As per https://www.orissapost.com/no-passenger-...dip-route/ (Jan 2022)  the line has been completed since late 2020, but there are no passenger trains yet. Some good trains are running and works on the stations are going on. 

Congress did a Rail roko in November 2021 to protest demanding start of passenger services.

Following is an excerpt from https://sambadenglish.com/survey-for-mal...d-by-june/ 

Quote:Survey For Malkangiri-Bhadrachalam Railway Line Project To Be Completed By June
Sambad English Bureau Published On : Apr 22, 2022 at 5:21 PM Updated On : Apr 22, 2022 at 5:22 PM

Bhubaneswar: The survey work for the new Malkangiri-Bhadrachalam railway line project in Odisha is likely to be completed by June, officials said on Friday.

During his visit to Malkangiri district, Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday reviewed the progress made on Malkangiri-Bhadrachalam rail line project with railway officials, and public representatives, in Malkangiri.

The 173.416 km long Malkangiri-Bhadrachalam rail line project was sanctioned by the Railway Board in September 2021 with an estimated cost of Rs 2,800 crore. This project will have 213 bridges including 48 major and 165 minor bridges, the officials said.

This proposed project will have stations at Malkangiri, Badali, Kowasiguda, Rajanguda, Maharajpalli and Lunimanguda in Odisha, and Kannapuram, Kutugata, Pallu, Nandigama, Bhadrachalam and Pandurangapuram in Telangana.

The estimated cost for conducting survey Rs 307.64 lakh was sanctioned in January, and the contract was awarded in February at a cost of Rs 231 lakh.

After studying various aspects of this project, the alignment has been finalised. The survey works will be completed by June, 2022, they said.
...

During his last visit in August 2021, the Minister said there was public demand for development of the railway line from Malkangiri- Bhadrachalam. “Soon after reaching New Delhi, I have started working on the project and the survey work will be completed soon and then after, land acquisition process will be started,” he said.

An excellent exposition of the cultural evolution of Odissi music. 

Issues related to the starting of Medical College in Talcher are now resolved. MCL will provide the necessary funds and the state government has agreed to run it. Following is an excerpt from https://pragativadi.com/cm-naveen-approv...l-college/ 

Quote:Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday approved in principle the proposal of the Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) to start the Mahanadi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in Talcher, Angul. The Health and Family Welfare Department will run the medical college and hospital, while MCL will provide the necessary funds.

...  MCL has constructed the institution on 20 acres of land provided by the State government.

The medical college will have 100 seats capacity admission per year and the hospital has facilities with 500 beds.

Following is from the Council of Architecture's website at https://www.coa.gov.in/institutionStatus.php : 

297. OR01
Mr. PARTHA PRATIM KARMAKAR
Head
Faculty of Architecture and Design College of Engineering & Technology
Biju Patnaik University of Technology Techno Campus, Kalinga Nagar, P.O. Ghatika, Bhubaneswar ODISHA
Fax: 2386182
Email: principalcet@cet.edu.in
Mobile: 9437189863[/url]
Website: http://www.cet.edu.in 
Odisha University of Technology and Research Bachelor of Architecture 1985
20 seats
2021-2022


298. OR02
Ms. DHARITRI DAS
Principal
Piloo-Mody College Of Architecture Ajay-Binay Institute Of Technology,
Badambadi, Cuttack ODISHA, pin code -753012
Tel: 674553374
Fax: 2362015
Email: info@pmca.ac.in
Mobile: 07852933988
Website: http://www.pmca.ac.in
Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela Bachelor of Architecture 1993
120 seats
2021-2022

299. OR03
Mr. SOUMYENDU SHANKAR RAY
Director
School of Architecture and Planning
KIIT University, At/PO-KIIT , Bhubaneswar ODISHA, pin code -751024
Fax: 2725481
Email: director.ksap@kiit.ac.in
Mobile: 9437035988
Website: https://www.kiit.ac.in/
KIIT University, Bhubaneswar Bachelor of Architecture 2013
40 seats
2021-2022

300. OR04
Mr. UDAYABHANU
Director
School Of Architecture, Planning & Design
Ramchandrapur Jatni, Khurda, Khurda ODISHA
Fax: 2490480
Email: principaloffice@cutm.ac.in
Mobile: 9810703009
Website: http://cutm.ac.in/
Centurion University of Technology and Management Bachelor of Architecture 2014
Under process for Closure
2021-2022

301. OR05
Ms. SUMITA SATPATHY
Principal
SGI School Of Architecture At-Nachhipur, Po-Bhatapatana
SGI School of Architecture At-Nachhipur, Po-Bhatapatana Bhubaneswar , Khordha ODISHA, pin code -752115
Fax: 2856062
Email: sgiskp06@gmail.com
Mobile: 9437024858
Website: http://www.sgoi.org
Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela Bachelor of Architecture 2014
20 seats
2021-2022

303. OR07
Ms. RAJKUNWAR NAYAK
Dean
Faculty of Architecture, Sri Sri University,
Sri Sri Vihar, Bidyadharpur Arilo, P.O Godisahi, Ward No.3, , Cuttack ODISHA
Fax: 2355012
Email: vc@srisriuniversity.edu.in
Mobile: 7894424502[url=http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B17894424502]
Website: http://www.srisriuniversity.edu.in/
Sri Sri University, Cuttack Bachelor of Architecture 2015
40 seats
2021-2022

https://www.coa.gov.in/institutionStatus.php lists the ones approved by the Council of Architecture of India. It lists 9 colleges from Odisha; but 2 of them are about to lose their approval. They are:

297. OR01
Mr. PARTHA PRATIM KARMAKAR
Head
Faculty of Architecture and Design College of Engineering & Technology
Biju Patnaik University of Technology Techno Campus, Kalinga Nagar, P.O. Ghatika, Bhubaneswar ODISHA
Fax: 2386182
Email: principalcet@cet.edu.in
Mobile: 9437189863[/url]
Website: http://www.cet.edu.in
Odisha University of Technology and Research Bachelor of Architecture 1985
20 seats
2021-2022

298. OR02
Ms. DHARITRI DAS
Principal
Piloo-Mody College Of Architecture Ajay-Binay Institute Of Technology,
Badambadi, Cuttack ODISHA, pin code -753012
Tel: 674553374
Fax: 2362015
Email: info@pmca.ac.in
Mobile: 07852933988
Website: http://www.pmca.ac.in
Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela Bachelor of Architecture 1993
120 seats
2021-2022

299. OR03
Mr. SOUMYENDU SHANKAR RAY
Director
School of Architecture and Planning
KIIT University, At/PO-KIIT , Bhubaneswar ODISHA, pin code -751024
Fax: 2725481
Email: director.ksap@kiit.ac.in
Mobile: 9437035988
Website: https://www.kiit.ac.in/
KIIT University, Bhubaneswar Bachelor of Architecture 2013
40 seats
2021-2022

300. OR04
Mr. UDAYABHANU
Director
School Of Architecture, Planning & Design
Ramchandrapur Jatni, Khurda, Khurda ODISHA
Fax: 2490480
Email: principaloffice@cutm.ac.in
Mobile: 9810703009
Website: http://cutm.ac.in/
Centurion University of Technology and Management Bachelor of Architecture 2014
Under process for Closure
2021-2022

301. OR05
Ms. SUMITA SATPATHY
Principal
SGI School Of Architecture At-Nachhipur, Po-Bhatapatana
SGI School of Architecture At-Nachhipur, Po-Bhatapatana Bhubaneswar , Khordha ODISHA, pin code -752115
Fax: 2856062
Email: sgiskp06@gmail.com
Mobile: 9437024858
Website: http://www.sgoi.org
Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela Bachelor of Architecture 2014
20 seats
2021-2022

302. OR06
Ms. NABANITA NARAYAN CHANDRA MRIDULA SAHA
Head
National Institute Of Technology Rourkela, Odisha
Rourkela, Rourkela ODISHA, pin code -769008
Fax: 2462061
Email: hod-pa@nitrkl.ac.in
Mobile: 9078804330
Website: http://nitrkl.ac.in/
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Bachelor of Architecture 2013
20 seats
2021-2022

303. OR07
Ms. RAJKUNWAR NAYAK
Dean
Faculty of Architecture, Sri Sri University,
Sri Sri Vihar, Bidyadharpur Arilo, P.O Godisahi, Ward No.3, , Cuttack ODISHA
Fax: 2355012
Email: vc@srisriuniversity.edu.in
Mobile: 7894424502
Website: http://www.srisriuniversity.edu.in/
Sri Sri University, Cuttack Bachelor of Architecture 2015
40 seats
2021-2022

304. OR08
Mr. DILLIP KUMAR BARAL
Head
Department of Architecture and Planning Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology
At-Sarang, PO-IGIT, Dist-Dhenukanal , Dhenkanal ODISHA, pin code -759146
Fax: 267086
Email: principal_igit@rediffmail.com
Mobile: 9437333078
Website: http://www.igitsarang.ac.in
Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology At-Sarang Bachelor of Architecture 2016
Under process for Closure
2021-2022

305. OR09
Ms. BHARATHI MOHAPATRA
Head
Department of Architecture Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology
Burla, PO Engineering College Burla Sambalpur , Sambalpur ODISHA, pin code -768018
Fax: 2430204
Email: vcvssut@gmail.com
Mobile: 6632430211[url=http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B16632430211]
Website: http://www.vssut.ac.in
Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology Burla, Sambalpur Bachelor of Architecture 2016
20 seats
2021-2022

Six more medical colleges to come up in the next 2-3 years. Following is an excerpt from https://www.reportwire.in/odisha-to-prod...s-by-2025/ .

Quote:BHUBANESWAR: ... at Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Bhawanipatna, Jajpur and Phulbani. While the development of administrative buildings for the medical establishments has been accomplished at Keonjhar and Sundargarh, others are at numerous levels of development.

... Keonjhar and Sundargarh shall be opened within the first part of subsequent 12 months, Bhawanipatna and Jajpur within the second and Phulbani the final.

... yet one more 500-bed medical school and hospital with a capability to confess 100 college students has already been developed by Mahanadi Coal Fields Limited (MCL) at Talcher as a part of  its CSR dedication. The Mahanadi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (MIMSAR) was to be operationalised in 2020-21, however the course of was delayed as no company got here ahead to handle the MCH. The State authorities has requested the Coal Ministry to make sure the ability is operationalised quickly.

Last year (2021) CET was upgraded to a state university with the name Odisha University of Technology and Research (OUTR). Following is some recent news about it, excerpted from https://pragativadi.com/outr-to-be-trans...education/ .

Quote:The Chief Minister has approved an investment of Rs 300 crore in the first phase, while it has been decided to open four more departments. The university has a total of 26 departments, with more than 4,000 students studying. The state government has decided to make it one of the leading educational institutions in the country.

Three new skill centers have been launched in Bhubaneswar. They are:

• Skill India Int'l Centre
  
• National Academy for WorldSkills Competitions
  
• National Academy for Skill Teachers  (NAST)
  

Quote:Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Minister of Education, today launched India’s first Skill India International Centre at SDI Bhubaneswar.

The Minister also launched WorldSkills Academy and National Academy for Skill Teachers at the institute and witnessed MoU signings between NSDC International with the State Government of Odisha and overseas employers. ...

Skill India International Centre will be setup for high-quality training of Indian youth, especially the aspirants from Odisha aiming to work overseas. ...

The National Academy for WorldSkills Competitions will draw global occupational standards, training and assessment norms and infrastructure requirements. The Academy will offer training of trainers, corporate training, upskilling and trade testing, thereby creating a pool of potential competitors for IndiaSkills and WorldSkills competitions.

A National Academy for Skill Teachers has also been launched today that will be delivering skilling of teachers and assessors in alignment with emerging needs of technical and vocational education. This academy would be equipped with best facilities, infrastructure, equipment for delivering quality training programs. The academy would identify and evaluate impact of emerging trends in teaching and skill delivery and would prepare TVET teaching staff for the emerging job roles.

... On this occasion, MoU was also exchanged between NSDCI and various international placement groups. Mr. Ved Mani Tiwari, Director, NSDCI and Mr. Tariq Chauhan, Chairman, EFS Facilities Group exchanged MoU to explore collaboratively, possibilities of establishing skilling and training hubs across India and globally for promoting mobility of trained, skilled and certified Indian workforce overseas. EFS Facilities Group is an integrated facilities management service, operation and maintenance solution provider across the MENASA (Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia) region.

The representatives of various UAE companies were present at the event. MoUs were also signed with EASA Saleh Al Gurg, a multidivisional business conglomerate in UAE; Khansaheb – one of the leading construction companies in UAE; Reliant HR Consultancy – a well-established manpower sourcing company; and ESPA – a plumbing service provider in UAE.

A new Sainik School will be established in Dhenkanal. See details at https://www.dailypioneer.com/2022/state-...kanal.html