Finally, light seems to be appearing at the end of the tunnel. That could be the best way to describe the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) resolution on 10 June endorsing a US-backed ceasefire proposal aiming to end Israel’s nine-month assault on Gaza. The vote on the United States-sponsored resolution was 14-0, with Russia abstaining. The latter...

Mohan Charan Majhi, 52, is all set to take oath as the fifteenth Chief Minister of Orissa and the first from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). After twenty-four long years, the coastal state has got a new leader as the people had voted in support of change in the recently held simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha...

New Delhi: Extending the Ayushman Bharat coverage to everyone aged above 70 years and the pan-India roll out of the U-WIN portal to digitise routine vaccinations are among the highlights of Narendra Modi's new government's 100-day agenda for the Union health ministry. In a brief interaction with senior officials after taking charge of the ministry on Tuesday,...

New Delhi: Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi will be the next Chief of the Army Staff succeeding incumbent Gen Manoj Pande, the government announced Tuesday night. Lt Gen Dwivedi is presently serving as Vice Chief of the Army Staff. Gen Pande will retire June 30. In appointing Lt Gen Dwivedi, the government followed the seniority principle. "The government...

Bhubaneswar: BJP leader Mohan Charan Majhi is all set to become the third tribal Chief Minister of Odisha after Giridhar Gamang and Hemananda Biswal of the Congress. Odisha got a tribal Chief Minister after over 24 years. Biswal, the first tribal to be at the helm of Odisha, was the Chief Minister twice. The Congress leader was...

Bhubaneswar: The BJP in Odisha Tuesday staked its claim to form the next government in the state. The BJP legislature party which met here under the supervision of two central observers- Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Bhupendra Yadav, unanimously elected four-time MLA from Keonjhar (ST) assembly seat Mohan Charan Majhi as its leader and the Chief Minister....

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New Delhi: India will remain the fastest-growing major economy recording a steady growth of 6.7 per cent in the next three years including the current financial year, said a World Bank report released Tuesday. In India, growth is estimated to have picked up to 8.2 per cent in fiscal year (FY) 2023/24 (April 2023 to March 2024)...

Bhubaneswar: Mohan Charan Majhi, BJP's tribal leader who was named the 15th Chief Minister of Odisha, kicked off his political career as a village sarpanch nearly three decades ago. Hailing from Raikala village in the tribal-dominated and mineral-rich Keonjhar district, Majhi (52), the son of a watchman, has been elected to the Odisha Assembly on four occasions...

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras has launched a first-of-its-kind BTech programme in Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics from the upcoming academic year 2024-25, officials said. The course will have 50 seats and the admissions will be through the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE), they said. "The programme aims to cultivate expertise in diverse aspects of...