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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2021-22 in Parliament today. Here are some of the key highlights from the budget presentation today.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a new disinvestment policy in the Union Budget 2021-22 presentation today. Here are the key announcements made by the FM today.

Though Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced no changes in personal income tax in the Union Budget 2021-22, a big relief for senior citizens came in the form of exemption from filing tax return

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union Budget 2021-22 laid special emphasis on the agriculture sector and farmer welfare with several key announcements.

A visit to attend the dasaha mourning rituals of deceased kin ends in a tragedy. As many as 9 persons were killed after a van they were travelling in overturned on National Highway-326 near Murtahandi under Kotpad Police limits in Koraput district on Sunday night (January 31). 13 persons were injured in the mishap. Around 20 to 22 persons were travelling in the vehicle.

Meet, Nanda Prusty - a Padma Shri awardee from Odisha. He is 103 years old. Even time seems to have failed before the determination of this man. Despite his age, he is engaged in the noblest deed of imparting education free of cost to the underprivileged.

Following the death of a leopard in Ganjam district, 6 persons have been arrested. The Forest officials arrested six persons on Sunday (January 31) for laying traps to capture wild boars which had led to the death of a leopard in Naguda-Manitara area in Ganjam district. Sources said that while three persons were arrested from Nugudu village, the other three were caught from Pankal Sahi.

A major fire broke out at a private hospital at Tulasipur in Cuttack today triggering panic among patients, attendants and staff. Locals found thick smoke billowing out from the top floor of the hospital and informed fire brigade.

As many as 17 passengers of a boat that got stuck in the middle of Nalabana in Chilika Lake on Sunday evening (January 31) were rescued following a six-hour-long search operation. The passengers got stuck in the boat when they were returning from Kalijai temple in Chilika Lake. The boat developed some technical snag following which it got stranded.

Bhagyashree, a resident of Sector-19 in the Steel City, mastered the art of creating Pattachitra on various themes using soft stones. She honed her skill during the lockdowns and created splendid pattachitra art works on unused bottles, electric bulbs and others glass and plastic materials. She was recently applauded for her creative endeavors by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his radio show ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on Sunday.

A happiness kit is here to boost immunity in school students. The School and Mass Education department has come up with a happiness kit to boost the immunity of school students across Odisha. This initiative comes ahead of the full-fledged resumption of classes for all school students amid the lingering of Covid scare.

This piece of land may appear to be a garden at first with flowers and varieties of plants. For some, it may appear to be a place of worship with the beautifully decorated walls. But this is neither a garden nor a temple. It’s a crematorium located in the Itamati village of Nayagarh district. This crematorium has been transformed by a group of youths of the village, who have managed to give this place of gloom an air of a garden.

This little girl from Odisha is all set to move to Italy. She will grow up and get education there to forge a bright future. She will start a new life in a foreign land because this couple from Italy has adopted her! With high hopes in his heart, the District Collector has bid this little orphan girl a happy goodbye. These are images from the office of the Ganjam District Collector, who finalized the adoption of the baby girl by this Italian couple.

Odisha is home to a lot of different fruits and vegetables. Many vegetables are known to flourish in the farmlands of our state. But there are some fruits that are seldom farmed here. And strawberries are one of them. Strawberries among all berries are considered to be one of the most popular and tasty berries. But these berries are hard to grow in Odisha, due to unfavorable weather conditions. However, a retired IAF official, Ajay Kumar Pani, has managed to achieve this feat in Keonjhar.

With the economy gradually reopening after the Coronavirus induced lockdowns, the tourism sector is also picking up its momentum. For a state like Odisha where tourism is one of the major sectors, encouraging signs are emerging. This is Nilagiri, one of the popular tourist spots of Odisha. Tourists have started thronging this place and slowly but surely it is inching towards normalcy.