By ARINDAM GANGULY, OP Odisha is increasingly witnessing the realities of a changing climate. Bhubaneswar and several other parts of the state have experienced intense heatwaves, rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and prolonged dry spells, while rapid ur banisation and shrinking green cover have made cities...
MANOJ KUMAR JENA, OP As the world observes World Environment Day to raise awareness about environmental threats such as urbanisation, global warming and climate change, concerns are mounting over how these factors are impacting nature through untimely floods, landslides and increasingly unbearable summers. This year,...
Washington: In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set as safe and shatter its hottest-year record along the way, according to new United Nations climate projections. The World Meteorological Organisation also forecasts...
New Delhi: A worrying post-pandemic orthopaedic trend has emerged across India, with doctors reporting a significant rise in cases of hip arthritis and avascular necrosis (AVN), a painful condition caused by disruption of blood supply to the hip bone, particularly among younger and middle-aged adults....
New Delhi: With heatwave conditions intensifying across several parts of the country, doctors are warning that prolonged exposure to high temperatures may adversely affect not only physical well-being but also eye and neurological functioning, especially among children, senior citizens and people with pre-existing medical conditions....
Bhubaneswar: Indian hockey player, Olympian Amit Rohidas has embraced solar energy by installing a rooftop solar system at his residence under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana. The initiative has significantly reduced the installation cost while ensuring long-term savings on electricity bills. His move...
New Delhi: Three separate trademark applications have been filed seeking rights over the name Cockroach Janata Party, official records showed. The filings, by lesser-known individuals, come amid growing attention around a satirical political outfit Cockroach Janata Party, which had attracted million of views and followers...
Young men dressed as cockroaches were seen cleaning the banks of the Yamuna River in Delhi. Some wore cockroach-like antennae on their heads, while others carried posters around their necks reading, “I am a cockroach.” Initially, people thought it was a prank, but after the...
Bhubaneswar/Ganjam: For the last three days, a grieving father from Ganjam has been sitting silently on the divider of the busy national highway at Khandagiri in Bhubaneswar, his eyes fixed towards the east and his heart filled with hope that his missing son will somehow...
Nowadays, a name is rapidly going viral on social media, making people laugh and think at the same time, the “Cockroach Janata Party” (CJP). What started as a social media trend is now being seen as a symbol of youth anger, unemployment, frustration with the...
By Dilip Cherian The Centre’s decision to significantly expand the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is a lot more than a routine...
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The ongoing visit of Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing to India is fraught with geopolitical significance. India's reputation as a...
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An unwarranted observation by the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has stirred the Indian youth out of its seeming...
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Prominent Muslim voices have asked the Prime Minister of India to declare the cow a national animal and subsequently ban...
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