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BHUBANESWAR : As cyclone Yaas ripped through Balasore district, a pregnant woman of Balabhadrapur village under Anantapur panchayat - 22 km from Bahanaga panchayat where it landed - went through a storm of sorts to deliver her baby as she had to be carried in a cot amid strong wind and heavy rains to a health facility on Wednesday.
Luckily, the woman Sonali Nath and her newborn braved the cyclone fury and were discharged from Soro CHC on Thursday. Sonali, married to Bhimsenu Nath of Nalaguhira village in Bhadrak district, was visiting her parents at Balabhadrapur village. When the local ASHA and anganwadi workers came to know about her, they requested her to shift to the local health facility in wake of the impending cyclone. But as her expected date of delivery (EDD) was on June 17, she chose to remain at home.
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BHUBANESWAR: Mansi Jena and Kamalini Malick have made the SUM Covid hospital in the Capital city their home for over a year since the deadly coronavirus struck.
Since March 2020, they have neither visited their homes nor met their children and families.
There are negligible chances that they would meet them any time soon, but this no longer bothers them.
The two women, who are in charge of the entire nursing wing of the hospital, have devoted themselves to attending to the critically-ill patients at the hospital.
Mansi is a mother of an 11-year-old boy and Kamalini has two minor daughters.
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BHUBANESWAR: Age has never been a deterrent for Shanti Devi. At the age of 17, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave, she left college and moved to Koraput district with an aim to work for the poor in one of the most backward regions. She was accompanied by her husband Dr Ratan Das, for helping the poor.
Today at the age of 86, she continues to follow the path of Bhave s Bhoodan movement and strives to ensure that every person from poor socio-economic background in Rayagada and Koraput districts has a piece of land to call his own.
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BHUBANESWAR : For the upcoming holiday on January 26, Republic Day, a luxury villa of a hotel on the Puri-Konark Marine drive is priced at a whopping Rs 19,000 per night, while another in Bhubaneswar is even costlier at Rs 22,000 per night. The astronomical rates, notwithstanding, both the properties have 100 per cent (pc) occupancy on the day and the weekend thereafter.
If one goes by the occupancy charts of online travel and booking sites, the trend isn’t any different for mid-range and budget hotels or those offering bread and breakfast in the State. Although prices of hotel rooms, both luxury and budget, have risen significantly post Covid-19, the travellers aren’t complaining. After months of lockdown and ‘stay at home’ regime, the general mood seems to be to break free with a vengeance. The price attached is inconsequential.