News from Odisha

Mumbai: Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s last film ‘Dil Bechara’ has been scheduled to be digitally premiered today (Friday) evening at 7:30 PM. Unlike the OTT norm of releasing movies digitally at midnight, Dil Bechara will be available online by evening. As stated by casting director-turned-filmmaker Mukesh Chhabra, along with India, the film will also […]

Amaravati: The Met department forecast mid-summer thunderstorms in parts of north coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam and Rayalaseema, accompanied by lightning for the next three days. “Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and…

Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot accused Governor Kalraj Mishra on Friday of being under pressure to not call an assembly session. Gehlot said the state government requested the governor to call a session, but he had not yet issued the order. “We want an assembly session from Monday,” the chief minister told reporters outside […]

Berhampur: Even though Odisha government has tagged Ganjam district as a ‘high-priority’ district, severe lapses in COVID-19 management have come to fore from Bhanjanagar area where a person’s COVID19 test report, that revealed he was positive, was received after his cremation. Such lapses on ground zero have raised several questions on the ongoing COVID-19 management […]

Bhubaneswar: After registering a record single-day spike of 1,594 new Covid-19 cases, Odisha on Friday witnessed significant recoveries with 808 patients recuperating from the disease. With this, the total recoveries in the State reached 15200. The active cases in the State now stand at 7,339. #BIG_BREAKING HIGHEST single-day #COVID19 recoveries in #Odisha 808 #COVID19 patients […]

New Delhi: In an administrative reshuffle announced on Friday, the Central government appointed senior IAS officer Rajesh Bhushan as Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare. Rajesh Bhushan IAS given addl charge as Secretary (Security)- Cabinet Secretariat – https://t.co/jxbsxcMTeN pic.twitter.com/dyaGLaA0PA — Indian Bureaucracy (@INDBureaucracy) November 1, 2019 The 1987-batch Bihar cadre officer will succeed Preeti […]

Bhubaneswar: A visually-challenged couple in Bhubaneswar woke up to a crude shock after they were handed an electricity bill of Rs 58 lakh. The visually-challenged couple, who reside in Panchagaon area under Airfield police limits in Bhubaneswar, are now in a state of panic after being charged such a huge amount despite being a domestic […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Agriculture Secretary has informed that around 50,000 out of the total 51.05 lakh people who availed benefits under the KALIA (Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation) scheme are ineligible. While some of them have returned the money, the State government has asked others to voluntarily refund the financial assistance through a dedicated […]

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said that Apple has started manufacturing its highest-selling model iPhone 11 in India which is a significant boost to the Make in India initiative. In a tweet, the minister said: “Significant boost to Make in India! Apple has started manufacturing iPhone 11 in India, bringing […]

New York: Updated results from an ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial in the US have shown Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine to be 90 per cent effective against all cases of the…

Mumbai: Drug maker Cipla Ltd. on Friday said it has received regulatory approval from Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for the launch of Favipiravir in the country under the brand name Ciplenza to treat mild to moderate Covid-19 patients. Favipiravir is an off-patent, oral antiviral drug that has been shown to hasten clinical recovery […]

New Delhi: South Korean major Samsung became the second largest smartphone brand with 26 per cent market share in India in the second quarter (April-June period) which is its highest share in the past two years, a new report said on Friday. Amid stuttering supply for some major Chinese brands and the anti-China sentiment, Samsung […]

India, world’s largest cotton producer, grows cotton in 122 lakh ha (8.74% of the country’s net sown area) and produces now over 361 lakh bales of 170 kgs. While the…

Bhubaneswar: A BJP delegation led by party national spokesperson Sambit Patra met the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Odisha on Wednesday to lodge a complaint against the Tehsildar of Delang alleging…

Berhampur: Ganjam is seeing a steep rise in COVID19 cases due to intensive door-to-door health screening in the district, said Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange while allaying fears that there is nothing to panic and hopefully cases will come down in the coming weeks. As per the Health & Family Welfare Department, Ganjam has reported more […]