Trump’s map stirs North Atlantic controversy

London: US President Donald Trump's latest map-making exercise has rattled the North Atlantic. During a flurry of social media posts over the long holiday weekend, Trump posted a map showing the US sprawling across all of North America and extending to Greenland and Iceland. The map was coloured in the red, white and blue stars and stripes of the US flag. The Truth Social post offered no explanation but recalled Trump's...

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Bengaluru food safety officials seize expired, mislabelled products worth Rs 1.38 crore

Bengaluru food safety officials

Bengaluru: Food safety officials seized expired and mislabelled products worth Rs 1.38 crore and medicines worth around Rs 4 lakh from dark stores (retail warehouses) and storage facilities operated by online delivery platforms in Bengaluru, officials said Monday. The inspections were conducted by the Food Safety and Drugs Administration following the directives of Health Minister U T Khader under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and the Drugs and Cosmetics...

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Indian Scientist Krishnan to lead global fisheries network

Kochi: Indian fisheries scientist Dr P. Krishnan has been elected chair of a global network of regional fisheries bodies at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), giving India a prominent role in international fisheries governance for the next two years. Krishnan, Director of the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation (BOBP-IGO), was elected chair of the Regional Fishery Body Secretariats' Network (RSN) for 2026-28 on the sidelines of the 37th...

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Eiffel Tower shut over female staff being moved for Hindu visit

London/New Delhi: The Eiffel Tower was closed for a day Monday after its staff went on strike over female employees being "moved away" for a visit by a Hindu religious group, according to the iconic Paris monument's management and staff. The incident that triggered the strike took place Saturday during a visit by around 100 people associated with BAPS (Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam) Swaminarayan Sanstha, Euronews reported. When asked about the controversy,...

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Intellectual property protection for ‘Shree Mandira’, ‘Shree Nahar’, ‘Ratna Bhandar’ of Puri temple

Bhubaneswar: Puri's Jagannath Temple has secured intellectual property protection for three distinctive names and identities associated with the 12th-century shrine, an SJTA statement said Tuesday. The names that got the recognition for publication by the Trade Marks Registry were 'Shree Mandira' (in classes 19 and 45), 'Ratna Bhandar' (in classes 14 and 45), and 'Shree Nahar' (in...

Trump’s map stirs North Atlantic controversy

London: US President Donald Trump's latest map-making exercise has rattled the North Atlantic. During a flurry of social media posts over the long holiday weekend, Trump posted a map showing the US sprawling across all of North America and extending to Greenland and Iceland. The map was coloured in the red, white and blue stars and stripes...

Man gets 20-year RI for raping minor in Odisha’s Ganjam

Brahmapur: A Special POCSO court here Tuesday sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment after convicting him of raping a 13-year-old girl after kidnapping her in Odisha's Ganjam district. The incident took place six years ago in a village under Rambha police station limits in Ganjam district. POCSO court judge Rohit Lal Panda has also...

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Odisha INDIA bloc demands withdrawal of MMDR Amendment Act, announces Assembly gherao September 29

Bhubaneswar: Opposition INDIA bloc Tuesday organised a mass convention here, demanding withdrawal of the MMDR Amendment Act, 2026, and protection of Odisha's rights over its mineral resources, land and forests. Constituent parties of the grouping, including the Congress, CPI, CPI(M), CPI(ML) Liberation, All India Forward Bloc, NCP, Samajwadi Party and RJD, participated in the convention, and resolved...

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No villages in India achieved SDGs as of 2021, study estimates

New Delhi: As of 2021, none of India's villages had achieved multiple sustainable development goals (SDGs), including access to basic services, health insurance coverage and women's bank account ownership, research published in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia journal shows. However, almost all the villages had achieved the target for adolescent pregnancy among girls aged 10-14, an...

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No slowdown in India’s Russian energy imports: Kremlin

Moscow: Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that there is no slowdown in India’s Russian energy imports which continue to set records. “I don’t want to give you any figures for understandable reasons, but every month we have a new record,” Peskov said in a virtual briefing with Indian journalists, ahead of the BRICS Summit to be...

Odisha govt to identify dilapidated structures in 15 days

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has formed a team to identify unsafe buildings in the state within a fortnight, after which owners would be issued notices and the structures subsequently demolished, Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra said. He said the government has already assessed the safety of its own buildings and notices have been issued wherever...

 

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