New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has cleared a plan to send three Indians to space for seven days by 2022, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Friday. India will be the fourth country after the USA, Russia and China to send humans to space. Two...
New Delhi: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Thursday held the second preparatory meeting ahead of Biju Krushak Janata Dal’s protest at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi January 8. Odisha Health Minister Pratap Jena, BJD MPs Prasanna Acharya, Tathagata Satpathy, Prasanna Kumar Patsani, Prashant Nanda, Dr...
Washington: US President Donald Trump is the “worst perpetrator” of false information on the Internet, according to UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion. David Kaye said everybody was struggling on how to deal with disinformation and part of the problem is the...
Cuttack: The monkey menace, which had been threatening the residents of Nimeisapur panchayat under Cuttack Sadar block for the last seven months, has finally been resolved. The Forest department officials have captured the rogue animal Thursday near Nuakorua village after tranquilising it. The monkey was...
Bhubaneswar: An application has been filed in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the alleged illegal extraction of soil/murram from forest land for construction of a railway line in Kendrapara district. The petition read that in the 40-km stretch of Haridaspur-Paradip broad gauge line, the...
Bhubaneswar: The Congress Wednesday observed ‘black day’ across the state to protest the ruling Biju Janata Dal's 21st foundation day celebration in the state. The Congress accused the ruling party of intruding the rights of panchayat samitis through schemes like ‘PEETHA’ and ‘Ama Gaon Ama...
BHUBANESWAR: The festivities of Christmas week were kick started in the city at midnight Monday as city churches, roads and shopping malls welcomed baby Jesus with well-lit Christmas trees, socks and alluring lighting. The celebrations began at 12 o’clock with the prayers by the priest...
The procedure of unmodified ECT was discontinued after the passage of Mental Healthcare Bill-2016 around two years ago Cuttack: Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), one of the instrumental forms of psychiatric treatment, has been discontinued at the Mental Health Institute (MHI) of SCB Medical College and Hospital (SCBMCH) here...
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said that around 1,150 health and wellness centres under the Ayushman Bharat scheme would be opened in the state in the next two years. He was speaking at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Arugul campus, in the presence...
Bhubaneswar: Cold wave conditions tightened its grip over the state Monday as the temperature slid below 10 degrees Celsius in at least 11 places. Phulbani was the coldest place in the state recording a minimum temperature of 6.5 degrees Celsius, while the mercury dipped to...
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