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Baghdad: Security measures were increased at one of Iraq’s largest air bases that houses American trainers following an attack last week, a top Iraqi air force commander said Saturday. The US military said operations at the base were going on as usual and there were...

Bangkok: The leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Saturday gathered in Bangkok for a summit to discuss economic matters affecting the region amid the ongoing trade tensions between the US and China, as well as to broach an array of policies promoting a...

San Francisco: Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who initiated the call to break up the social networking giant, has termed the new digital currency Libra “frightening”. In a series of tweets, Hughes said Libra has a long way to go before being successful, but in theory,...

New Delhi: In a significant move that heralds a major change in the country’s power distribution sector, two leading public sector utilities, National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (NTPC) and Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCI), have joined hands to set up a National Electricity Distribution...

BHUBANESWAR: Eleven Australian students from city-based Centurion University joined the 73rd Monks, Caves and Kings heritage trail at the twin hills of Khandagiri and Udayagiri here Saturday. The students, currently doing internship at Centurion, termed the experience as ‘extraordinary and beautiful’. Lisa, a member of...

BHUBANESWAR: After taking up its unique Socially Smart Project involving youth from 24 slums under Bhubaneswar Town Centre District (BTCD), the next phase of training more youths from 76 more slums was kick started by Centre for Youth and Social Development with inclusion of 37...

The second day of India International Dance Festival brought together a variety of dance styles like classical, tribal, folk, martial, western and oriental  BHUBANESWAR: The second day of India International Dance Festival hosted by Samskritiki witnessed some spectacular performances from eminent artistes at Bhanja Kala...

BHUBANESWAR: A four-week workshop on Girls Empowerment Mission (GEM) organised by NTPC Talcher Kaniha in association with NTPC Talcher Thermal power plants under its CSR initiative concluded in Angul Saturday. The workshops were organised from May 20 to June 22, 2019. It was meant for...

Chennai: Six bonded labourers from Odisha, including five minor boys have been rescued from a water treatment plant here, police said Saturday. The operation was carried out Friday jointly with activists of International Justice Mission they said, adding all the children were aged below 18 years....

New Delhi: In spite of the United Nations report regarding alarming increase in generation of e-wastes in the country, the Centre has not assessed the annual quantity of e-wastes generated since 2010. Replying to a non-starred question by Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Bhartruhari Mahtab,...