New Delhi: Finance Ministry sources have countered CAG audit finding of central government wrongly retaining Rs 47,272 crore of GST compensation cess meant for states. The ministry said temporary retention cannot be termed as diversion. Days after the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) flagged that...
Read moreNew Delhi: The total number of recoveries from COVID-19 in India surged Saturday to 48,49,584 the Health Ministry said. It informed that 93,420 patients have recuperated from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The number of recoveries exceeded the number of new infections in the...
Read moreBeijing: After the first shot, he had no reaction. But Kan Chai felt woozy following the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine approved for emergency use in China. “When I was driving on the road, I suddenly felt a bit dizzy. It was as if...
Read moreNew Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally sprinted past 59 lakh Saturday with 85,362 fresh cases being recorded in a day. In the last 24 hours 93,420 people have recuperated from the disease. This has led to the total recoveries rising to over 48 lakh. This information...
Read moreBhubaneswar: Doctors who are part of the state government’s awareness programme on COVID-19 have said that diabetes patients who have kept their sugar levels under control are in a better position to fight the novel coronavirus. Anuj Kumar Baliarsingh, an endocrinologist at SCB Medical College...
Read moreBhubaneswar: Several farmers’ outfits from across the state under the banner of All India Kisan Sangharsha Coordination Committee staged a protest here, Friday, against the controversial farm Bills passed in the Parliament recently. Farmers’ outfits like Bhaartiya Kisan Union, All India Farmers Union and All...
Read moreCuttack: As many as 254 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Friday. While 57 of them were home quarantine cases, 64 were from institutional quarantine centres and the remaining 133 were local contact ones....
Read moreNew Delhi: Inflow of Chinese goods could see a rise in the October-December quarter as items worth about Rs 20,000 crore -- primarily comprising electronics and electrical items, gifts, toys, footwear, home and kitchen appliances -- still lie at the Indian ports waiting for clearance. The...
Read moreBhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday urged Union Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel to accord classical status to Odissi music (vocal and instrumental) to fulfil the long cherished dream of music lovers of Odisha and the country. Naveen wrote a letter to Patel...
Read moreBhubaneswar: Between April and June end, the period when there was a COVID-19-induced lockdown across the state, Odisha reported as many as 1,524 road accidents that claimed 707 lives and left 4,268 injured. According to a source, there were a total of 5,802 road accidents...
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While senior bureaucrats often get re-employed with the government after they retire, it is certainly rare for a retired babu...
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From the election point of view, farmers are too important a segment for any political party in the country to...
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When Indian elephants meet African elephants, they recognise that they are both elephants. So do Indian tigers meeting Siberian ones....
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The Covid-19 pandemic’s massive spread has created an extraordinary and extremely difficult situation for all segments of society, worldwide. This...
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