Brazil, 12/9: Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro of overseeing a failed conspiracy to overturn the 2022 Brazilian election in a coup plot that included disbanding courts, empowering the military and assassinating the president elect. Four of the five justices weighing the case voted to convict Bolsonaro and seven co-conspirators, including…
New Delhi, 12/9: C P Radhakrishnan, the former Maharashtra governor, was sworn in as next Vice President of India on Friday by President Droupadi Murmu. Radhakrishnan contested the V-P elections as the NDA candidate against I.N.D.I.A. bloc’s B Sudershan Reddy. On Wednesday, the Election Commission certified the election declaring Radhakrishnan as the 15th Vice President…
Hong Kong: Ace shuttler PV Sindhu suffered an early exit at the Hong Kong Open Super 500 after losing to Denmark’s Line Christophersen in a three-game thriller on Wednesday. The two-time Olympic medallist, who had reached the World Championships quarterfinals last month, fell 21-15, 16-21, 19-21 in the round of 32. This was Sindhu’s first defeat in…
Khallikote: In a rare incident, a 20 foot long python was rescued by the Forest Department from a government quarter in Ganjam district of Odisha on Wednesday. The huge snake was rescued in Khallikote.As per reports, the huge python snake entered the government quarter of Khallikote hospital that belong to an employee of the hospital named…
Balangir: An elderly woman was found dead inside a train toilet under mysterious circumstances in Balangir district of Odisha on Wednesday.The elderly woman’s body was reportedly found from the toilet of the PwD (Divyangjan) friendly coach of Visakhapatnam-Raipur Passenger train.Though immediately it is not known when and under what circumstances the woman died inside the train…
Bhubaneswar: Women who were earlier left out of the Subhadra scheme despite being eligible will soon receive the benefits, Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida said today.Speaking after a review meeting at the Lok Seva Bhawan here, Parida said many eligible women beneficiaries had been deprived of the financial support under the scheme due to…
New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved doubling of the Bhagalpur-Dumka-Rampurhat single railway line section across a stretch of 177 kms in Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal at a total cost of Rs 3,169 crore. The enhanced line capacity will improve mobility, providing enhanced efficiency…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is set to deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to identify irregularities and weed out ineligible beneficiaries in rural housing schemes, said Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Minister Rabi Narayan Naik on Wednesday. This move aims to enhance transparency and ensure that benefits reach the truly deserving. Addressing the media, Minister Naik said…
Warsaw, 10/9: Poland shot down drones that entered its airspace on Wednesday, the first time a member of NATO is known to have fired shots during Russia’s war in Ukraine. Poland said 19 objects had entered its airspace during a large Russian air attack on Ukraine, and that it had shot down those that posed…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will soon use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to identify ineligible beneficiaries of housing schemes, Panchayati Raj Minister Rabi Narayan Naik said today.He said the move aims to simplify and streamline the process of monitoring housing projects under schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). He cautioned that strict action will be…
