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New Delhi: The government is seeing investment commitments of about USD 11-12 billion under the newly-launched Semicon 2.0 scheme, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said  Thursday. The investment interest spans a wide swathe of the semiconductor ecosystem, including equipment, materials, gases, chemicals, assembly, testing, marking and...

Malkangiri: Fifty-five live turtles were rescued and four people arrested after the Forest Department intercepted an alleged interstate wildlife smuggling operation in Malkangiri district Thrusday. According to sources, the turtles were being transported illegally from Andhra Pradesh to Odisha when authorities intercepted the vehicle during...

Bhubaneswar: The Centre has formally accepted the resignation of Bhubaneswar Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Jagmohan Meena Thursday, completing the process of his exit from the Indian Police Service (IPS). Meena had earlier submitted his resignation citing personal reasons. The Odisha government subsequently forwarded his...

Bhubaneswar: The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Thursday stepped up its attack on the Odisha government over inflation, alleging that the state's retail inflation at 5.52 per cent in August is significantly higher than the national rate of 4.82 per cent. BJD spokesperson Mihir Ray...

Puri: A joint team of the Puri Municipal Corporation, police and Food and Supplies Department conducted raids at several khaja shops and manufacturing units near the Jagannath Temple, Wednesday. The raids were carried out in areas around the Srimandir, Uttar Parswa Math and Srisetu following...

New Delhi: Odisha government Thursday told Supreme Court that it has rejected the remission plea of Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor sons in 1999. "You take...

New Delhi: A review of available evidence has linked exposure to air pollutants with an increased risk of death by suicide or suicidal thoughts, with particulate matter PM2.5 and PM10 and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) posing the greatest risks. The findings, published in the Journal of...

About 12.5 trillion tonnes (11.3 trillion metric tonnes) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979 — enough frozen water to cover the continental United States with ice 5 feet (1.5 metres) deep, according to a major scientific report. A warming...

Aries: Passion will rule today. You will feel like chatting with your beloved the whole day. However, you may incur expenses, and Ganesha advises you to stay balanced. But if you've already decided to go all in, make sure you are in the right headspace....

New Delhi: BCCI president Mithun Manhas and members of the Indian men’s cricket team, led by captain Shreyas Iyer, met Japan’s Ambassador to India, ONO Keiichi, Wednesday ahead of the historic T20I between India and Japan in Sano later this month. The meeting underlined the...