News from Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha SSEPD Minister Ashok Panda has brought allegations of illegal form distribution and assurance of benefits by some ward representatives of Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi. Panda alleged that the ward representatives of the Bhubaneswar MP are illegally distributing forms among the street vendors under the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) assuring benefits to those who […]

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that overcoming the coronavirus pandemic will require the most massive public health effort in history since it is an interconnected world where “none of us is safe until all of us are safe”. His remarks came as the world leaders on Monday pledged 7.4 billion euros (approximately […]

Pooja Hegde and Prabhas were shooting in Georgia for “#Prabhas20” when the COVID-19 pandemic scare started. The crew had to stop the shooting and return to India. All of the team members were quarantined for 14 days as is the routine. The “Baahubali” actor is known for being shy and introverted. His appearances on reality […]

New Delhi: With the COVID-10 pandemic ravaging several industries amid poor consumer spending, global retail sales in 2020 will decline by an average of 9.6 per cent, resulting in a loss of $2.1 trillion and it will take four years for retailers to overtake pre-pandemic levels, a new Forrester report said on Tuesday. The impact […]

Amid the rising COVID-19 cases in the country, experts and administration officials are calling for strictly following COVID norms and advocating the must use of masks while stepping out from…

New Delhi: The Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE-Main) will be held from July 18 to July 23 while the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) will be held on July 26. JEE Advanced is expected to be held in August, the dates of which are yet to be decided. The dates were announced by Human […]

Chennai: Tamil movie comedian and Padma Shri recipient Vivekh passed away on Saturday at a private hospital here. He was 59. He was admitted to SIMS Hospital on Friday morning…

Srinagar: Congratulatory messages have been pouring in for three photojournalists from Jammu and Kashmir who have won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in feature photography for their work during the shutdown in the region following abrogation of Article 370 in August last year. Mukhtar Khan, Yasin Dar and Channi Anand — three photojournalists working with the […]

London: Children with long-term health conditions may be more likely to experience mental illness in early adolescence than healthy kids, warn researchers. In the study, published in the journal Development and Psychopathology, children reported to have chronic health problems showed higher rates of mental illness at 10 years, and those health problems continued to be […]

Bhubaneswar: Unperturbed by the lockdown restrictions clamped to contain the spread of novel coronavirus, a bookseller in Odisha’s Nayagarh district was found blatantly selling liquor in his shop. This has come to the fore when a formal decision on resumption of liquor sale is yet to be taken by the State government. The illegal act […]

Bollywood celebs and their affairs are important parts of all the film magazines and entertainment channels. These gossips provide the media with the right fodder for attracting more viewers. That is why, despite a complete lockdown in the country, interviewers and presenters have not stopped having online chats with these celebs so that they can […]

Berhampur/Bhubaneswar: All the 128 Odia Surat returnees who had fled two quarantine centres in Beguniapada area of Ganjam district two days ago have been caught by the police. Cases have been registered against 12 persons under different sections in Beguniapada block. Taking to twitter, Ganjam SP has informed that based on the report of Tehsildar-cum-Incident […]

Tel Aviv: In what could be said as a breakthrough in the treatment of patients infected with novel-Coronavirus, Israel’s Defence Minister revealed that the top Biological Research institute of his country is on the verge of inventing treatment for the deadly virus. Israel’s Defence Minister Naftali Bennett made the claims following his visit to the […]

Bhubaneswar: When ‘corona warriors’ in the country are keenly guarding against the COVID onslaught on the country, the ‘cyclone watchers’ are keeping a close tab on the Low Pressure Area (LOPAR) formed over Andaman seas. More worrying is another circulation is being observed over Sri Lanka. ECMRWF model shows Kerala on radar. What makes the […]

London: In a warning for heavy drinkers, new research says that higher alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of having a stroke or developing peripheral artery disease (PAD). While observational studies have consistently shown that heavy alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of certain cardiovascular diseases, they often use self-reported data […]