Interior works are now in full swing at the new buildings of SCB Medical College & Hospital, Kataka.
From the visuals, it looks nothing short of a world class private hospital.
One of India’s largest govt hospital redevelopment projects is fast taking shape in Odisha.
DEV MEENA BREAKS NATIONAL RECORD 🤩🔥
Dev cleared record 5.46m to break NR in Men's Pole Vault at Inter State Athletics Championship!
Also Qualified for the Asian Games 2026 🇮🇳✅
Winning against the Chinese. In China.
At the Asian Relay Championships.
Srabani, Sudeshna, Sneha & Tamanna in the 4x100 relay.
Power. Speed. Grace. Commitment.
But above all, teamwork.
This clip has it all.
I’m watching it on loop.
More of this please. 🇮🇳
This is the 2nd highest waterfall in India and it turns magical during monsoon.
📍 Barehipani Falls, Similipal, Odisha
A place where nature truly leaves you speechless.
Happy to connect with Janani Venkatraman at the Green Goddesses Green Awards 2026, Chennai.
A fellow @TimesNow Amazing Indians 2022 finalist, Janani & her team at ROKA are doing commendable work in waste management and promoting sustainable communities.
#GreenGoddessesAwards2026
As Odisha gears up to host World Athletics event in 2028, name another state in India that has invested in sports like this 👇
Sports Infra in #Odisha:
• South Asia’s largest indoor athletics stadium
• World’s largest Hockey Stadium
• 8 regional sports complexes
• 25 synthetic hockey turfs
• India’s first FIFA Talent Academy
• 6 FIFA-certified football grounds
• India’s largest sports science center
• 90 multi-purpose indoor stadiums
• 314 rural mini stadiums
• 140 urban mini stadiums
• Aquatic Center
• Athletics HPC
• Gymnastics HPC
• Swimming HPC
• Badminton HPC
• ITF-certified Tennis Center
And this is still growing…
Odisha isn’t just building infrastructure…it’s building a sporting future 🇮🇳
Thank you Odisha, and Bhubaneswar, for making us proud by being selected as host of the 2028 World Athletics Indoor Championships
But we recognise that this isn’t an isolated achievement.
It’s a textbook case of strategy executed over time.
Michael Porter, the Guru of competitive strategy, described how nations build advantage through clusters: dense ecosystems where infrastructure, talent, institutions and demand reinforce each other.
Such clusters create a flywheel: better facilities attract events, events sharpen execution, execution builds credibility, and credibility attracts more investment.
This is exactly the flywheel Odisha set in motion.
The lesson is simple: you don’t bid for global events.
You build ecosystems, and the world comes to you.
You think you’re drinking Fruit Juice? THINK AGAIN.
Big food brands are selling sugar water with shiny ‘fresh fruit’ pictures on the front. And hiding the truth in tiny fine print at the back of packet which reads ‘Pictures for marketing purposes only’. SERIOUSLY?
Today in Parliament, I called this out.
Because these misleading branding and false advertisement are pushing millions, especially kids, into diabetes and lifestyle diseases.
Time to expose the truth behind your juice box.
🚨 THE PERSISTENT NEGLECT OF AYUSH ASSISTANTS’ LABOR 🚨
1,199 AYUSH Assistants serve Odisha’s rural healthcare under unimaginable conditions:
REALITY:
•Running doctor-less AYUSH dispensaries in remote areas
•No water, electricity, toilets - YET successfully implementing govt AYUSH schemes
•Directed to perform ALL tasks at Ayushman Arogya Mandir WITHOUT additional remuneration (Doctors & ASHAs receive higher pay for same work)
•Working in Medical Colleges on deployment WITHOUT any sanctioned posts
•Handling Stock & Store responsibilities + computer work in District AYUSH offices
SHOCKING INJUSTICE:
✅ House Surgeons (trainees): Higher stipend than Group C employees after MASS STRIKES
✅ Allopathic Pharmacists: Level-7 (₹2,400) in AYUSH hospitals despite ZERO AYUSH training
❌ AYUSH Assistants: Level-3 (₹1,800) - Peaceful advocacy COMPLETELY IGNORED
OUR LEGITIMATE DEMANDS:
1️⃣ Pay Scale Revision: Immediately change the initial Pay Level-3 (GP 1800) to Pay Level-8 (GP 2800)
2️⃣ Post Creation: Create AYUSH Assistant posts in all Homeopathic , Ayurveda and Integrated AYUSH Hospitals
3️⃣ Promotion Timeline: Reduce the promotion eligibility period from 8 years to 5 years for Senior AYUSH Assistants post
45 YEARS. 4 PAY COMMISSIONS. ZERO CHANGE IN PAY SCALE.
Despite peaceful requests for decades, government maintains “stepmotherly attitude” toward every AYUSH Assistant.
If government continues testing our patience, All Odisha AYUSH Assistant Association will be forced to adopt extreme measures to secure our legitimate rights.
@CMO_Odisha@HFWOdisha@MohanMOdisha@MahalingMukesh@OdishaAyush
Rural AYUSH healthcare’s backbone has reached breaking point.
#Justice4AyushAssistant #PayLevel8 #45YearsInjustice #OdishaHealth #GroupCJustice
🚨 THE PERSISTENT NEGLECT OF AYUSH ASSISTANTS’ LABOR 🚨
1,199 AYUSH Assistants serve Odisha’s rural healthcare under unimaginable conditions:
REALITY:
•Running doctor-less AYUSH dispensaries in remote areas
•No water, electricity, toilets - YET successfully implementing govt AYUSH schemes
•Directed to perform ALL tasks at Ayushman Arogya Mandir WITHOUT additional remuneration (Doctors & ASHAs receive higher pay for same work)
•Working in Medical Colleges on deployment WITHOUT any sanctioned posts
•Handling Stock & Store responsibilities + computer work in District AYUSH offices
SHOCKING INJUSTICE:
✅ House Surgeons (trainees): Higher stipend than Group C employees after MASS STRIKES
✅ Allopathic Pharmacists: Level-7 (₹2,400) in AYUSH hospitals despite ZERO AYUSH training
❌ AYUSH Assistants: Level-3 (₹1,800) - Peaceful advocacy COMPLETELY IGNORED
OUR LEGITIMATE DEMANDS:
1️⃣ Pay Scale Revision: Immediately change the initial Pay Level-3 (GP 1800) to Pay Level-8 (GP 2800)
2️⃣ Post Creation: Create AYUSH Assistant posts in all Homeopathic , Ayurveda and Integrated AYUSH Hospitals
3️⃣ Promotion Timeline: Reduce the promotion eligibility period from 8 years to 5 years for Senior AYUSH Assistants post
45 YEARS. 4 PAY COMMISSIONS. ZERO CHANGE IN PAY SCALE.
Despite peaceful requests for decades, government maintains “stepmotherly attitude” toward every AYUSH Assistant.
If government continues testing our patience, All Odisha AYUSH Assistant Association will be forced to adopt extreme measures to secure our legitimate rights.
@CMO_Odisha@HFWOdisha@MohanMOdisha@MahalingMukesh@OdishaAyush
Rural AYUSH healthcare’s backbone has reached breaking point.
#Justice4AyushAssistant #PayLevel8 #45YearsInjustice #OdishaHealth #GroupCJustice
🚨 THE PERSISTENT NEGLECT OF AYUSH ASSISTANTS’ LABOR 🚨
1,199 AYUSH Assistants serve Odisha’s rural healthcare under unimaginable conditions:
REALITY:
•Running doctor-less AYUSH dispensaries in remote areas
•No water, electricity, toilets - YET successfully implementing govt AYUSH schemes
•Directed to perform ALL tasks at Ayushman Arogya Mandir WITHOUT additional remuneration (Doctors & ASHAs receive higher pay for same work)
•Working in Medical Colleges on deployment WITHOUT any sanctioned posts
•Handling Stock & Store responsibilities + computer work in District AYUSH offices
SHOCKING INJUSTICE:
✅ House Surgeons (trainees): Higher stipend than Group C employees after MASS STRIKES
✅ Allopathic Pharmacists: Level-7 (₹2,400) in AYUSH hospitals despite ZERO AYUSH training
❌ AYUSH Assistants: Level-3 (₹1,800) - Peaceful advocacy COMPLETELY IGNORED
OUR LEGITIMATE DEMANDS:
1️⃣ Pay Scale Revision: Immediately change the initial Pay Level-3 (GP 1800) to Pay Level-8 (GP 2800)
2️⃣ Post Creation: Create AYUSH Assistant posts in all Homeopathic , Ayurveda and Integrated AYUSH Hospitals
3️⃣ Promotion Timeline: Reduce the promotion eligibility period from 8 years to 5 years for Senior AYUSH Assistants post
45 YEARS. 4 PAY COMMISSIONS. ZERO CHANGE IN PAY SCALE.
Despite peaceful requests for decades, government maintains “stepmotherly attitude” toward every AYUSH Assistant.
If government continues testing our patience, All Odisha AYUSH Assistant Association will be forced to adopt extreme measures to secure our legitimate rights.
@CMO_Odisha@HFWOdisha@MohanMOdisha@MahalingMukesh@OdishaAyush
Rural AYUSH healthcare’s backbone has reached breaking point.
#Justice4AyushAssistant #PayLevel8 #45YearsInjustice #OdishaHealth #GroupCJustice
🚨 THE PERSISTENT NEGLECT OF AYUSH ASSISTANTS’ LABOR 🚨
1,199 AYUSH Assistants serve Odisha’s rural healthcare under unimaginable conditions:
REALITY:
•Running doctor-less AYUSH dispensaries in remote areas
•No water, electricity, toilets - YET successfully implementing govt AYUSH schemes
•Directed to perform ALL tasks at Ayushman Arogya Mandir WITHOUT additional remuneration (Doctors & ASHAs receive higher pay for same work)
•Working in Medical Colleges on deployment WITHOUT any sanctioned posts
•Handling Stock & Store responsibilities + computer work in District AYUSH offices
SHOCKING INJUSTICE:
✅ House Surgeons (trainees): Higher stipend than Group C employees after MASS STRIKES
✅ Allopathic Pharmacists: Level-7 (₹2,400) in AYUSH hospitals despite ZERO AYUSH training
❌ AYUSH Assistants: Level-3 (₹1,800) - Peaceful advocacy COMPLETELY IGNORED
OUR LEGITIMATE DEMANDS:
1️⃣ Pay Scale Revision: Immediately change the initial Pay Level-3 (GP 1800) to Pay Level-8 (GP 2800)
2️⃣ Post Creation: Create AYUSH Assistant posts in all Homeopathic , Ayurveda and Integrated AYUSH Hospitals
3️⃣ Promotion Timeline: Reduce the promotion eligibility period from 8 years to 5 years for Senior AYUSH Assistants post
45 YEARS. 4 PAY COMMISSIONS. ZERO CHANGE IN PAY SCALE.
Despite peaceful requests for decades, government maintains “stepmotherly attitude” toward every AYUSH Assistant.
If government continues testing our patience, All Odisha AYUSH Assistant Association will be forced to adopt extreme measures to secure our legitimate rights.
@CMO_Odisha@HFWOdisha@MohanMOdisha@MahalingMukesh@OdishaAyush
Rural AYUSH healthcare’s backbone has reached breaking point.
#Justice4AyushAssistant #PayLevel8 #45YearsInjustice #OdishaHealth #GroupCJustice
The only place untouched by the LPG crisis is the Mahaprasad kitchen of Shree Jagannatha Temple, Puri.
Even today, the 12th-century temple prepares Mahaprasad using traditional firewood.
Around 40,000 devotees are served daily.
A centuries-old tradition that continues to stand strong.