Bhubaneswar, Aug. 19: A book exploring the state-of-the-art knowledge and innovation in agricultural waste management strategies and edited by Prof. Ramesh C. Ray, an Adjunct Professor of the Centre for Industrial Biotechnology Research (CIBR) run by Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), was released by SOA’s Founder President Prof. (Dr.) Manojranjan Nayak here on Saturday. Prof. Ray…
Balangir: In a major crackdown on timber smuggling, the Odisha Forest Department seized Catechu (Khaira) wood worth approximately Rs 1 crore on Tuesday. The operation was led by Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Arbind Nayak, following the directives of the Balangir District Forest Officer (DFO).According to reports, the raid targeted multiple locations, including two sites in…
Mumbai, 2/12: The suspense over who will be Maharashtra’s new chief minister will end on December 4, when the BJP legislature party elects its new leader, a senior party functionary said on Monday. Earlier in the day, the BJP named Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani as its central observers…
Guwahati,20/6: With the recovery of beef near temples triggering communal tension at several places across Assam, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said his government would “strictly enforce” the Cattle Preservation Act 2021 that prohibited slaughter of cattle and consumption of beef within five-kilometers radius of temples and Xatras, Vaishnavite monasteries. The act passed in…
New Delhi, 30/5 (AO Bureau):The first solar eclipse of the year 2021 will take place on 10 June. It is a full solar eclipse in which the Moon will completely cover the Earth. In this case, only the outer layer of the sun will be visible. In the eclipse, the Moon will take up about…
Lucknow, 29/3: A man allegedly tried to open the emergency door on an IndiGo flight as it was about to land at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport in Varanasi on Saturday. The man, identified as Mohammed Adnan, a resident of Mau district of Uttar Pradesh, told the police during interrogation that he was ‘possessed’ and…
Ahmedabad, 17/12: Gujarat MoS Cooperative, Salt industry, Printing and Small Scale Industry Jagdish Vishwakarma on Saturday said that people who voted against the BJP in Vadgam constituency in the state Assembly polls “have betrayed the nation”. Congress leader Jignesh Mevani got elected from Vadgam for the second consecutive time. Addressing people at his native…
Washington DC, 26/12: A lethal blizzard paralyzed Buffalo, New York, on Christmas Day, trapping motorists and rescue workers in their vehicles, leaving thousands of homes without power and raising the death toll from storms that have chilled much of the United States for days. At least 30 people have died in US weather-related…
New Delhi, 2/6: India and Paraguay stand united in the fight against terrorism and there is immense possibility to work unitedly to combat shared challenges such as cybercrime and drug trafficking, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. Modi made the remarks at delegation-level talks with Paraguayan President Santiago Pena Palacios. Pena arrived in Delhi…
Bhubaneswar, July 9: Former students of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) reunited at an annual alumni meet organised by the Mumbai-Pune chapter of SOA Alumni Association at Pune on Sunday bringing together alumnis from diverse backgrounds. The event witnessed enthusiastic participation by the former students across batches triggering nostalgia as the participants…
