Odisha government signs five MoUs at Odisha Skills 2018
Bhubaneswar, April 29: The Odisha government on Sunday signed five MoUs with leading academic and technological organisations in various fields on the sidelines of Odisha Skills 2018 here, an official said.
All the MoUs were signed in the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
The first MoU was signed between the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Innovation and Enterpreneurship (CIE) and Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) in the field of Internet of Things (IoT) and Robotics.
The second was signed between the Central government's Centre for Development of Advance Computing (C-DAC), and the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) in the field of super computation, artificial intelligence and high-end research, said an official.
Another MoU is inked between C-DAC and Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM) in the similar field of super computation and its use for skill development and research, the official added.
The next MoU was signed between Director of Technical Education and Training, Odisha and Central Tool Room and Training Centre (CTTC) for establishment of five mini tool rooms in five of the leading ITIs at Berhampur, Balasore, Cuttack, Talcher and Hirakud for imparting professional training to ITI cleared students in handling high-end machines and technology.
The last MoU was signed between Odisha Skil Development Authority and Eye Mitra 2.5 New Vision Generation, a division of Essilor India for sector-specific skill development for self employment in vision care.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
