New Zealand thrash defending champs Australia in T20 World Cup Super 12 opener

Adelaide, 22/10: New Zealand thrashed hosts and defending champions Australia by 89 runs on Saturday to start the Twenty20 World Cup Super 12 in style and avenge defeat in last year’s final.     Devon Conway carried his bat with a majestic unbeaten 92 to help New Zealand blast 200-3 before Australia were skittled for…

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BDA issues draft SOP for land reconstitution under TP schemes 42–45

Bhubaneswar, May 6: The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has released a draft Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for land parcel reconstitution under Town Planning (TP) Schemes 42 to 45 in Zone -IV.The move aims to establish a transparent and structured framework,to facilitate easy, fair, and equitable distribution of reconstituted plots, with a focus on maximizing benefits…

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EY office in Pune, whose employee died due to workload, operated without key labour permit since 2007

New Delhi, 24/9: The Ernst & Young (EY) office in Pune, which employed a 26-year-old who allegedly died after facing a high workload, has operated since 2007 without a state permit which regulates work hours, a senior government official told Reuters. EY faces scrutiny in India over the death of audit executive Anna Sebastian Perayil,…

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Bengaluru: No second dose given but many get completion certificates

Bangalore, 20/12:Karnataka has been administering second doses of Covid vaccines at a brisk rate since mid-November, but there are some concerns over people getting vaccination completion certificates without actually getting the dose.   Koramangala resident Bhojraj (name changed), 52, had abstained from getting a second dose of Covishield after developing a severe adverse effect four…

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CM Naveen to make OUAT as Centre of Excellence

Bhubaneswar, 16/4: On the instructions of Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik to make Odisha University of Technology and Research a Center of Excellence in Engineering Education. Chief Minister’s Secretary (5th) Mr. V.K. Pandian visited the Odisha University of Technology & Research in Ghatikia, Bhubaneswar today to assess the state of infrastructure development. The decision was…

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Attack on the house of Khalikote MLA Suryamani Vaidya’s residence

Khalikote,5/8 :There has been an attack on the house of Khalikote MLA Suryamani Vaidya’s residence.Two were seriously injured and taken to Khallikote Medical College and Hospital. The bomber struck shortly after noon. The two critically injured were shifted to Berhampur Medical College and Hospital.They also broke the window glass panels by pelting stones No such…

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Coronavirus Odisha Update: 170 new cases detected

Bhubaneswar, 24/3  (AO Bureau): The number of Coronavirus cases is kept on increasing day by day in Odisha.  170   more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha in the last 24 hours. The Coronavirus cases tally reached  3,39,246. The Corona positive cases have been detected in 23   districts. 99  have been reported from different quarantine…

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Labour Ministry proposes 90-day annual work threshold for gig worker social security

New Delhi, 3/1: The Labour Ministry has proposed a 90-day annual work threshold as the mandatory eligibility criteria for gig and platform workers to access social security under new draft rules on the Social Security Code 2020, published on December 31. The four labour codes, including the Social Security Code 2020, were notified on November…

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Uddhav, Speaker Narwekar spar as Maharashtra awaits Sena vs Sena verdict

Mumbai, 10/1: The political temperature has risen in Maharashtra ahead of the crucial verdict by the assembly speaker on the cross-petitions by Shiv Sena factions seeking disqualification of each other’s MLAs following a split in the party. The outcome will decide the way forward for the Eknath Shinde government and also the regional outfit’s rival…

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