CM Naveen Patnaik allocates health ministry to Niranjan Pujari

Bhubaneswar, 30/1: Affter the shocking demise of health minister Naba Kisore Das , chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday allocated health and family welfare department to finance minister Niranjan Pujari. ‘With approval of governor Prof Ganeshi Lal, chief minister Naveen Patnaik allocated health and family welfare department to finance minister Niranjan Pujari,” a CMO statement…

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Imran Khan to contest all 33 parliamentary seats in upcoming bypolls

Islamabad, 30/1: Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan will contest all 33 parliamentary seats in the bypolls to be held in March, his party has announced.   Addressing a press conference here on Sunday evening, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) vice-chairman and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the decision was taken during the party’s core…

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Fraud cannot be obfuscated by nationalism: Hindenburg hits back at Adani

New Delhi, 30/1:Hitting back at the Adani Group’s 413-page response to its report, Hindenburg Research said that the Indian conglomerate’s response to its report “largely confirmed” the short-seller’s findings. Hindenburg continues to short Adani Group through its US-traded bonds and non-Indian-traded derivative instruments.   “…we note that the core allegations of our report – focused…

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Lord Krishna, Hanuman world’s greatest diplomats: EAM Jaishankar

New Delhi, 29/1: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said Lord Krishna and Lord Hanuman were the greatest diplomats of the world.   He was speaking on Saturday while interacting with the audience in Maharashtra’s Pune city in a question-answer session during the launch of Bharat Marg, the Marathi translation of his book The India…

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Steps taken in subsidence-hit Joshimath inadequate, declare Himalayas eco-sensitive zone, say experts

Joshimath, 29/1: Unplanned and uncontrolled construction in the name of development in Uttarakhand has brought Joshimath on the brink of sinking, experts said here, demanding that the Himalayas be declared an eco-sensitive zone.   In a resolution passed at a roundtable organised by the Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) on Saturday, experts termed as “inadequate” the…

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