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y k y cm LITTLE CHOICE MINORS MOST EXPOSED ‘RE-ELECT TRUMP’ Actor Urvashi Rautela says it is difficult Coronavirus most prevalent in the 5-17 age Top Republicans, including Nikki Haley urge to shoot following protocols but group, according to findings of a Delhi the voters to re-elect Donald Trump for another term work has to go on LEISURE | P2 serological survey TWO STATES | P7 INTERNATIONAL | P10 VOLUME 10, ISSUE 145 | www.orissapost.com BHUBANESWAR | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26 | 2020 12 PAGES | `4.00 IRREGULAR by MANJUL GOVT SLASHES COVID TEST State joins postpone COST TO `1,200 POST NEWS NETWORK Bhubaneswar, August 25: The state government Tuesday re- JEE-NEET movement duced the price of Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik seeks intervention of Union HRD Reaction (RT-PCR) tests con- ducted to detect Covid-19 infec- tions in private laboratories to To safeguard our democracy Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal in postponing the national level tests ` ` Heavy rains disrupt I hereby pledge not to raise 1,200 from 2,200. inner-party democracy issue POST NEWS NETWORK the important examinations. Due to 1st fortnight of September, 2020 may The tests can be done only at four fewer examination centres, many stu- be postponed to a later date to ensure private laboratories in the state ap- Bhubaneswar, August 25: Chief dents from remote areas would travel safety and security of students,” he said. proved by the Indian Council of normal life in state Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday ob- long distances. The CM also urged the HRD minis- Medical Research. POST NEWS NETWORK Under the influence of SHORT TAKES jected to the proposal of conducting JEE “In view of the above, it is requested ter to open centres in all 30 districts of "The (state) government, after the new low-pressure area, (Mains) and NEET examinations in that the ensuing JEE (Main) and NEET the state for all exams to be conducted careful consideration, has been Bhubaneswar, August 25: several places in districts the state in the first fortnight of examinations scheduled to be held in by National Testing Agency (NTA). pleased to refix the maximum Incessant rainfall triggered such as Balasore, Bhadrak, Fuel pain continues September citing the threat of COVID- price for RT-PCR Covid-19 test at by a fresh low-pressure area Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, 19 infection. Rs1,200 inclusive of GST and all over the Bay of Bengal dis- Jajpur, Cuttack, Khurda, New Delhi: Prices of petrol The CM wrote a letter in this re- other incidental charges for private rupted normal life in parts Cuttack and Dhenkanal were raised by 9-11 paise per gard to Union HRD Minister Ramesh STUDENTS GET GRETA POWER individuals desirous of testing," of Odisha Tuesday. The low- were lashed by rainfall of litre in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai with effect from 6 Pokhriyal and sought his interven- NEW DELHI: Climate activist and global icon Greta a notification issued by the health pressure area has now be- varying intensity since am August 25, according to tion in postponing of the exams. As per Thunberg Tuesday put her weight behind the department said. come well marked, the Met Monday night, officials said. Indian Oil Corporation. the government records, close to 50,000 nationwide "postpone JEE NEET" movement saying The tests can be conducted at office here said. Water-logging was also Domestic petrol prices were students from the state are likely to ap- conducting exams during coronavirus pandemic and Apollo Hospital, IMS & SUM Besides triggering heavy experienced in some low- raised in the metros for the pear for NEET while up to 40,000 stu- extreme floods was "deeply unfair" on students. "I Hospital, InDNA Life Science at to very heavy and even ex- lying areas, disrupting life, sixth consecutive day Tuesday dents would appear for the JEE (Mains) stand with their call to KIIT Technology Business tremely heavy rainfall in officials said. Bhubaneswar whereas diesel rates were left this year. #PostponeJEE_NEETinCOVID," Thunberg, who has Incubator (KIIT-TBI), and GenX parts of Odisha over the and neighbouring Cuttack unchanged at existing levels. “It would be highly unsafe and per- 4.1 million followers on Twitter, wrote on the Diagnostics. All these labs are lo- next three days, the system city also experienced rain- With Tuesday’s hike, petrol ilous for the students to visit the test microblogging website where the hashtag cated in Bhubaneswar. is likely to cause squally fall, which affected normal prices have been raised nine centres physically to appear for these "MODIJI_POSTPONEJEENEET" was already trending. The tests will be conducted by weather with the high-ve- life and the movement of times in the past ten days. In tests. Besides, as frequent lock- While her tweet invited many responses from young private laboratories under the su- locity wind having speed the people, they said. Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and downs/shutdowns are being enforced men and women across the globe, the climate pervision of Regional Medical up to 55 kmph along and off In view of the weather activist - who has just returned to school after a "gap Chennai, the prices of petrol by the concerned district adminis- Research Centre (RMRC), the Odisha coast, it said. forecast, District Collectors were raised by 9-11 paise per year" of creating awareness about the climate trations due to sudden escalation of emergency - also faced a lot of backlash for her Bhubaneswar following ICMR This is the fifth low-pres- have been asked to remain litre with effect from 6 am on COVID positive cases, the local trans- guidelines on the testing proto- sure area formed over the alert and closely monitor August 25, according to stand. It's deeply unfair that students of India are portation too gets disrupted,” he said asked to sit national exams during the Covid-19 cols for RT-PCR (Reverse Bay of Bengal in August. the situation, Special Relief notifications from the state-run in the letter. Transcription Polymerase Chain Four back-to-back low-pres- Commissioner PK Jena said. Indian Oil Corporation. pandemic and while millions have also been impacted by the extreme floods. I Vast tracts of the state are tribal stand with their call to #PostponeJEE_NEETinCOVID. The demand to cancel the Reaction) Covid-19 tests, the no- sure systems August 4, 9, Continuous vigil is being areas and hence they are inaccessi- IIT and medical entrance exams has been gaining ground across the country with tification said. 13 and 19 have caused heavy maintained in low-lying ble and far off from towns. The Chief students and parents highlighting how they have been badly hit by floods that Earlier, the government had rainfall in the state, lead- areas, including urban cen- Space research Minister expressed apprehensions have affected many states, including Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, fixed `450 price for conduct of ing to flood-like situations tres, and steps are being that under such circumstances, there Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. rapid antigen tests by the private in several areas, particu- taken to dewater wherever Sambalpur: In a bid to provide are chances of many students missing laboratories. larly Malkangiri district. required, Jena said. technical and financial assistance to Veer Surendra Sai Space Innovation Centre’ (VSSSIC) in Veer Surendra Sai No recovery in University of Technology CM okays package to (VSSUT) in Burla, the Indian CHANCES BRIGHTEN FOR Space Research Organisation demand in (ISRO) Tuesday signed an MoU with the university. The revive rural economy VSSSIC will provide space RATNABHANDAR OPENING near term: RBI research training to students POST NEWS NETWORK across India. The virtual MoU POST NEWS NETWORK ments and other precious items signing ceremony was Bhubaneswar, August 25: Chief stored in Ratnabhandar. Baral, a attended by ISRO secretary Minister Naveen Patnaik has ap- Puri, August 25: The possibility devotee from Puri, had written to and ex-officio chairman K proved a comprehensive package of inspection of ornaments at the the Prime Minister, Odisha Sivan and Vice-Chancellor of for rebooting rural economy to im- inner chamber of Srimandir Governor, Chief Minister, Chief VSSUT Atal Chaudhuri. Under prove the life and livelihood of QUICK REBOOT Ratnabhandar has brightened with Secretary, law department princi- the MoU, ISRO will provide a rural people affected by the Covid- n Working capital support fund the law department asking the tem- pal secretary and the chief ad- one-time grant-in-aid of `50 19 pandemic. for individual nano and micro ple administration to take appro- ministrator of Srimandir to in- lakh to VSSUT for the Different departments like enterprises with one time loan priate action on a petition seeking spect the ornaments at the inner development of infrastructure Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, up to `50,000 per entrepreneur assessment of the precious items chamber of Ratnabhandar. AGENCIES in the first phase. P4 ST & SC Development and Women stored at the temple treasure house. was revealed that the temple ad- On the other hand, Durga Prasad & Child Development & Mission n One time assistance of `1.5 lakh According to sources, the law ministration did not have the keys Mohapatra had written to the law Mumbai, August 25: The Reserve Shakti will work for uplifting the to existing collective department has written to the to the inner chamber of department and urged it to fill up Bank of India (RBI) Tuesday said State Covid toll 419 livelihood of poor and very poor enterprises for the agriculture Jagannath Temple Administration Ratnabhandar. vacant posts at Srimandir demand in the economy will take families in villages, Panchayati and non-agriculture sectors section office August 18 to take ap- Amid a public outcry on the Muktimandap.