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Stimulus Package: Real or illusion
By Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra*
The COVID-19 pandemic is the defining global health and economic crisis of our time and the highest global humanitarian challenge the world has faced since World War II. The virus has spread extensively,…
The Jagannath temple repair and conservation
By Dr Siddhartha Sahu*
The Jagannath temple in Puri was originally said to have been built by King Indradyumna in ancient times. Time and invaders took their toll. The temple had to be rebuilt by King Jajati Kesari on the advise of Adi…
Time to fight undeclared emergency
Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra*
June 25, 2021, is the 46th anniversary of the declaration of the State of Emergency. Prime Minister Narendra Modi left no stone unturned to make a stringent attack on Congress. While tweeting, Prime Minister…
Indian economy: Much-vaunted GDP dashed
Dr. Santosh Kumar Mohapatra*
India is behind many countries in the world in many international indicators, though its rulers claim to be a superpower. It is known as a consuming country rather than producing one. Many multinational…
Sentiment Vs Rationale: Why Warrior-Horse Needs a New Home
By Tanaya Patnaik*
The decision of the Odisha Government to relocate the iconic warrior-horse statue from the Master Canteen square to the Raj Bhawan square in Bhubaneswar has sparked outrage. Unsurprisingly so. And although I might have…
Rich cultural legacy of festival celebrating womanhood explained
By Panchami Manoo Ukil*
After three days of Raja (pronounced as rawjaw) revelry, on the fourth day today we observed "Basumati Snan", the ritual bathing of Mother Earth. Woven into this monsoon festival of "Rawjaw" are the more intense…
Life or Livelihood: The Frontline Workers’ Dilemma
By Dr Siddhartha Sahu*
In the early days of the first lockdown, Mr Rajiv Kumar vice chairman of Niti Ayog hoped that India would not have to continuously choose between Life and Livelihood. With lockdown 2 ongoing little seems to have…
COVID-19 in children: symptoms, prevention and treatment
By Dr Sunil Kumar Kota*
Many quarters have expressed fear that the third wave of COVID-19 may hit the children up to 18 years age in a harder way in near future. So Governments across have been working on a war footing to come up with…
The new treatment protocols for Covid 19; what has changed?
By Dr Siddhartha Sahu*
“Primum non nocere", translated as “first do no harm”, has been one of the fundamental components of medical ethics. Hippocrates in his book the Epidemics, first mentioned this concept. He was concerned that in…
Dr Bijay Kumar Sahoo’s Immortal Bequest: A Tribute
By Sabyasachee Dash*
Every life is precious and as such loss of life involves its own set of adverse implications at times outside the emotional sphere among family and relations. However, there are some individuals whose absence becomes…
