Information is the key to democracy. For a successful democracy, information empowerment is fundamental. The advent of Information Technology (IT) has encouraged the rapid growth of a global information society that is changing the way people live, learn, and work. Information and Communication Technology’s (ICTs) were recognized to have tremendous administrative potential. For example, ICTs co...

The author is thankful to Dr. E. Subudhi, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India and Dr. Dinesh Goyal, Shiv Astha Clinic, Haryana, India for kindly providing the samples. Ethical approval was not required. Financial support. This research was partly supported by SERB, Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, India. Potential conflicts of interest. The author reports ...

Introduction The scarcity of qualified health workers in rural areas is directly affecting delivery of health services and their quality. Diverse interventions have been instituted by central and state governments to attract health workers to rural areas and to enhance the retention of qualified workers in India. However the reasons for not willing to remain in rural and remote areas are still ...

The Eastern Ghats are isolated hill ranges spreading across states of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in Peninsular India and covers an area of about 1750 km. It lies in 11 30 ́ to 21 0 N Latitudes and 77 22 ́ to 85 20 ́ E Longitudes. It is included under 6°C eastern highlands of the Deccan plateau and one of the biologically richest biogeographic zones of India (Rodgers et al., 2...

Satya Ranjan Misra1, Pavitra Baskaran2, G Maragathavalli3, R Mithra2, N M Praveena4 1Reader, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India, 2Reader, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 3Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Saveetha Dental College, Chennai, T...

We report the 4.51 Mb draft genome of Pseudomonas sp. strain BMS12, a Gram-negative bacterium in the class of Gammaproteobacteria, isolated from the rhizospheric sediment of Phragmites karka, an invasive weed in Chilika Lake, Odisha, India. The Pseudomonas sp. strain BMS12 is capable of producing proteases and is also an efficient plant growth promoter that can be useful for various phytoremedi...

Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.), a well-known member of family Zingiberaceae, is bestowed with number of medicinal properties which is because of the secondary metabolites, essential oil and oleoresin, it contains in its rhizome. The drug yielding potential is known to depend on agro-climatic conditions prevailing at the place cultivation. Present study deals with comparative transcriptome a...

BACKGROUND An unceasing threat of resistance of malarial parasites to available antimalarial drugs makes the development of new drugs imperative. Natural plant-based products are an alternative source for discovering new antimalarial drugs. AIM To determine the prophylactic efficacy of a traditionally used plant-based drug on prevention of malaria in endemic villages of Odisha, India. METHO...

About 500 million people suffer from malaria leading to death in 2-3 million cases every year, of which about 1 million are children. Horstman et al., 1985, and Weber et al., 1991, demonstrated an acute renal failure as a well-described complication of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in nonimmune adults and a major contributor to their mortality. In children, renal failure, though not very common...

The designs of Water distribution systems are based on certain objectives such as equity, adequacy to access its efficacy. The design of canal systems for distributing the water is based on the size of command areas. Duration of operation. It is a fact that Odisha is a predominantly agrarian state as more than 2/3rd of the state population depends on agriculture. Irrigation is the paramount imp...