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Children, youths as well as the elderly, all want to stay fit these days. But not everyone can afford to pay for a gym membership to shed that extra pound or get into proper shape. Take a look at this set up. It is open-air, right in the lap of nature and on top of it it’s free. Thanks to this unique jugaad by a group of youngsters in Jeypore of Koraput district, we are looking at a desi-style and effective workout set up here.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget-2021 in Parliament today. For the first time the budget was presented in a paperless format.

Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2021-22 in Parliament today. In the budget, the Finance Minister announced a significant rise in capital expenditure

The Indian Meteorological Department’s regional centre of Bhubaneswar has issued yellow warning for at least 11 districts of Odisha for the next 48 hours. Cold wave condition is very likely to prevail at certain places in the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Deogarh, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Bolangir, Sonepur, Boudh and Angul during the next 24 hours.

Significant allocations were made by FM Nirmala Sitharaman in Union Budget 2021-22 today for the development of road infrastructure.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2021-22 in Parliament today. Here are some of the key highlights from the budget presentation today.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a new disinvestment policy in the Union Budget 2021-22 presentation today. Here are the key announcements made by the FM today.

Though Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced no changes in personal income tax in the Union Budget 2021-22, a big relief for senior citizens came in the form of exemption from filing tax return

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union Budget 2021-22 laid special emphasis on the agriculture sector and farmer welfare with several key announcements.

A visit to attend the dasaha mourning rituals of deceased kin ends in a tragedy. As many as 9 persons were killed after a van they were travelling in overturned on National Highway-326 near Murtahandi under Kotpad Police limits in Koraput district on Sunday night (January 31). 13 persons were injured in the mishap. Around 20 to 22 persons were travelling in the vehicle.

Meet, Nanda Prusty - a Padma Shri awardee from Odisha. He is 103 years old. Even time seems to have failed before the determination of this man. Despite his age, he is engaged in the noblest deed of imparting education free of cost to the underprivileged.

Following the death of a leopard in Ganjam district, 6 persons have been arrested. The Forest officials arrested six persons on Sunday (January 31) for laying traps to capture wild boars which had led to the death of a leopard in Naguda-Manitara area in Ganjam district. Sources said that while three persons were arrested from Nugudu village, the other three were caught from Pankal Sahi.

A major fire broke out at a private hospital at Tulasipur in Cuttack today triggering panic among patients, attendants and staff. Locals found thick smoke billowing out from the top floor of the hospital and informed fire brigade.

As many as 17 passengers of a boat that got stuck in the middle of Nalabana in Chilika Lake on Sunday evening (January 31) were rescued following a six-hour-long search operation. The passengers got stuck in the boat when they were returning from Kalijai temple in Chilika Lake. The boat developed some technical snag following which it got stranded.

Bhagyashree, a resident of Sector-19 in the Steel City, mastered the art of creating Pattachitra on various themes using soft stones. She honed her skill during the lockdowns and created splendid pattachitra art works on unused bottles, electric bulbs and others glass and plastic materials. She was recently applauded for her creative endeavors by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his radio show ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on Sunday.