Odisha bureaucrat’s short film ‘Mask’ wins People’s Choice Award at intl’ film fest
Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced people all over the world to cover their faces with masks. While some of the people consider the mask as an extra burden on their daily life, a short film titled ‘Mask’ has brought...
Naveen pays tribute to Gangadhar Meher on birth anniversary
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday paid tribute to 'Swabhaba Kabi' Gangadhara Meher on his 158th birth anniversary. Patnaik took to Twitter and recalled Meher’s contribution towards Odia literature during 19th century. Naveen mentioned that Meher’s efforts in setting...
IMD issues yellow warning for 10 districts of Odisha
Brahmagiri Tehsildar lodges FIR against COVID-19 patients in Puri for violating guidelines
Puri: COVID-19 warriors are regularly facing various harassments and non-cooperation from people in the state. A similar case came to light after Brahmagiri Tehsildar Kishore Chandra Panda lodged a complaint at Brahmagiri police station Sunday for allegedly being attacked and misbehaved...
Fake NABARD official forcefully enters into retired govt employee’s house, arrested
COVID-19 in Odisha: 1,734 new cases take tally to 45,927; death toll at 272
Bhubaneswar: As many as 1,734 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in last 24 hours bringing the total number of infections so far in Odisha to 45,927, official data suggested Sunday. According to Department of Information and Public Relations (I&PR) of the state government, out of the 1,734 infections, 1,075 were...
Read moreIndia reports 64,399 new COVID-19 cases, total exceeds 21.5 lakh
New Delhi: India, the third-worst COVID-hit country globally, recorded a single-day spike of 64,399 coronavirus cases, pushing its total tally to 21,53,011. Out of the total 21,53,011 cases, 6,28,747 are active cases, 14,80,884 have recovered from the deadly virus while 43,379 people have died. A total of 53,879 persons recovered and were discharged in the last 24 hours, while, 861 others lost their lives while battling the virus in just one...
Read more78th anniversary of Quit India Movement: Legacy of Odisha
When the Cripps Mission failed, Mahatma Gandhi August 8, 1942, made a call for ‘Do or Die’ in his Quit India speech delivered in Bombay at the Gowalia Tank Maidan. On the same day, at the All-India Congress Committee (AICC) session in Bombay, Gandhiji launched a resolution for the ‘Quit India’ movement. The next day, Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and many other leaders of the Indian National Congress were arrested by the...
Read moreAnother 1,544 COVID-19 patients recover in Odisha, total recoveries top 30,000 mark
Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Saturday said that 1,544 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 1,544 persons, 560 are from Ganjam, 203 from Khurdha, 143 from Koraput, 75 from Gajapati, 62 from Nayagarh, 59 from Sundargarh, 41 from Kandhamal, 37 from Cuttack, 36 from Kalahandi, 36 from Rayagada, 34 from Jajpur, 33 from Balasore, 32 from Puri, 31 from Sambalpur, 24 from...
Read moreOdisha born pilot Nikhil Rath shortlisted for ISRO’s prestigious Gaganyaan mission
Bolangir: Among the 25 shortlisted test pilots, Wing Commander Nikhil Rath from Bolangir district has been selected for ISRO’S ambitious lunar mission – Gaganyaan. Two unmanned and one manned flight will be undertaken as part of the mission, a report said. Also read: Bolangir’s Nikhil Rath in line to go on Gaganyaan mission Nikhil is the son of Ashok Rath, a renowned advocate and leader of Bolangir district and Kusum Rath,...
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Odisha bureaucrat’s short film ‘Mask’ wins People’s Choice Award at intl’ film fest
Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced people all over the world to cover their faces with masks. While some of the people consider the mask as an extra burden on their daily life, a short film titled ‘Mask’ has brought glory to Odisha as it won the People’s Choice Award at an international film festival. During the...
‘Sarabhai vs Sarabhai’ star Satish Shah reveals he was diagnosed with COVID-19; read more
Mumbai: Veteran actor Satish Shah Sunday revealed that he had tested positive for COVID-19 last month and thanked the medical staff for ‘restoring’ his health back to normal. The 69-year-old actor, best known for his work on shows like ‘Sarabhai vs Sarabhai’ and ‘Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi’, was admitted to Lilavati Hospital July 20 after he contracted...
Govt bans import of 101 defence items to boost domestic manufacturing
New Delhi: To make the Indian defence industry self-reliant and boost indigenisation, the Ministry of Defence banned the import of 101 items Sunday. The MoD has also bifurcated the capital procurement budget for 2020-21 between domestic and foreign capital procurement routes. A separate budget head has been created with an outlay of nearly Rs 52,000 crore for...
Pandemic hits puja tableau artisans hard in Odisha
Choudwar: Over 20 artisan families in Choudwar area of Cuttack district who are generally busy this time of the year preparing foil backdrops for idols of gods and goddesses are jobless this time around. Like many, they too blame coronavirus for this. The festive season is just around the corner. By this time, hundreds of artisans living...
Former Miss India World Natasha Suri tests positive for COVID-19
Former Miss India World, gorgeous actress Natasha Suri has tested positive for Covid-19. The bubbly beauty was last seen in Urvashi Rautela’s Virgin Bhanupriya. She will be next seen in Karan Singh Grover and Bipasha Basu’s Dangerous. As a result, she will have to give the promotions of her upcoming project, Dangerous, a miss. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDDoHyEn3n9/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet Natasha...
New law to protect land rights of J&K natives being prepared
New Delhi: A new law to protect the land rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir is on the anvil to allay the apprehensions of the natives after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, officials said. The new law is expected to be enacted in Parliament. "Land rights for the locals in Jammu and...
Stunning pictures of leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal’s wife Dhanashree Verma
New Delhi: India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal Saturday announced his engagement with choreographer and YouTube personality Dhanashree Verma. The latter also announced the news on social media. "We said "Yes" along with our families #rokaceremony," said Chahal in his caption to a picture of the couple from the ceremony on his social media handles. His Indian teammate KL...
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani streamlines 15-year plan to convert Reliance into new energy company
New Delhi: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd has a 15-year vision to build itself as a new energy company that aims to recycle CO2, create value from plastic waste and has an optimal mix of clean and affordable energy, analysts said. While the oil-to-chemical conglomerate has in recent times seen focus on consumer business, RIL's core...
Huge quantity of beef seized in Odisha’s Jajpur district, three arrested
Jajpur: As many as 20 tonnes of beef was seized from a container on NH-53 near Kantapada chowk in Jajpur district Saturday. Police arrested three persons in this connection. Acting on a tip-off passed on by Bajrang Dal members, police stopped container at Kantapada chowk. Upon searching the vehicle, the cops found a huge quantity of beef...
Sperms swim in entirely different way than earlier thought: Scientists
London: In a breakthrough for fertility science, scientists have shattered the universally accepted view of how sperm 'swim'. About 300 years ago, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek used one of the earliest microscopes to describe human sperm as having a "tail, which, when swimming, lashes with a snakelike movement, like eels in the water". This is an optical illusion,...
