Political strategists wanted to convert the 'lifetime achievement' felicitation into a political event of gargantuan proportion. For them, the human misery and suffering such uncontrolled city seize leads to was of little concern.
Satellite technology and GIS mapping should be used to study the flood patterns. Mitigation for flood damage would be more appropriate to manage floods rather than attempts to stop the river from flooding into the historical flood plains which nature has developed over centuries.
The Indian Hearts Lacking Care (IHL Care) recently surveyed young people in cities across India. Their alarming conclusion was that 53% of Indians in the age group of 26-40 years are at risk of cardiovascular disease.
It is a paradox that the state government keeps seeking huge centre assistance for relief and rehabilitation for Mahanadi flood but would not take up the Subalaya project which would bring permanent remedy.
Smart city Bhubaneswar has been facing the problem of slow traffic; also, traffic holds up for quite sometime. We need to adopt more pragmatic and feasible measures to address the issues.
As India completes 75 years of Independence, there is now celebration in the air. Country is celebrating its Flag and countrymen, their freedom.
Nomination of Draupadi Murmu by the party in power as the presidential candidate was a political master stroke. Her credentials were so strong that she deserved to be a consensus candidate and should have been elected unopposed.
Fans must realise that they can't customize their perfect version of Virat Kohli. He will only be more of Kohli whenever he returns to the white-ball arena, most probably in the Asia Cup. That will be his audition before India picks their best team for the T20 World Cup.
'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect' tells a story that was needed to be told and will no doubt introduce a larger number of masses to aerospace engineer Nambi Narayanan.
Odisha is India's largest elephant graveyard. A big reason for non-fixing of accountability is the demon of corruption that has engulfed the state forest department in last one decade.
Both Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik having joined the forces has added greater depth to India's T20I batting line-up.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 is certainly decent for a one-time watch, but it will never reach the classic-status of its predecessor, and neither does it try to.
The merits of having a young armed force and a cost-effective Armed Force have been deliberated for years and finally Agniveers have emerged.
'Jana Gana Mana' is an extremely enjoyable, politically conscientious, courageous and thought provoking movie worth a watch.
As Naveen Patnaik readies for his second visit to foreign land, possibility of a ‘revolt’ looks as remote as the sun rising in the west!
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