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Odisha to empower tribal women through diary cooperatives

Bhubaneswar: Odisha will empower tribal women through diary cooperatives so that they get opportunities to earn more, an official said on Wednesday. State-run dairy cooperative Orissa State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation Limited (OMFED) has received Rs.46.45 crore from the union tribal affairs ministry to implement this, OMFED chairman Bishnupada Sethi told IANS. Tribal women play […]

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AstraZeneca Vax Linked To Rare Neurological Disorder In India, England

Eleven individuals who received the AstraZeneca-Oxford Covid-19 vaccine have developed a rare neurological disorder called Guillain-Barre syndrome, clinicians in India and England have reported in two separate studies.

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BJP reshuffle: Suresh Pujari among four secretaries

Bhubaneswar: Former president of the BJP’s Odisha unit Suresh Pujari has been appointed as one of the secretaries of the saffron party. This was announced by BJP president Amit Shah today. In a major reshuffle, Shah appointed three vice presidents, three general secretaries, including Madhya Pradesh minister Kailash Vijayvargiya, and four secretaries. Former Bharatiya Janata […]

Telangana ACB grills TDP leader in cash-for-vote scam

Hyderabad: Intensifying its probe in the cash-for-vote scam, Telangana’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday began questioning Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader V. Narender Reddy while another leader Sandra Venkata Veeraiah is yet to appear before the investigating agency. The ACB late on Tuesday had served notice on TDP legislator Sandra Venkata Veeraiah and another leader […]

Our milk safe, faulty samples taken before processing: Mother Dairy

New Delhi: The state-run processed foods giant Mother Dairy on Wednesday said its milk is safe for consumption and the two samples that were found to be sub-standard were drawn before these could be taken to its factories for quality tests and processing. “It is unfortunate that loose milk samples, collected at village level and […]

Why do same-sex couples want to marry

New York: Just like different sex couples, most same sex couples believe in marriage to bring in social legitimacy, legal benefits and financial protection, finds a survey. The survey that included participants from 47 states of the US, excluding Alaska, Idaho and South Dakota, showed 90 percent of the respondents felt that the option to […]

Telangana ACB intensifies probe into cash-for-vote scam

Telangana's Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has issued notice to two Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders, while party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu is also likely to be summoned for questioning in the cash-for-vote scam

Lalit Modi admits closeness to Sushma, Vasundhara

IPL's controversial former chief Lalit Modi on Tuesday admitted close relations with Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje and External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, and said he has been "over criticised" and "taken to task" by the former UPA government

Methane in Mars rocks suggests possibility of life

In a clue to possibility of life below the surface of Mars today, an international team of researchers has discovered traces of methane in Martian meteorites

An app to track employees, increase productivity

Kochi: A start-up company in Kochi is all set to launch a mobile phone application to track the movement of their employees and monitor performance. The company Transight Systems Pvt. Ltd has come up with the app Seefones — a cloud-based mobile application — that will help field executives take orders against listed customers with […]

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3-0 win over Bangladesh won't fetch India top ODI spot

Dubai: A 3-0 victory over home side Bangladesh in the upcoming One-Day International (ODI) series will not be enough for second-placed Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s¿s India to reclaim the top spot in ICC rankings, but a series win for the hosts will boost their qualifying chances in the 2017 Champions Trophy. Dhoni’s side can reduce leader […]

Kajol-SRK's 'Dilwale' to release on December 18

Mumbai: Rohit Shetty’s much-awaited “Dilwale” starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, that is currently being shot in Bulgaria, will release on December 18. With Shah Rukh and Rohit Shetty coming back for the second time after “Chennai Express”, “Dilwale” has already created a buzz and is now one of the most anticipated films of the […]

Indian juniors bag nine medals in Shooting Hopes meet

New Delhi: A 24-member Indian junior shooting squad has returned home with a rich haul of two gold, five silver and two bronze medals from the prestigious Shooting Hopes competition held in the Czech Republic, it was announced on Tuesday. Among the notable performers, Achal Pratap Grewal won the only individual gold medal in the […]

Allegations against Sushma baseless: Jaitley

New Delhi: Allegations against External Affairs Minster Sushma Swaraj on the Lalit Modi issue are “baseless” and the government has a “collective responsibility” for all decisions taken, Finance Minster Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday. “Our ministers are capable of taking decisions and all decisions are collective responsibility of the government,” he said at a press […]

Detergent in Mother Dairy milk? Company refutes allegation

Agra: Two samples of milk produced by Mother Dairy have been found to be substandard, and one of them contained detergent, a food watchdog official said on Tuesday. A Mother Dairy official denied the charges, saying the company conducts “stringent quality tests”, and the substandard milk was wrongly attributed to it. Ram Naresh Yadav, chief […]

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