and inland waterways.

These projects are being implemented by major ports, central ministries, Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), Indian Railways, National Highways Authority of India and various state agencies.

Projects already completed under Sagarmala include development of the Haridaspur-Paradip new RAILWAY line (Rs 1,845 crore), mechanization of three berths atParadipPort (Rs 1,438 crore), multi-purpose berth at Paradip Port to handle clean cargo including container (Rs 431 crore), construction of deep draft iron Ore export berth in Paradip (Rs 740 crore) and development of an inland waterways terminal at Paradip Port (Rs 80 crore).

A notification issued by the Health Department said the UPHCs would be set up at Jajpur and Vyasanagar in Jajpur district, Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj, Malkangiri town, Soro in Baleswar, Rajagangpur in Sundargarh, Talcher in Angul and Cuttack city.

The Government has also decided to transform 147 health facilities into high-case load facilities in the first phase under the 5T initiative Ama Hospital by October this year. The district Collectors would implement the scheme with the assistance of the District Level Committee (DLCs).

The districts liked to the Odisha Mineral Bearing Area Development Corporation (OMBADC) and the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) can utilise the funds from the two sources for execution of the Ama Hospital scheme.

The funds for implementation of the scheme would be provided out of the State Budget, which would be placed with the district Collectors of non-DMF districts.

The Women and child development department on Saturday asked district collectors to makeanganwadicentres ready for reopening. The department also asked the collectors to send a report on the preparedness by February 16.
The department instructed officers to ensure that the buildings of the anganwadi centres are fine and the facilities have all the equipment. Official sources said, with Covid-19 cases decreasing, the Odisha government is planning to reopen the centres across the state and directions in this regard will be issued soon.

Anganwadi centres provide pre-school training to children aged between 3 and 6 and take care of their Nutrition and early childhood care and Education (ECCE). In February 2021, the had allowed reopening of anganwadi centres with Covid-19 norms in place. But they shut due to re-emergence of Covid-19 cases in the second wave. Again, on January 5 this year, the government announced to shut schools and colleges following the resurgence of theOmicronvariant.