New Delhi: Ahead of the UN treaty on plastics, a new report in The Lancet journal on Monday has warned that plastic pollution is an underrecognised threat to the health of both humans and the planet, which must be addressed immediately.The report, led by a group of international experts, reviews the current evidence on how plastics…
Forest Officials Bust Kendu Wood Smuggling Racket In Bolangir, 5 Held Bolangir: Forest officials in Bolangir seized a truck carrying illegally transported kendu wood worth several lakhs during a raid near Sinkhaman village on Tuesday, officials said.Acting on a tip-off, a team from the Forest Department intercepted a truck that was allegedly transporting timber from…
Mumbai, 11/10: He’s 80 and going stronger than ever, spooling in celluloid ‘miles’ with the roles rolling in and directors still lining up to sign him on. Amitabh Bachchan, they say, was and is still an exciting actor, perhaps the best there ever has been. From Ramesh Sippy who directed him in the…
New Delhi, 8/8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone and thanked him for sharing the latest developments on Ukraine. Modi has invited Russian President Putin to visit India later this year for annual bilateral summit
Kashmir, 7/3: In his first visit to Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said ‘dil jeetne aaya hoon’ (I have come here to win hearts) as he made an emotional pitch in front of a jam packed Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar. “Whenever I came here after 2014, I…
Washington DC, 4/3:The escalating West Asia conflict reached India’s backyard on Wednesday when an Iranian frigate IRIS Dena was sunk in the Indian Ocean near the Sri Lankan coast after being hit by a torpedo fired from a US submarine, a top official said on Wednesday. An American submarine sunk an Iranian warship that thought…
Bhubaneswar, 21/2 (AO Bureau) Odisha Special Relief Commissioner wrote to all district commissioners, municipal commissioners, and SPs. In some parts of the world, there have been calls for stricter regulations to curb infections. Emphasis is placed on the use of masks, the use of sanitizers, and social distance. Coverage rules will be tightened in public…
New Delhi: A powerful earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck Afghanistan on Saturday afternoon at 12:17 pm IST, as reported by the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The quake’s epicentre was located at 36.10 degrees North latitude and 71.20 degrees East longitude, with a depth of 130 kilometres. Tremors from the earthquake were…
New Delhi, 9/1: In the upcoming five state elections, the Congress has decided to go without declaring the chief ministerial face despite having incumbent face in Punjab as a chief minister. Sources in the Congress say that it will only be decided after the results.Congress legislative party will decide the new leader with the consent…
New Delhi, 2/6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people of Telangana on the state’s formation day on Friday. India’s youngest state, Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in 2014 following a decades-long agitation. The prime minister said, “On the Formation Day of Telangana, my greetings to the people of this wonderful state. The…
