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that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday.Authorities worked to clear the mangled wreckage of the two passenger trains that derailed Friday night in Balasore district in Odisha state in one of the country’s deadliest rail disasters in decades.An Odisha government statement revised the death toll to 275 after a top state officer put the number at over 300 on Sunday morning. The officer spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to reporters.Jaya Verma Sinha, a senior railway official, said the preliminary investigations revealed that a signal was given to the high-speed Coromandel Express to run on the main track line, but the signal later changed, and the train instead entered an adjacent loop line where it rammed into a freight loaded with iron ore.Rescue workers gather around damaged carriages during search for survivors at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, about 200 km (125 miles) from the state capital Bhubaneswar in the eastern state of Odisha, on June 3, 2023.

coronavirus vaccines across India, the Odisha government has received two bids through a global tender for procuring doses, an official said on Friday, the last day to take part in the process.However, the names of the two bidders were yet to be revealed.The Odisha State Medical Corporation Limited (OSMCL), which had floated the global tender, has received two bids, according to a PTI report.A notification issued by the OSMCL said the opening of the price bid will be done at 11.30 am on 9 June.The OSMCL had said that the order of half of the total quantity will be awarded to the L1 bidder, from whom the lowest quotation would be received.Keeping in view of the very severe cyclonic storm Yaas that hit Odisha coast on May 26, the state had

Odisha has urged for 15 to 20 lakh advance doses of coronavirus vaccine - Covishield - from the Centre.Additional chief secretary (Health and Family Welfare) of the state Odisha, PK Mohapatra wrote a letter to the Secretary of Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare urging for additional doses of the vaccine to ensure that the planned vaccination sessions are conducted smoothly in the coming days.In the letter, Mohapatra said, "Odisha has already administered more than 35.67 lakh doses of vaccine to Health Care Workers, Front line Workers and Citizens 45 years & above, Since 1 st April 2021, the average vaccination coverage of the State is more than 2.31 lakh per day.""As on April 6th, we have stock of 3, 47,180 doses of Covishield and

BHUBANESWAR : In view of the huge demand for home delivery of liquor during the COVID crisis, the state-owned OSBC has developed a portal which will act as a digital platform to bring all the retailers and consumers together to ensure smooth and hassle free activities.

A powerful cyclone that slammed into coastal India and Bangladesh has left damage difficult to assess Thursday and about 20 deaths.

NEW DELHI – A powerful cyclone that slammed into coastal India and Bangladesh has left damage difficult to assess Thursday and about 20 deaths.

A strong cyclone was moving toward India and Bangladesh on Tuesday as authorities tried to evacuate millions of people while maintaining social distancing.