Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Cabinet on Tuesday approved an amendment to BPUT Act, 2002, in order to ensure smooth functioning and academic excellence in Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT). “We had received a proposal seeking an amendment to BPUT Act, 2002, which has been approved. Earlier, there were several government engineering colleges functioning as constituent […]
New Delhi: Twitter on Wednesday said that it has taken a range of enforcement actions, including permanent suspension in certain cases, against more than 500 accounts escalated across orders from the Indian government for the clear violations of its rules. The company, facing penal action if does not comply with the directions given by the […]
New Delhi: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that the prices of petroleum products in the country are governed by international market forces. The reply from Pradhan came during the Question Hour. Congress member KC Venugopal had objected to the Minister’s response, saying that he was not putting forth the […]
Washington: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently conducted experiments to improve the fit of masks amid Covid-19 pandemic, suggesting that combining cloth mask and medical procedure mask could reduce a wearer’s exposure to virus by over 90 per cent. In January, the CDC conducted experiments to assess two ways of […]
Washington: The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 107.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.35 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at […]
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally has climbed to 1,08,71,294 with 12,923 fresh cases reported in a day, while the number of recoveries has surged to 1,05,73,372, the health ministry said on Thursday. The death toll in the country due to the viral disease has gone up to 1,55,360 with 108 more people succumbing to it, […]
BY VISHAL GULATI New Delhi: There was a hanging glacier that slipped with rock and ice falling from 5,600 metres altitude owing to gravitational pull and this caused disaster in Uttarakhand, as per preliminary observations of experts. This explanation by scientists comes days after Home Minister Amit Shah told Parliament that initial inquiry has revealed […]
World’s largest coffeehouse chain Starbucks which is owned by the Tatas in India announced the appointment of Sushant Dash as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the premium coffee brand in India. The appointment will be effective from May 1. This announcement which marked the landmark professional success of Odisha’s indigenous talent is a […]
By Lalit K Jha Washington: The Biden administration on Wednesday said that there is no change in the US’ policy on Jammu and Kashmir and welcomed the resumption of 4G mobile internet in the region. “I want to be very clear there has been no change in US policy in the region,” State Department Spokesperson […]
New Delhi: Continuing its streak of low numbers of single-day coronavirus cases, India reported 9,309 new infections and 87 deaths in the last 24 hours, second-lowest this year so far, as per the data shared by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) on Friday morning. The overall tally of Covid cases has mounted […]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday urged the Centre to withdraw the National Monuments Authority’s (NMA) heritage bylaws for two more temples in the State. Patnaik took to Twitter and demanded withdrawal of the draft bylaws for Ananta Basudev and Brahmeswar Temple of Ekamra Kshetra. “Central Govt should immediately withdraw the National Monuments […]
Chennai: India won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Saturday. India have made three changes to the side that lost the first Test. They have rested Jasprit Bumrah and brought in Mohammed Siraj. Left-arm spinner Axar Patel, who is making his Test […]
Washington: The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 108 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.38 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at […]
New Delhi: Continuing its streak of low numbers of single-day coronavirus cases, India reported 12,143 new infections in the last 24 hours even as its overall tally mounted to 1,08,92,746, health officials said on Saturday. For over two weeks, the country has recorded less than 15,000 new infections daily. Also, the daily COVID-19 death toll […]
New Delh: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the Union Budget 2021-2022 has set the pace for India to become ‘Aatmanirbhar’ (self-reliant) as it draws from the experience of Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he was Chief Minister of Gujarat. While replying to the discussion on the Union Budget in the Lok […]
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