A committee comprising 22 doctors was formed by the Odisha government on Thursday to work on translating MBBS books into Odia language.In an order, the health and family welfare department said that the team of 22 doctors headed by vice-chancellor of Odisha University of Health Sciences Dr Manas Sahoo will identify the essential course books for MBBS education required to be translated into Odia. The committee will workout a timeline for the same.The committee has been given 15 days to submit its proposal.The translation work will begin once the committee submits its report.In October 2022, the Madhya Pradesh government had released three translated medical textbooks in Hindi for MBBS students in the state.In February 2022, the National Medical Commission (NMC), India’s regulatory body for undergraduate medical education had asked medical colleges to consider imparting lessons in vernacular languages.
Odisha is set to welcome five new big cats as part of an interstate translocation project. The Forest Department has plans to relocate three Royal Bengal Tigers (RBTs) to Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Sambalpur district and two to Similipal Wildlife Sanctuary in Mayurbhanj district.
This initiative marks a revival of interstate tiger translocation efforts in India. In 2018, a tigress from Madhya Pradesh was brought to Odisha’s Satkosia Tiger Reserve. However, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) put a hold on the program due to concerns about its implementation.
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