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Protect phones, other gadgets during Holi celebrations
How to protect phones, other gadgets during Holi celebrations; check dos and don'ts

Tips to safeguard your electronic devices during Holi celebrations, preventing water and colour damage.

  • Tuesday, 07 March 2023
Happy Holi 2023
Holi 2023: Best wishes, GIFs, WhatsApp messages for your loved ones

Spread love and happiness by wishing Holi to your near dear ones with these WhatsApp and Facebook messages, wishes quotes and greetings

  • Tuesday, 07 March 2023
Holi 2022
Holi 2023: Is the festival of colours losing its charm?

However, many believe and feel disappointed that the festival is losing its charm due to several reasons including social cohesion, busy work schedule and excessive use of chemical colours.

Munsi Melana – A unique Holi celebration between cops and commoners
Munsi Melana – A unique Holi celebration between cops and commoners

In a bid to spread brotherhood and friendship between the local people and police, then Bhandaripokhari IIC Babulal Munsi started this ‘Melana’ that has over the years turned into a festival and is celebrated every year.

Holi
Why is everyone asking - 'Holi kab hai?'

With confusion prevailing about the Holika Dahan timing, people are equally confused on the day they will play with colours.

  • Monday, 06 March 2023
Biju Jayanti: Biju Patnaik’s ancestral house in Ganjam cries for attention
Biju Jayanti: Biju Patnaik’s ancestral house in Ganjam cries for attention

Though feeling sad for Biju Patnaik’s birthplace lying in neglect, the villagers didn’t forget to observe his birthday on Sunday.

  • Sunday, 05 March 2023
If you do something joyfully, there will be no stress at all: Dr Tara Prasad Dash
If you do something joyfully, there will be no stress at all: Dr Tara Prasad Dash

"Why a mother is not stressed while taking care of her child and stressed while taking care of her mother-in-law. The fact is, if you do something willingly and joyfully, there will be no stress at all," he said. 

  • Saturday, 04 March 2023
Vivek Agnihotri At OTV Foresight 2023
Trolling now an organised business, even my daughter was attacked: Vivek Agnihotri

Speaking at the annual convention of OTV Foresight 2023 in Odisha capital on Saturday, Agnihotri took a dig at trolls stating that it only meant to silence who are on social media.

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri & Wife Actress Pallavi Joshi
Pallavi Joshi reveals Vivek Agnihotri’s obsession with ‘Files’

When Agnihotri was asked about his obsession with the term ‘files’, his wife Pallavi Joshi was quick to reply revealing that his (Agnihotri’s) father was a government employee and that is why he is obsessed with the term.

Depression has become an epidemic, says noted Clinical Psychologist Dr Nimrat Singh
Depression has become an epidemic, says noted Clinical Psychologist Dr Nimrat Singh

"The average time to detect cancer is two years. But when it comes to depression, a person takes ten years to find out that s/he is suffering from depression," says Dr Nimrat Singh.

  • Saturday, 04 March 2023
Vivek Agnihotri At Foresight 2023
I do not make secular films, do not take money from industry to make movies: Vivek Agnihotri

“There are Muslims in India who know a lot about Hinduism. It works in both ways. We interact so much with each other. The producer of The Kashmir Files is a Muslim, even the child who played little Krishna in the movie is a Muslim,”

Breathe properly to de-stress your stress: Dr Rajesh Chandra Mishra at OTV Foresight 2023
Breathe properly to de-stress your stress: Dr Rajesh Chandra Mishra at OTV Foresight 2023

Dr Rajesh Chandra Mishra, a leader in the field of Critical Care medicine in India and SAARC nations, said everything can't be left for the government to do to tackle the problem of mental health.

  • Saturday, 04 March 2023
Pallavi Joshi At OTV Foresight 2023
I seldom allow Vivek to leave home alone: Pallavi Joshi at OTV Foresight 2023

Speaking at OTV Foresight 2023, Joshi said, “I would be lying if I said no. As the society stands today, we knew we will be attracting backlash if we make the movie because we were not trying to appease anyone with this film.

Vivek Agnihotri At Foresight 2023
Odia is a great language; ready to collaborate if there’s a movie on Konark Sun Temple: Vivek Agnihotri

The National Award-winning filmmaker further said, “If there is anybody who wants to make films in Odia, they can contact me. I will help them in whatever way possible. We want our films to go everywhere.

OTV Foresight 2023: Need to break barriers to save Odia language, says Siddhant Mohapatra
OTV Foresight 2023: Need to break barriers to save Odia language, says Siddhant Mohapatra

Speaking on the occasion Asit Mohanty maintained that sadly there is no such provision to preserve and protect ‘our age-old language and if this continues our future generations will be cut-out from our glorious past, history and tradition’.

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