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Miners flourish, electorate live in misery
Keonjhar: A recent study by the New Delhi-based think tank, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), claims that Keonjhar has bagged the lion’s share – 43 per cent – of Odisha’s total District Mineral Foundation (DMF) funds, collected from miners but the constituency evinces no sign of development commensurate with...
Read moreNaveen’s choice: All hunky-dory for Subal Sahu’s family
Sambalpur: The family members of late Subal Sahu former Congress MLA from Bijepur and his wife Rita Sahu, sitting BJD MLA from the constituency, have thanked Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for deciding to contest from Bijepur Assembly seat. Ainthu Sahu, elder brother of Subal Sahu, had appreciated the decision of the BJD supremo and said, “Naveen Patnaik has made the best choice to contest from Bijepur constituency. My entire family welcomes...
Read moreBJD dubs intelligence report fake, BJP seeks CBI probe
Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Tuesday termed the intelligence report produced by the BJP leaders at a news conference here Monday suggesting Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to chose a safe seat from Western Odisha to contest the election as ‘fake and fabricated’. The state unit of BJP Monday produced an intelligence report reportedly from the state Intelligence Bureau wherein the Chief Minister was advised to contest any one of...
Read moreCBI, ED doing all it can to extradite Nirav Modi: Sources
New Delhi: All expeditious efforts are being made to get jeweller Nirav Modi extradited from the UK, CBI sources said Tuesday. They said the central probe agency is monitoring the developments taking place in London and all legal assistance is being extended to take the extradition request forward in that country. The legal procedure of extradition of an accused takes its own time and Indian investigators, both from the CBI and...
Read moreDemonetisation slowed down economy claims new book
New Delhi: Demonetisation was a terrible idea and the government’s own economic surveys have indicated that this move contributed to a slowdown in the economy, claims a new book. ‘The Great Disappointment: How Narendra Modi Squandered a Unique Opportunity to Transform the Indian Economy’ attempts to answer the overarching question of whether or not the Modi government transformed India’s economy and what the next government’s agenda should look like. Written by...
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Amazing benefits of sleeping naked
Many people might think that sleeping naked sounds quite weird. However, researches and studies have proved that sleeping naked has its own benefits. Besides helping you sleep better, going to bed naked offers many other benefits. Here are a few benefits of sleeping naked: Improved genital health: Airing out your private areas while you sleep is...
Hong Kong to build $79bn artificial island
Hong Kong, March 19: Hong Kong plans to build one of the world’s largest artificial islands with an eye-watering $79 billion price tag, city officials announced Tuesday. The government’s Hong Kong $624 billion proposal to reclaim 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres) of land around the territory’s largest island, Lantau, has been touted as a solution to the pressing...
UN received 259 sexual exploitation allegations in 2018
United Nations, March 19: The UN received a total of 259 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by the staff working in its agencies and their partner organisations in 2018, an increase of more than a hundred in such incidents from the previous year, according to a report presented by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The report, presented...
Facebook says no one flagged NZ mosque shooting livestream
London, March 19: Facebook says none of the 200 or so people who watched live video of the New Zealand mosque shooting flagged it to moderators, underlining the challenge tech companies face in policing violent or disturbing content in real time. The social media giant released new details about its response to the video in a blog...
Maasai tribes drink blood with milk for this shocking reason
The Maasai usually have a drink obtained by mixing milk with bovine blood.; the blood is obtained by making an incision in a cow’s jugular artery with surgical precision, in this way it is possible to collect a reasonable quantity of blood without killing the animal; the wound will heal up within a few days. Blood mixed...
When the German FA banned eves’ football…
Berlin: At 75, former footballer Baerbel Wohlleben still clearly remembers the moment in 1974 when a journalist asked, “but when you head the ball, doesn’t it mess up your hair?” At that time, Wohlleben had already turned 30, but was only officially three years into her career as a footballer, because until 1971 the German Football Association...
US to begin accepting new H1-B visa petitions
Washington, March 19: The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would start accepting new H1-B visa petitions for the fiscal year 2020 starting April 1, the media reported. The employment start date for these visas would be October 1, the American Bazaar daily reported Monday. Like previous years, the regular visa cap limit for H-1B this year...
Mouni Roy dedicates RAW to people who sacrificed lives for country
Mumbai: Mouni Roy, who will be seen in the forthcoming film "Romeo Akbar Walter", says the espionage thriller celebrates the unnoticed people who have sacrificed their lives for the love of their country. "Romeo Akbar Walter" is set against the backdrop of the India-Pakistan War of 1971. In the film, actor John Abraham plays the title role...
Capital embraces natural colours
The city is witnessing a positive trend before Holi as most revellers seem to opt for expensive natural colours to ensure safe celebrations of the festivity BHUBANESWAR: The festival of colours is inching closer. Revellers are already making a beeline to various colour shops across the city. However, this time most of them seem to opt for...
Mahadev in every corner: A temple with crores of shivlings
There are many temples in India and abroad dedicated to Lord Shiva. But today we are going to tell you about a temple where there are around 9 million shivlings. In every corner of this temple you will feel the presence of Mahadev. It is Kotilingeshwara Temple in Kolar district of Karnataka It is believed that the...
