News from Odisha

The year 2019 was very good career-wise for Tara Sutaria and Sidharth Malhotra. Their movie “Marjavaan” was a blockbuster and gave a new life to the career of these young actors who were desperately in need of a hit. Although Tara debuted through Dharma Productions’ big film “Student of the year 2” it could not […]

New Delhi: The government has introduced a system of 360-degree appraisal in the empanelment process of senior-level officer positions, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday. In a written reply to a question on the topic in Rajya Sabha, the minister informed that apart from multi-source feedback from various stakeholders including from seniors, peers and […]

New York: Researchers have found that rosiglitazone – a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes – is associated with an increased risk of heart problems, especially heart failure. Rosiglitazone belongs to a class of drugs called thiazolidinediones. It helps control blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes, but it can also increase […]

Rourkela: In a shocking incident, four members of a family including an infant suffered serious burn injuries after a person allegedly threw acid on them in Sector-A under Bandhamunda police limits in the steel city on Wednesday. Sources said Nagendra Pandey, his wife, mother and brother Krishnakant were outside their home when the miscreant allegedly […]

New York: Women with high blood pressure in their first pregnancy have a greater risk of heart attack or cardiovascular death, researchers have warned. “Women who were diagnosed with preeclampsia tended also to have a history of chronic high blood pressure, gestational diabetes and kidney disease and other medical conditions,” said study lead author Mary […]

Bhubaneswar: No special column for OBC (Other Backward Class) category will be marked in the upcoming census 2020-21 as requested by the ruling Biju Janata Dal in Odisha, informed Union MoS Nityananda Rai of MHA in Rajya Sabha yesterday. Responding to a question by V Vijayasai Reddy on the Registrar General’s decision to exclude data […]

Things have not been easy for Brinda aka Nia Sharma in Naagin 4 as she is facing a lot of issues while taking revenge from the Parekh family. Her first step was to enter the Parekh family which she successfully did by marrying Dev. Brinda also tries to kill Dev as he was the reason […]

New Delhi: The recent locust outbreak along the India-Pakistan border may have been driven by the longer-than-usual monsoon rains across the region, and frequent cyclones in the Indian Ocean, scientists say. In India, the outbreak — the biggest in 26 years — began late last year in Gujarat and Rajasthan states, and recently Punjab was […]

Bhadrak: A Plus-III first-year girl student of AB College here was found dead on railway tracks near Basudevpur area in Bhadrak district on January 20. While police had registered an unnatural death case following a preliminary investigation, the case took a new turn after a few intimate photos of the girl with two youths went […]

New Delhi: Hitting out at Pakistan as well as opposition parties for misleading Muslims on Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Act will not harm “any Indian”, as well as the “minority” and instigating such protests, could lead to “anarchy”. Addressing the Lok Sabha while speaking on the motion […]

New Delhi: Cash-strapped Air India, which is being disinvested by the government, has outstanding dues of over Rs 822 crore towards VVIP charter flights, according to latest data provided by the national carrier to an RTI response. In its RTI response provided on Wednesday to Commodore Lokesh Batra (retd), who sought to know the latest […]

New Delhi: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday announced that it will immediately commit up to $100 million for the global response to the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The funding will help strengthen detection, isolation and treatment efforts; protect at-risk populations; and develop vaccines, treatments and diagnostics. “Multilateral organisations, national governments, the private sector […]

Potchefstroom (South Africa): A hundred from Mahmudul Hasan Joy and a clinical performance from the bowlers led by Shoriful Islam’s three-wicket haul helped Bangladesh beat New Zealand by six wickets in the semi-final of the ICC U19 World Cup on Thursday in Potchefstroom. This is the first time that Bangladesh have reached the final of […]

Cuttack: A three-member Central team on Thursday arrived in Odisha to review preparedness by the State government to deal with suspected coronavirus cases. The team comprising Dr Shikha Vardhan, Dr K. Choudhary and Dr Anuradha Sulaniya held discussion with State health secretary Nikunja Dhal, Director of Medical Education and Training (DMET) CBK Mohanty and regional […]

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing protest at Shaheen Bagh against the Citizenship Amendment Act, people from all religions offered prayers here on Thursday. The event was aimed to end the atmosphere of “fear and violence” that is prevailing in the country and to send out a message of communal solidarity. People from all religions — […]