News from Odisha

United Nations: Fifty-six journalists were killed in 2019 and most of them died outside conflict zones, a UN spokesperson said. The number dropped by nearly half from the year 2018, but perpetrators enjoyed almost total impunity, Xinhua news agency quoted Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, as saying on Monday citing Unesco figures. The […]

Surat: A major fire broke out in a seven-storey market in Gujarat’s Surat city in the wee hours of Tuesday, engulfing several shops in the complex, a fire official said. While there was no report of any casualty so far, the fire brigade declared a ‘brigade call’ and deployed over 60 fire tenders, water tankers […]

New Delhi: Indian opener Rohit Sharma was at his witty best as he trolled his team-mate, Yuzvendra Chahal, after the leg-spinner’s shirtless picture was compared to Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson on social media. Following India’s emphatic ODI series win over Australia, the 32-year-old star Indian opener tweeted a photo of Johnson along with a shirtless picture […]

Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition (LoP) Pradipta Kumar Naik on Tuesday wrote a letter to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik while urging him to take appropriate steps for usage of Odia language in all State Assembly proceedings. Naik alleged that the use of the local language in administrative and judicial works was only confined to the […]

Bhubaneswar: A large number of endangered Irrawaddy Dolphins were sighted in new areas of the Chilika lake, the largest brackish water lagoon in the country, officials said. The total dolphins sighted during the annual census on Sunday was 146, said Susant Nanda, the Chief Executive Officer of Chilika Development Authority. He said the good news […]

San Francisco: Facebook-owned Instagram has removed the IGTV shortcut button from the top right corner of the app’s home screen because not enough people are interacting with it. Instagram launched IGTV in 2018 in an effort to compete with YouTube, but then TikTok came along. Before IGTV, Instagram had only allowed people to post videos […]

New Delhi: The seasoned M Meena Kumari (54kg) was among the four Indian pugilists who claimed silver medals at the 9th Nation’s Cup boxing tournament for women in Sombor, Serbia. None of the Indians could win their summit bouts on Sunday night with Monika (48kg), Ritu Grewal (51kg) and Bhagyabati Kachari (75kg) being the other […]

Actor Varun Dhawan is prepping up for his upcoming flick Street Dancer 3D. The movie, helmed by Remo D’Souza, also stars Shraddha Kapoor and is expected to be a visual treat for dance lovers. Meanwhile, all eyes are on Varun’s marriage as rumours are making rounds that the SOTY actor will tie the knot in […]

London: Heart patients, please take note. Researchers have found that heart attack survivors who carry excess fat around their waist are at increased risk of another heart attack. “Abdominal obesity not only increases your risk for a first heart attack or stroke but also the risk for recurrent events after the first misfortune,” said study […]

London: A giant planet orbiting at a large distance around a sun-like star has presented a puzzle to astronomers because it does not seem to fit either of the two…

Tokyo: Japan is reportedly planning a comprehensive strategy for “post-5G” (6G) technology by 2030 and it is believed that the new technology will be 10-times faster than the current 5G. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan will set up a government-civilian research society in January under the chairmanship of the University of […]

New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has approved the creation of 2,000 posts in the CISF to augment its strength to effectively guard vital installations, including airports, atomic installations, metro networks, officials said. The Central Industrial Security Force guards about 60 civil airports in the country and has an elite VVIP security wing under its […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, jointly inaugurated the second Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Jogbani – Biratnagar on Tuesday. Jogbani – Biratnagar is an important trade point between the two countries. The ICP is equipped with all the modern facilities. The second Integrated Check Post at […]

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has for the time acknowledged that more than 20,000 people who disappeared during the country’s decades-long civil war were dead, the media reported on Tuesday. The Sri Lankan Army defeated the Tamil Tiger rebels in May 2009 after 26 years of bloody conflict. During this time, Rajapaksa was the […]

Paradip: A huge Marlin weighing approximately 200 Kgs was caught by some fishermen in sea near Paradip today morning. The fish locally named as ‘Kaau Maacha’ owing to its long bill-shaped mouth resembling with that of a crow was caught by some local fishermen while they were fishing in deep sea near Paradip. Fishermen said […]