Bhubaneswar: Odia poet Dr Rajendra Kishore Panda will receive the Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar for the year 2020. The prestigious award carries a cash award of Rs 5 lakh, a silver medal, and a citation. A three-member committee consisting of celebrated Kannada poet H S Shivaprakash, former secretary of Central Sahitya Academy Agrahara Krishnamurthy and eminent…
Bhubaneswar: Mona Biswarupa Mohanty, an artist from the Mayurbhanj district, Odisha has become the first Odia artist to receive UAE’s coveted Golden Visa. She has been bestowed upon the coveted 10-year Golden Visa by the UAE Government. A native of Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Mona has been living in UAE since 2007 and practicing her artworks. She…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government Wednesday extended the partial lockdown in the state till 6 am of July 16. Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra informed that all shops will be allowed to remain open from 6 am to 6pm in the 20 districts included in the Category-A. There will be no weekend shutdown in these 20 districts….
Bhubaneswar: Ace sprinter from Odisha Dutee Chand has qualified for Tokyo Olympics in 100 and 200 metre sprint. She has been selected on the basis of world ranking. On June 21, Dutee set a new national record in women’s 100 metre sprint event with 11.17 seconds at the Indian Grand Prix-4 organized by the Athletics…
In South Africa, Polyandry could become a reality. The South African government has made a proposal allowing women to have multiple husbands. The suggestion has led to uproar among conservative sections. While Polygamy is allowed in the South Africa where a man can have multiple wives. Even marriage of minors is legal. The Polyandry, allowing…
Shillong: In most of the Hollywood or Bollywood movies, the bank robbers escape with a good catch, however in Shillong the bank robbery attempt gone wrong. While social media was flooding with messages about a missing woman named Isabella Marboh for the last three days, she was found locked inside Meghalaya Rural Bank in Bisnupur…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government recommended sprinter Dutee Chand and hockey player Birendra Lakra for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Arjun Award for 2021 respectively. The Sports and Youth Services Department of Odisha on Tuesday made the recommendations for the National Sports Awards 2021 to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. On June 21,…
Bhubaneswar: In view of COVID-19 situation in the state, the Odisha government on Monday issued a notification with guidelines for the conduct of online examination of Under Graduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) final exams students. As per notification issued by the Higher Education Department, the final year or final semester examinations will be held in…
Guwahati: A forest guard has been suspended on Monday for unwarranted firing which led to the death of a male Royal Bengal Tiger in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNP & TR) in Assam. The incident happened on June 18. The carcass of the tiger was found by the staff of Bheroni camp under…
European Union (EU) has started the procedure for issuing the ‘Green Pass’ which will be available from July 1 and allow people to travel for work or tourism. The pass will be given only to those who have administered with COVID-19 vaccines which has been approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The EMA has…
