United Nations: To combat sexual violence in conflict situations, India has advocated a multifaceted approach that includes “gender-responsive arms control” that prevents the proliferation of weapons. “Demilitarisation, intertwined with disarmament, calls for gender-responsive arms control” (and) “this approach recognises the role of weapon proliferation in conflict-related sexual violence", India’s Permanent Representative Ruchira Kamboj said Tuesday during a...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to pass certain directions Wednesday on a batch of petitions seeking mandatory cross-verification of the votes cast in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips. As per the cause list published on the website of the apex court, the issue is listed before a bench of...

Washington: US President Joe Biden is set to sign a historic bill regarding a huge foreign aid package Wednesday, that will also ban TikTok in the country if its China-based owner ByteDance doesn’t sell its stake within a year. The US Senate passed the bill 79-18 Tuesday after the House passed it with an overwhelming majority last...

New Delhi: Taking on Google-owned YouTube, X social media platform will soon launch a dedicated TV app for users to upload high-quality videos, its CEO Linda Yaccarino has announced. The X TV app’s user interface looks quite similar to YouTube. In a post on the social media platform, Yaccarino said that from the small screen to the...

Itanagar: Repolling at eight polling stations in four assembly constituencies in Arunachal Pradesh is underway Wednesday, amid elaborate security arrangements, an official said. The repolling was necessitated following reports of violence, including damage to electronic voting machines (EVMs), during the simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections in the northeastern state April 19, he said. The Election Commission...

Rayagada: The National Highway (NH)-326 passing through undivided Koraput district will undergo a major expansion, sources informed Tuesday. It will soon be converted into a four-lane highway making life easy and comfortable for commuters. Sources said that work for conversion of NH-326 into a fourlane highway will start after the the Lok Sabha elections. It has been...

Sundargarh: Swarit Upadhyay, a Class VIII student of Riverstone International School here, has made the state proud by securing his name in the prestigious India Book of Records. Swarit has found a place in the book for his outstanding achievements in 27 quiz competitions, both on off and online platforms. With his deeds, Swarit is the pride...

Rourkela: Demands to stop excavation at the Dumangdiri stone quarry under Kuanrmunda tehsil in Sundargarh district is growing by the day and the issue is turning into a major controversy just before the elections. Villagers living in the vicinity of the quarry are determined to stop excavation as it is harming the natural environment and polluting the...

Dharakote: An elderly man died after suffering a sunstroke Tuesday at Panibandh village under Jhadabandha panchayat of this block in Ganjam district, officials said. The deceased has been identified as Shibaram Bisoi, 58, son of Mochia Bisoi. Locals informed that Shibaram was on the way to Jahada village on his bicycle. However, he suddenly lost consciousness and...

Tihidi: One person was killed and another suffered serious injuries when the bike they were travelling on crashed against a stationary Hyva truck at Fatepur Square on BhadrakChandbali state highway in Bhadrak district late Monday night. The deceased, a pharmacist, was identified as Satyabrata Behera, 28, a resident of Gualipada village under Delang police limits in Puri...