Tag: Crisis

Clean drinking water seems to be a distant dream for the residents of villages under Korana panchayat of Astranga block in Puri district. Water taps in this area are releasing contaminated salty water while many are lying defunct for years together now.

  Berhampur: A day after Odisha Government imposed stock holding limits on potatoes; district administration along with Civil Supplies department officials today conducted raids at different potato godowns in Berhampur. The raids were carried out in Desi Behera Sahi area and the wholesale market of Bada Bazaar after the officials were informed that these godowns […]

New Delhi: A seven-member delegation of the Bar Council Of India (BCI) on Sunday met two Supreme Court judges in an attempt to persuade them to resolve the crisis facing the highest judiciary. The delegation met Justice R.K. Agrawal and thereafter Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, two days after four senior-most judges of the court went public […]

With normal banking services in Yes Bank to resume at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, the private sector bank’s administrator and new investors assured all deposit holders that their savings in the bank were absolutely safe and customers would have much better experience when they resume usual interaction with the lender. “There is no need to […]

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the world faces the most challenging crisis since World War II, confronting a pandemic threatening people in every country, one that will bring a recession “that probably has no parallel in the recent past.” There is also a risk that the combination of the disease and […]

Bhubaneswar: The outbreak of COVID-19 is not just an unprecedented crisis but an event which is turning out to be a harbinger of doom. While many have been pushed into extreme poverty, some are forced to change their occupation to make their ends meet and stay alive. One such story is of Geeta Nanda, a […]