Baby dies 

Berhampur: An eight-month-old baby boy undergoing treatment at MKCG Medical College and Hospital here after being branded with hot iron died on Thursday.

Odia in NEET

Bhubaneswar: A day after Union health ministry announced inclusion of eight languages for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test from next academic year, the state government on Thursday sought Centre’s intervention to incorporate Odia as medium of examination “in the larger interest of the students”. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Tribal welfare

Bhubaneswar: Union minister of state for tribal welfare Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor on Thursday launched Vanajeevan — a resource centre for development of livelihood of tribals. 

Sit-in

Bhubaneswar: Former Nabarangpur MP Pradeep Majhi on Thursday launched a sit-in outside Raj Bhavan to protest Naveen Patnaik’s decision not to visit Malkangiri, where 130 children have died of Japanese 
encephalitis.