Nuakhai is the harvest festival of Western Odisha. ‘Nua’ means new, and ‘Khai’ means to eat. The occasion marks the consumption of the first harvested crops and falls on the Bhadraba Shuklapakhya Panchami tithi, which is the day following Ganesh Chaturthi. It is the most important festival in the region and is an official holiday in Odisha. […]
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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched smart health cards under the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana to enable around 3.5 crore people to get cashless healthcare services in 200 hospitals in the state and other parts of the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Around 3.5 crore people of 96 lakh families will be benefited from
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Odisha state government recently announced the expansion of its flagship health assurance scheme – Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) that it had implemented instead of the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Around 3.5 crore people in 96 lakh families, who are now getting benefits under
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Odisha’s Bhubaneswar became the first city in India to achieve 100 per cent vaccination coverage against Covid-19. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Furthermore, it has also administered the first dose of the vaccine to around one lakh migrant workers in the capital. Several strategies like identification of priority population, increase in vaccination centres, and creating
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The Odisha government has implemented the one nation one ration card scheme. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the scheme across the state. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The scheme allows the beneficiaries to lift his or her quota of foodgrains from any of the fair price shops of his or her choice, both within and
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Odisha’s famous city, Puri became the first city in India where people can avail high quality drinking water directly from the tap on 24-hour basis. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 No metropolitan city in India have such facility yet. Similar facilities are available only in world-class cities like London, New York and Singapore. The project
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The famous Snana Yatra of Lord Jagannath has begun in Puri. Snana Yatra is a ceremonial grand shower festival celebrated on the Purnima of the Hindu month of Jyeshtha. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 This is the first occasion in the year as per the Hindu calendar, when the deities Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra, Sudarshan, and
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The Kuraloi (A) North mine has been successfully auctioned with Vedanta Limited in the second attempt of the first Tranche of Auction under Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation)Act, 1957, the Ministry of Coal informed. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Nominated Authority, Ministry of Coal launched the auction process of 38 coal mines in
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The Odisha government has allowed the transgender community to apply for the posts of constables and sub-inspectors in the state police department. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 For the first time, a public advertisement has been issued seeking application from transgender people in government jobs in the state. As per the transgender persons (Protection of
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Odisha celebrated a 3-day festival Raja Parba. During this period, it is believed that Mother Earth menstruates and prepares herself for future agricultural activities with the arrival of monsoon. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Raja Parba or Mithuna Sankranti is a three-day-long festival and the second day signifies beginning of the solar month of Mithuna
