News from Odisha

New Delhi: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday said its partnership with Jio Platforms will help support millions of small businesses in India. Zuckerberg made the remark during a conversation with Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries at the first Facebook Fuel for India 2020 event. “At Facebook, we are in the business […]

New Delhi: Amid the pandemic, the daily time spent on smartphones has increased by 25 per cent on average in India, a new study claimed on Monday. While 66 per cent of Indians believe smartphone improves their quality of life, nearly 70 per cent of Indians feel that if their smartphone usage continues to increase, […]

Nayagarh: At a time when the State is boiling over rising cases of atrocities against minors and safety of girl children, especially in the backdrop of the alleged kidnapping and murder of Pari, another girl from Nayagarh district who had been missing for the past few days was found dead on Tuesday. As per reports, […]

Bhubaneswar: BJP State president Samir Mohanty has accused the Congress party of colluding with the State government over the Pari murder case. “Minister Arun Sahoo is protecting the prime accused in Pari murder case while the State government is shielding the Minister. It is surprising that the Congress unit in the State is shielding the […]

Washington: NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) have selected three astronauts, including Indian-American Raja Chari, to serve as crew members for SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), which is expected to launch in the autumn of 2021. Raja Chari will serve as commander while NASA’s Tom Marshburn will be pilot and ESA’s […]

Bhubaneswar: Leader of Opposition Pradipta Naik has written a letter to CM Naveen Patnaik requesting him to consider the ‘genuine’ demands of the health workers who were engaged in the Covid Care Homes (CCH) in the State, and now have been disengaged from the services. The LoP urged Patnaik to reconsider the decision of the […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 300 people were tested positive for Covid-19 in Odisha in the last 24 hours, while four patients died while undergoing treatment at various hospitals during the period, as per the data revealed by the State Health department. With the fresh cases, the total coronavirus tally in the State rose to 324389 […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government is ready with all the requisite measures and infrastructure for starting the vaccination drive against COVID-19, said Directorate of Medical Education and Training (DMET) Director Dr CBK Mohanty on Tuesday. As per the Centre’s guidelines, priority will be given on vaccinating health and frontline workers and vulnerable groups including people over 65-years […]

Manaus (Brazil): Call it a turtle tsunami! The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has released an amazing video showing tens of thousands of Giant South American River turtle hatchlings (Podocnemis expansa) emerging from a sandy beach in a protected area along the Purus River — a tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil. WCS Brazil conservationists […]

Rajkummar Rao is known to be one of the most promising actors of the new generation. Not only with his acting, but also with his intense body transformations he proves his dedication towards the craft. Recently, the actor has bulked up and showed off his ripped body he worked hard on for Badhaai Ho. Rajkummar […]

Meerut (Uttar Pradesh): In a shocking incident, a man shot dead his sister because she refused to make ‘rotis’ for his dogs. He then surrendered before the police. Ashish, a pet lover with several dogs, apparently lost his temper when his sister in her 20s refused to feed his pets. The incident took place in […]

BTS is time and again breaking several world records and easily the biggest band on the planet in 2020.  It is no surprise that everyone is curious and trying to figure out who the boys are dating. Usually, South Korean Idols often have “no public relationship” clauses in their contracts. BTS most likely has a […]

New Delhi: IT company Majesco Ltd on Tuesday has approved payment of interim dividend at the rate of 19,480 per cent i.e. Rs 974 per equity share of face value of Rs 5 each for financial year 2020-21. This is one of the highest dividend payouts seen in recent times. This interim dividend payout translates […]

Rourkela: In yet another instance of GST fraud in Odisha, a vegetable vendor of Koel Nagar area in the Steel city has been served notice for over Rs 100 crore tax fraud. The Good and service tax (GST) department has served a notice to the accused Kartik Kamila who happens to be a vegetable vendor […]

New Delhi: Union Road Transport and Highways and MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday that the government is trying to create five crore jobs in the next five years. He said that the turnover of rural industries is Rs 80,000 crore, which is targeted to be Rs 5 lakh crore in the next five […]