News from Odisha

New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC), on Saturday, shared an iconic Test record held by former India captain and ‘Wall’ of the team’s middle-order Rahul Dravid. He is regarded as one of the finest batsmen ever to grace the game and holds multiple record to his name. However, this particular stat illustrates why Dravid […]

Subramanian Swamy has finally decided to take a plunge in the Sushant Singh Rajput’s case. A couple of days ago he hired a lawyer to look into the entire matter and to find out whether they can demand a CBI inquiry based on the legal norms and evidence that are currently available. The BJP MP […]

The equation between Athiya Shetty and KL Rahul often seemed much more than friendly in the past. But off late there have been no updates on their relationship. Earlier both the celebs used to comment on each other’s social media posts and even engaged in social media banter. But from the last couple of months, […]

By Sandeep Sahu It is not clear if Ram Gopal Varma aka RGV planned it that way. But there is little doubt that he got what he wanted in the first place: plenty of free pre-release publicity (which is like gold dust) for his upcoming flick “Thriller” starring Our Very Own Anketa Maharana, now rechristened […]

Bhubaneswar: Olympian and India’s fastest woman Dutee Chand, who became the first athlete in the country to come out of the closet about her same-sex relationship, has now made some startling allegations against her elder sister, Saraswati. After facing the wrath of her family members for her relationship, Dutee has now pointed fingers at her […]

Srinagar: Pakistan is trying to step up infiltration and push in more terrorists into J&K after failing to instigate the people of Kashmir following last year’s August 5 decision of revoking Article 370. GoC 19 Infantry Division Kashmir Major General Virendra Vats said this at a press conference in Baramulla, North Kashmir on Saturday. “Pakistan […]

New York: New data revealed by Gilead Sciences has shown that its antiviral drug remdesivir reduces death risk of severe Covid-19 patients by as much as 62 per cent when compared with standard care alone. This is an important finding that requires confirmation in prospective clinical trials, Gilead said on Friday about the results presented […]

London: Consuming protein at night increases the blood sugar level in the morning for healthy people, leading to health problems such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity, say researchers. Previous research has shown that a snack a few hours before a meal can help control blood sugar levels, which may partly explain why the first […]

Nuapada: After a brief lull, leopard skin smuggling has once again come back to haunt Odisha. A joint team of Chhattisgarh police and Odisha Forest department arrested a person on charges of leopard skin trade in Indagaon near Nuapada on Odisha-Chhattisgarh border. The accused has been identified as Sanjay Bag, a resident of Nangalbod village […]

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala gold smuggling case, which has rocked the Pinarayi Vijayan government, took a new turn on Friday with the National Investigation Agency (NIA) registering an FIR against four persons, including prime suspect Swapna Suresh, the high-profile woman who rubbed shoulders with the high and mighty in the state and was close to Vijayan’s […]

New York: An international team of researchers has found that acute ischemic stroke (AIS) linked to Covid-19 are more severe, lead to worse functional outcomes and are associated with higher mortality. For the study, published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, the researchers analysed data on patients with Covid-19 and AIS treated at […]

Bhubaneswar: As estimated, July is turning out to be most critical period for Odisha in the ongoing Covid19 pandemic especially following the return of over 5 lakh people from other states after relaxation of lockdown in May. After recording 29 deaths till July 3,  State’s Covid toll has more than doubled to reach 61 in […]

Malkangiri: With the ‘first-ever’ government bus service kick-started on Friday from Malkangiri to Jodambo, a 190-km stretch once known as a Maoist citadel, the BSF outreach is inching forward in ‘Swabhiman Anchal’ in Odisha to bring smiles on thousands of faces. Swabhiman Anchal was previously known as a cut-off region near the Balimela reservoir, with […]

New Delhi: With 1,781 new coronavirus cases and 34 deaths in the last 24 hours, the national capital on Saturday saw its total tally reach 1,10,921 cases and toll climb to 3,334. According to the Delhi government’s daily health bulletin, as many as 87,692 people have recovered, more than four times the number of active […]

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, urging him to re-examine the UGC directive that mandated final examinations in colleges and universities by September-end. In her letter, the chief minister said the July 6 guidelines of the University Grants Commission (UGC) will adversely affect the interests of […]