IMD DIRECTOR GENERAL FELICITATED BY SOA

Bhubaneswar, June 18: Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of India Meteorological Department (IMD), was on Tuesday felicitated by Siksha 'O' Anusandhan Deemed to be University here on being conferred with the prestigious United Nations Sasakawa Award for his contribution in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction recently. SOA Vice-Chancellor Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda felicitated Dr….

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UNHYGIENIC FOOD PRACTICES IN RAYAGADA HOTELS: A TICKET TO HEALTH DISASTER*

Rayagada, Rayagada is witnessing a rampant spread of unhygienic food practices in local hotels and street food stalls, posing a significant threat to public health. Many hotels are serving stale food, while street food vendors are selling unhygienic food items like momos, chat, and gupchup, without any regard for food safety norms Despite the presence…

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FURTHER UPDATE ON SRI DHIMAN CHAKMA, IAS (2021 BATCH), SUB-COLLECTOR, DHARAMGARH, DIST-KALAHANDI.

Following arrest of Sri Dhiman Chakma, IAS (2021 batch), Sub-Collector, Dharamgarh, Dist-Kalahandi on 09.06.2025 by Odisha Vigilance in a Trap case vide Vigilance Cell PS Case No.6 dated 03.06.2025 U/s 7 Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018 for demanding and taking bribe Rs.10 Lakhs from a local businessman, three teams of Odisha Vigilance have been…

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Trump to meet with Pakistan army chief at White House today

Washington DC, 18/7:President Donald Trump will meet with Pakistan’s army chief on his first official visit to the US since intense clashes broke out earlier this year near the Pakistan-India border, ending in a US-brokered ceasefire between Islamabad and New Delhi. The lunch meeting between Trump and Pakistan’s Asim Munir is scheduled to take place…

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Will honour Supreme Court order, says Karnataka Deputy CM Shivakumar on screening of Thug Life

Bengaluru, 17/6: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday appealed to Kannada activists to abide by the Supreme Court order, which directed the state government to ensure the screening of the Kamal Haasan-starrer movie ‘Thug Life’. Kannada activists have been up in the arms against the screening of the movie after the 70-year-old…

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Bumrah says he had ruled out India captaincy during IPL, informed BCCI before Rohit’s retirement

Leeds, 17/6: The peerless Jasprit Bumrah has revealed that he had ruled out Test captaincy during the IPL itself as part of his workload management, and had informed the BCCI of his desire to prioritise his bowling responsbilities over leadership duties. During an interaction with former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik on Sky Sports Cricket, Bumrah…

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New video shows people escaping from balcony post Air India plane crash; rescuers narrate initial horror

Ahmedabad, 17/7: A new video has surfaced showing panicked residents of the BJ Medical College (BJMC) in Ahmedabad jumping off or attempting to leap from the balcony of a five-storey building when the Air India flight AI-171 slammed into their campus on June 12. In one of the frames of the chilling video, a woman…

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Vedanta Aluminium felicitates outstanding academic performers under Project Vidyagraha digital learning initiative

Jharsuguda, June17th, 2025: Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, has helped Jharsuguda achieve a remarkable milestone in the overall academic performance of its studentsthis year. The district has ranked 3rd among the 30 districts of Odisha in terms of the highestpass percentage (97.87%) in the Annual High School Certificateexams, with 33 students securing the A1 grade….

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