Odisha grapples with human trafficking

Human trafficking – particularly of women and children – is a serious problem and Odisha is witnessing a rise in the organized crime. The numbers of missing persons have increased in the state, while the successful tracing, rescue, and rehabilitation remained abysmally low. As per the NCRB 2018 Report, the state reported 10,193 cases of […]

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Hepatitis: The Silent Killer

Hepatitis virus claims around 1.5 million lives across the world every year. An estimated 400 million people around the world live with Hepatitis. Of them, 290 million are unaware of their condition. Detection of Hepatitis at later stages makes recovery difficult leading to loss of life. As per various projections, India has about three to […]

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Enterprise Search Platform using Apache Solr

Enterprise search can be defined as the systemic approach of retrieving structured and unstructured data from disparate unconnected data sources. In this blog, we have attempted to demonstrate a use case of leveraging Apache Solr, an open source enterprise search platform, in a news application. The app is an AI curated, multilingual application where user […]

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World Youth Skills Day 2020: 35% of Odisha’s Youth Need Skilling

Odisha is blessed with abundant natural resources, coastline, and biodiversity. However, its biggest asset is its youth population.   The population of Odisha in 2020 is about 4.7 crore out of which 1.7 Crore are youth in the age group 14-34 years. This is a demographic dividend for the state and holds promise to propel […]

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World Population Day 2020: Unmet Need for Family Planning in Odisha

It took several thousand years for the world’s human population to reach the one-billion mark in 1804. In little over a century the population surpassed two billion. Today, human population is 7.8 billion and counting. We have grown more than four times in less than 100 years. This is what the term ‘population explosion’ alludes to. To […]

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National Doctors’ Day 2020: Our Tribute to All Doctors and Medical Professionals

As we celebrate the recovery of more than 3.47 lakhs COVID-19 patients in India, and over 5000 recoveries in Odisha on this National Doctors’ Day, we thank all our doctors, nurses, and medical professionals. The national recovery rate inches closer to 60%, while the state’s rate is over 70%. In 1991, the Indian Government dedicated […]

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