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London: Indian-origin politician Rishi Sunak was appointed as the UK’s new finance minister on Thursday by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a Cabinet reshuffle. Sunak, the son-in-law of Infosys Co-founder Narayana Murthy, will join Home secretary Priti Patel on the top government bench as the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Earlier, Pakistani-origin Sajid Javid resigned as […]

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that India is preparing to combat the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID2019), through its various timely measures and sturdy systems of surveillance. On Thursday, briefing the media, Harshvardhan said that so far only three cases have been tested positive for the COVID2019 out of 1,071 samples. He said […]

Bhubaneswar: Is Odisha government really serious about the future of its students? The authorities concerned may reply in positive, but parents allege that even though ‘irregularities’ like question papers going viral were reported last year, the exam conducting body in the State is not learning from the mistakes putting the future of students at stake. […]

Ankara: A total of 55 Syrian government soldiers were killed in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib amid escalation between Turkish and Syrian forces in the region, semi-official Anadolu Agency reported on Thursday. “According to the latest information received from our sources in Idlib, 55 regime troops have been neutralized today,” said Turkish Defence Ministry in […]

The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) recently released a recruitment advertisement inviting applications from eligible candidates for the positions of Staff Nurse, TGT, Computer Instructor and several other posts. While the application submission process had begun earlier, the last date to apply for the positions is tomorrow, February 15, 2020. Kendriya Vidyalaya Recruitment 2020 Detail TGTs […]

Mumbai: Indian markets closed lower on Thursday along with major world indices over a sharp rise in coronavirus-related deaths in China. Increase in retail inflation and prices of LPG cylinder also dampened the investors’ mood further. China’s Hubei province, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, reported 242 new deaths, double the previous day’s toll. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid the ongoing protests across the country over the increase in LPG cylinder price, CPI (Marxist) general secretary, Sitaram Yechury today said that the price hike is completely unwarranted as international oil prices are not increasing. “This is all because of the crisis created in the balance sheets of our oil companies by the […]

New Delhi: In yet another top-deck rejig in government departments, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Thursday approved appointment of UP cadre IAS officer Debasish Panda as Secretary in the Department of Financial Services (DFS). Panda, who hails from Odisha, will replace Rajiv Kumar after his superannuation of February 29. The ACC has […]

The West Central Railway of the Indian Railways had earlier sought applications from interested and eligible candidates for Apprentice Training. Today, February 14, 2020, is the last date to apply for the training opportunity. Here are details of the Railway Recruitment 2020 Training: Total Apprentices Training – 1273 Positions Location – Jabalpur Check the details […]

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has invited applications for the positions of Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS). Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the positions now. The last date of application submission is March 3, 2020. UPSC Recruitment 2020 Vacancy Detail Indian Administrative Service: 796 […]

The Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) has come up with its first recruitment notification in the year 2020 announcing a vacancy of 1137 posts in various departments of Haryana government. While the application submission process will begin from March 3, the last date of application submission is March 24, 2020. HSSC Recruitment 2020 Vacancy Details Section-Wise […]

Puri: After widespread resentment among local residents over establishment of a parking lot and shoe stand on land of Emar Mutt which was recently demolished for the Puri Heritage Corridor project, the tender was scrapped by the Puri Municipality authorities. Informing about the development, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Puri Municipality, Bijay Das said, “The […]

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a direction to the Central government to ward off misuse of Aadhaar card information. A Bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice C. Hari Shankar asked the government to pay heed to suggestions given by a court-appointed Amicus Curiae (friends of the court) like having […]

Bhubaneswar: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday termed the National Population Register (NPR) exercise as a precursor of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik not to allow it in Odisha. As governments of 13 states including Odisha have already announced not to allow NRC and six chief ministers […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the Budget session of Odisha Assembly, Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) on Thursday demanded 50 per cent share in the 2020-21 state budget for the overall development of farmers in the State. NNKS has been spearheading the farmer agitation in the State demanding price, prestige and pension. Addressing a presser, NNKS convenor, […]