New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is set to hold its second major protest at Jantar Mantar Saturday, with founder Abhijeet Dipke urging participants to bring "plates and spoons" as the Internet-born outfit intensifies its campaign against exam paper leaks and student suicides. The protest is scheduled to begin at 1 pm at Jantar Mantar and is...

Rairangpur: President Droupadi Murmu Friday began her two-day visit to Odisha by inaugurating five projects in her hometown Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district, underscoring the government's focus on tribal welfare and regional development. Rairangpur is regarded as Murmu's 'karma bhoomi' (workplace), from where she began her political career as a councillor in the local municipality in 1997 before...

Rayagada: A mob attacked two NGO workers, including a woman, in Odisha's Rayagada district, assuming them to be members of a child-lifting gang, police said Friday. According to the police, the victims, who were residents of outside Odisha, were travelling from Daringbadi to Thuamul Rampur block in Kalahandi, a neighbouring district of Rayagada. While passing through Kandulguda...

New Delhi: National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct a nationwide mock drill Saturday ahead of the NEET-UG re-examination the day after as part of its preparations to ensure the smooth, secure and transparent conduct of the test, official said Friday. The NTA also issued a statement, saying it is fully prepared for the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination...

The claim settlement ratio (CSR) is a metric for assessing an insurance company's trustworthiness, like a "trust score." It indicates how many commitments the company fulfilled. For example, if a company got 100 claims and they paid 98, then their rank would be 98%. Reasons to care about this figure: Reliability: If a company has a significant...

New Delhi: US-based Indian-origin theoretical physicist Jainendra K Jain has received the prestigious Wolf Prize in Physics for his discovery of composite fermions, a breakthrough that transformed the understanding of the fractional quantum Hall effect and continues to shape modern quantum physics. Jain is the first person of Indian origin to receive the Wolf Prize in Physics....

Rome: The Italian government Friday slammed US President Donald Trump's claim that Premier Giorgia Meloni had "begged" for a photo with him during the recent G7 summit, a pushback that suggested the longtime US ally had had enough of Trump's boasting. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani abruptly cancelled a planned trip to the United States this weekend,...

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha June 20 to attend a major event at Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district, marking two years of the BJP government in the state. He will be joined by President Droupadi Murmu, making it a rare occasion for Odisha to host the country's top two constitutional functionaries together. The joint visit...

Jerusalem: Israel and the Hezbollah militant group agreed Friday to renew their ceasefire after fighting postponed Iran-US talks in Switzerland, three officials said. Word of the ceasefire came from two regional officials and a US official. The truce was mediated by Qatar, the US and Iran, the regional officials said. Orissa POST - Odisha’s No.1 English Daily

New Delhi: Scientists, senior environmental and policy experts, and other stakeholders from across India have written to the Chief Justice of India (CJI), raising questions over the composition of the Supreme Court-appointed high-powered expert committee tasked with reviewing the Centre's report on the definition and delineation of the Aravalli hill range. The letters, written Thursday and Friday,...