By-Pramit Karmakar  Bhubaneswar, Jan 25:  Smart phones have now become an indispensable part to human lives. Akin to a beloved partner or pet, your smart phones have also started intruding into your private space. However, experts and doctors well versed with its impact on humans claim its addiction especially at...
Blink News Network Bhubaneswar, Jan 24: A team of doctors from a private city hospital in the state capital is reported to have removed a tumour from the uterus of a 48-year-old patient after the ailing women visited the health centre with a protruding and painful abdomen. Doctors claim that usually...
Blink News Network Bhubaneswar, Jan 22: At a time when higher number deaths of children at Kota Hospital in Rajasthan are making rounds in the country, there are also alarming bells in western parts of Odisha which is reported to be losing close to 900 children per year at its...
Blink News Network Bhubaneswar: Healthcare institutions from Odisha have now added new features to its caps now with the execution of India’s first documented cases of pseudoaneurysm (blood clot between two blood vessels). A city-based private hospital is now claimed to have undertaken this rare surgery first time in the...
Blink News Network Bhubaneswar, Jan 21: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during his visit to the Bargarh district on Tuesday announced coming up with a cancer hospital in the district soon. This comes after some media reports hinted at a rise in cancer cases in the rice bowl district of Odisha. While...
By-Sumana Acharya Sumitra, a 26-year-old who has done post-graduation in demographics and hailing from Berhampur, a small town in Odisha, moved to Shegaon in Maharashtra after marriage. When she moved from the eastern to the western part of India, the cultural shift was obvious in the rituals being followed. The day...
By-Pramit Karmakar Bhubaneswar, Jan 4: On the occasion of #WorldBrailleDay, we tried to show how Braille books are aiding in the literacy of people with low vision/blindness and how advanced technologies are transforming their lives besides the bottlenecks. We visited the only Braille press of Odisha based in Berhampur and also talked...
By-Basudev Mahapatra Kandhamal/Kalahandi: "Unless we consume a variety of foods that include vegetables and greens, pulses and legumes, and meat and fish along with rice, where will we get adequate nutrition? How can our children have proper physical and cognitive growth?” asked Golapi Kanhar. The question from Golapi Kanhar (35) of...