Odisha was in the news in 2016 for many wrong reasons like Japanese Encephalitis claiming over 100 lives, malnutrition killing infants, a sex scandal, water war with Chhattisgarh, farmers’ woes et al. But as is our norm we try to showcase positive things too rather than only showing negative news about the state
Positive News for the state:
- Odisha qualified for Ranji Trophy Quarter finals after 15 years
- One more award for Bhubaneswar : bags Best Business World Smart City award in New Delhi
- Make In Odisha proposals worth Rs 14K Crore cleared : Edible Oil Refinery, 3 star hotel, Shrimp processing unit etc
- Movie by Odia Director Budhia Singh Born to Run wins Best Feature film in River to River Florence Indian Film Festival, Italy
- Aditya Birla Group to set up apparel unit in Odisha, first unit outside bangalore : Make In Odisha
- Make in Odisha Conclave : Summarizing just the things that you should know out of this summit
- Foundation Stone of Gitanjali Jems Jewellery and Life Style Park all set for today
- Sambalpur Girl Srishti Vyakaranam Representing India at Miss Asia Pacific International beauty pageant
- Bhubaneswar finished 2nd Runner up in World Smart city Awards in Barcelona among 250 cities of world
- India Surf Festival continues to grow with many international and local surfers in Odisha beaches this year
- Padmini Rout of Odisha scores a hat-trick in National Women Premier Chess Championship
- Amazing Swimmer from Odisha : Pratyasa Ray wins 5 medals in South Asian Aquatic Championships in Colombo
- Tribal women hockey players brought pride to Sundargarh district in August this year. Sunita Lakra, Nomita Toppo and Lilima Minz of the Rourkela-based Panposh Sports Hostel and Deep Grace Ekka of Sundargarh-based Sports Hostel represented the Indian women’s hockey team in the Rio Olympics. The Indian women’s squad had qualified after 36 years.
- In december over 23,300 rural hockey players of 1,458 teams had turned up at Rourkela for inauguration of Biju Patnaik Rural Hockey Tournament on December 10 in the presence of Vice-President of India M Hamid Ansari, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram and Rajya Sabha member and hockey icon Dilip Tirkey.
- National Geographic lists India Surf Festival in Odisha among top 31 events of World must watch
- Mooshake of Milk Mantra, a product from Odisha wins Frost & Sullivan Award for best functional beverage innovation
- Nice to see Bhubaneswar Sign added in Cupertino California USA both being sister cities
- Odisha crowned champions at Inaugural All India Womens XVs Rugby tournament in Kolkata
- Swosti Chilika Resort get ready for opening in January 2017
- After Bhubaneswar Rourkela Gets into Smart city declared by center
- Bhubaneswar Based Walking BookFairs awarded the prestigious ‘Bookstore of the Year Award’ at the Publishing Next 2016 Industry Awards
- Mayurbhanj in Odisha is now India’s first Child Labour free district Video from Zee News
- CTTC Bhubaneswar plays a substantial contribution in Historic Tejas of Indian Airforce
- Srabani and Dutee : 2 Odia girls qualify for Rio Olympics
- First Ever : Odissi Festival at Oxford University United Kingdom Enthralls the Audience
- Sushrii Mishra of Odisha ranked 14 of Most Desirable Women of India by Times Group
- High End Hotels in Europe all set to eat on Siali Leaf Plates from Odisha, German Company signs pact
- Odisha defeats Gujarat to be the National Cricket Champion of visually impaired for the first time
- After Snapdeal Odisha Handloom Weavers Boyanika brand started selling in Amazon
- Nature Index rank Bhubaneswar Based NISER as 4th best Govt Institute in India
- Satkosia Sandbar Resort adds 10 more Swiss Tents to accomodate more tourists
- Odisha launches model schools in 14 districts
- Lalita Prasida Sripada of Odisha wins Women of Worth Award in Science and Innovation category
- Movie based on story of Odisha marathon runner Budhia wins national award for best Children’s Film
- First Ever Mega ATV Championship Starts in Bhubaneswar
- Odisha weightlifter Saraswati Rout wins Gold in 12th South Asian Games
- Awesome to see Bhubaneswar top the list of Smart Cities released by Center
Negative News for the State
- Naveen Patnaik government faced embarrassing moments as the story of Dana Majhi, a poor tribal who had to walk over 10 km carrying his wife’s body on his shoulder from a government hospital in backward Kalahandi district after being denied a hearse in August, made international news.
- Opposition claimed that healthcare crumbled in the state saying more than 100 children died due to Japanese Encephalitis in tribal-dominated Malkangiri district in a span of about two months. The disease rapidly spread and six of the seven blocks of the district were badly hit.
- State government also drew flak following the death of at least 19 infants due to alleged malnutrition at Nagada village in mineral-rich Jajpur district within a short span during June-July.
- Mahanadi river water issue with neighbouring Chhattisgarh.
- Rourkela hit the national headlines this year following arrest of five terrorists of the Khanda module of SIMI.
- Jagannath Niladri Bije controversy brought more dent on the Sevayat Community
- Twenty-two people were killed and 120 injured in a major fire at SUM Hospital in Bhubaneswar
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