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Mumbai: Market benchmark indices ended lower for the third straight day Wednesday, with the Sensex tumbling 813.35 points and the Nifty dropping below 23,450, as escalating tensions in West Asia drove crude oil to over USD 100 per barrel. Selling in IT stocks and fresh...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: In a bid to significantly enhance mobility, operational efficiency, and service reliability for Indian Railways, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Wednesday approved three multi-tracking projects worth Rs 10,783 crore, planned to be completed by 2029-30....

New York: The price of oil surpassed USD 100 a barrel for the first time in almost six weeks after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the Middle East threatened to debilitate an already weakened supply chain. The most heavily traded contract for a...

Bhubaneswar: Philippines' International Rice Research Institute has joined hands with the Odisha government to scale up cultivation and commercialisation of indigenous crop varieties, with a focus on Kalajeera rice, officials said Wednesday. A delegation of the institute led by its principal scientist Dr Nese Sreenivasul...

Washington: US military said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers Tuesday in response to the latest attacks on its warships and Tehran hit back at American targets in Jordan, the latest burst of back-and-forth strikes that have lurched the sides back toward open hostilities in...

Toronto: United States is banning dairy products, most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles from Canada, the White House said Tuesday, as the trade war between the two nations escalates. The ban will take effect in three weeks and comes after Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on USD...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has demanded that the Odisha government publish a white paper detailing the status of every Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed since June 2024, along with the actual investment made so far and the number of jobs generated by...

SUNIT MISHRA, OP Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi arrived in Abu Dhabi Tuesday on a five-day visit to UAE, with an aim to attract export-oriented industries and investment in Odisha. Majhi left Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneswar for New Delhi at around 10 am...

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...

New Delhi: Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov Tuesday confirmed that the delivery of Russia's S-400 Triumf air defence systems to India in 2026 remains on the agenda of discussions between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their upcoming meeting in New Delhi...