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Not Omicron, Covid Delta variant infects 2 VIMSAR students
Chandipur espionage: Five arrested DRDO employees received foreign money, court told
Chandipur espionage: Five arrested DRDO employees received foreign money, court told
SII likely to cut monthly production of Covishield vaccine by half amid demand slump
Illegal fishing in Gahirmatha endangers Olive Ridley turtles
Contractor murdered in Ganjam district
Not Omicron, Covid Delta variant infects 2 VIMSAR students
Sambalpur/Jajpur/Angul: Apprehensions regarding the spread of the Omicron variety of Covid-19 in VSS Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) at Burla in Sambalpur district was laid to rest after reports of RT-PCR test of 12 students ruled out the...
Chandipur espionage: Five arrested DRDO employees received foreign money, court told
Cuttack: The five DRDO employees, arrested in an espionage case, were receiving money in their bank accounts from foreign countries, police told the Orissa High Court Tuesday. A division bench headed by Chief Justice S Muralidhar was hearing a PIL,...
SII likely to cut monthly production of Covishield vaccine by half amid demand slump
New Delhi: With not enough orders for Covishield from the central government, Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla Tuesday said the company is looking at slashing monthly production of vaccines by at least 50 per cent. SII has...
Illegal fishing in Gahirmatha endangers Olive Ridley turtles
Mahakalapara: Nesting of Olive Ridley turtles in a proper manner at Gahirmatha sanctuary in Kendrapara district have gone for a toss. This has happened as hundreds of illegal fishing trawlers have anchored at Bahakud ferry ghat near Mahandi river mouth...
Contractor murdered in Ganjam district
Berhampur: A 34-year-old man was killed and another wounded when attacked with sharp-edged weapons in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said Tuesday. Aghari Nayak, a contractor from Bhikapada village in Khallikote block, and his friend was traveling on a motorcycle on...
India successfully flight tests VLSRSTA Missile developed by DRDO
Balasore: India successfully flight tested Tuesday the indigenously developed new Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air (VLSRSTA) Missile from Odisha coast here, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) informed. The DRDO-developed quick reaction surface-to-air-missile was test launched from the Integrated...
Farmers’ unions all set to call of protests Wednesday afternoon
New Delhi: The protesting farmer unions have reached a consensus on the future course of the agitation. Sources said Tuesday that the farmers’ unions will call off their protests as nearly all their demands have been met. However, a formal announcement of the decision will be made Wednesday, farmer leader...
Read moreOver 3.96 lakh cos removed from official records for non-compliance in 5 years
New Delhi: More than 3.96 lakh companies were removed from official records in the last five financial years after following the due process under the companies law, according to official data. The corporate affairs ministry, which is implementing the Companies Act, 2013, struck off 12,892 companies from the official records in the last fiscal, while the number stood at 2,933 in 2019-20. Figures provided by Minister of State for Corporate Affairs...
Read moreAssembly unanimously passes resolution reiterating its request to Union government to declare Paika Bidroha as first war of Independence
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Assembly Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution reiterating its request to the Union government to declare Paika Bidroha as the first war of Independence. Minister of Culture Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi moved the resolution and it was unanimously passed in the house. The resolution said the 1817 Paika Bidroha is a glorious chapter of in the freedom movement of India. It was an well organised and far reaching rebellion against the...
Read moreDrugs worth Rs 500 crore seized in Manipur town close to Myanmar border
Imphal/New Delhi: Narcotics worth Rs 500 crore were seized from Manipur’s Moreh town near the India-Myanmar border. This is one of the biggest drug hauls in the Northeastern state’s history, officials said Tuesday. In a joint operation by the Manipur Police and 43 Assam Rifles, a warehouse was raided Monday afternoon, Tenugopal district’s Superintendent of Police Vikramjit told reporters. About 54 kg of brown sugar (an adulterated form of heroin) packed...
Read moreOver 1.87 lakh cases pending in Orissa High Court: Law Minister
Bhubaneswar: Over 1.87 lakh cases are pending in the Orissa High Court, Law Minister Pratap Jena informed the Assembly Tuesday. In reply to a written question asked by Cuttack-Choudwar MLA Souvik Biswal, Jena said more than 1.87 lakh cases are pending in the high court as of October 31. The minister said 17,68,704 cases were pending in the district courts, while 8,95,412 cases were disposed of in the last three years....
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Not Omicron, Covid Delta variant infects 2 VIMSAR students
Sambalpur/Jajpur/Angul: Apprehensions regarding the spread of the Omicron variety of Covid-19 in VSS Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) at Burla in Sambalpur district was laid to rest after reports of RT-PCR test of 12 students ruled out the presence of virus in the hospital, Tuesday. However, two out of 12 students who underwent the test...
Chandipur espionage: Five arrested DRDO employees received foreign money, court told
Cuttack: The five DRDO employees, arrested in an espionage case, were receiving money in their bank accounts from foreign countries, police told the Orissa High Court Tuesday. A division bench headed by Chief Justice S Muralidhar was hearing a PIL, seeking the transfer of the probe from the Crime Branch of Odisha Police to a national agency....
SII likely to cut monthly production of Covishield vaccine by half amid demand slump
New Delhi: With not enough orders for Covishield from the central government, Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla Tuesday said the company is looking at slashing monthly production of vaccines by at least 50 per cent. SII has written to the government to seek clarity on its requirement, if any, for normal two doses for...
Sedition charges filed against editor of news portal in Assam, journalists vow to fight
Silchar/Hailakandi: The editor of a news portal in Barak Valley of Assam has been slapped with sedition charges. The Silchar Press Club demanded Tuesday that it be revoked immediately or journalists will continue their protests against it. The charges were slapped Friday on the editor, Anirban Roy Choudhury. An FIR was filed against him for allegedly seeking...
MedPlus Health IPO to open on Dec 13 at Rs 780-796/share price band
New Delhi/Hyderabad: MedPlus Health Services Ltd, a pharmacy retail chain, Tuesday fixed a price band of Rs 780-796 a share for its Rs 1,398 crore initial share sale, which will open for public subscription December 13. The three-day initial public offering (IPO) will close December 15. The bidding for anchor investors will open December 10. The initial...
Govt sacks NHPC Director NK Jain on performance grounds
New Delhi: NHPC Director (Personnel) Nikhil Kumar Jain has been relieved from the service two months before the completion of his tenure on performance ground, sources said Tuesday. December 2, 2021, the Ministry of Power had conveyed to NHPC about its decision to curtail Jain's tenure. Following the directions of the ministry, Jain was relieved from the...
The real reasons behind the Russia-Ukraine tensions: Read on for details
Moscow: Ukrainian and Western officials are worried that a Russian military buildup near Ukraine could signal plans by Moscow to invade its ex-Soviet neighbour. The Kremlin insists it has no such intention and has accused Ukraine and its Western backers of making the claims to cover up their own allegedly aggressive designs. It’s unclear whether the Russian...
Microsoft launches cybersecurity skilling programme in India
New Delhi: Microsoft Tuesday launched a cybersecurity skilling programme that aims to skill over one lakh learners by 2022 as part of efforts to address the skills gap and empower India's workforce for a career in digital security. The programme is designed to give learners hands-on experience in the fundamentals of security, compliance, and identity, a statement...
BSE, HBF Direct sign pact to promote listing of SMEs, startups
New Delhi: Leading stock exchange BSE Tuesday said it has collaborated with HBF Direct Ltd to encourage and promote listing of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and startups across India. HBF Direct is a management consultancy company and offers advisory services to SMEs and corporates in the areas of corporate, finance & legal, fundraising and IPO advisory....
India exports Rs 27,575 crore worth of marine products in Apr-Sept: Centre
New Delhi: The country exported 6.05 lakh tonnes of marine products worth Rs 27,575 crore in the first six months of the current financial year 2021-22 with the most exports undertaken from Andhra Pradesh, Parliament was informed Tuesday. In his written reply to a query in the Lok Sabha, Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam...
