Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated a state-of-the-art Cyber Security Operation Centre at OCAC on Friday. The centre will help protect the data, applications, and ICT infrastructure of the state from security threats. The CSOC has been set up by the state Electronics & IT Department & OCAC. The CSOC has been set up using…
Bhubaneswar: Shreya Lenka from Odisha has officially joined as one of the members of the K-pop group ‘Blackswan’ of DR Music. The DR Music was supposed to pick just one member for Blackswan, however, on Thursday they announced the names of Sriya and Gabriela Dalcin from Brazil to be the 5th and 6th members of…
New Delhi: In a significant development, the Supreme Court on Thursday recognized sex work as a ‘profession’ and sex workers are entitled to dignity and equal protection under the law. The court also directed police should neither interfere nor take criminal action against consenting sex workers. A three-judge Bench headed by Justice L Nageswara Rao…
Puri: Good news for the devotees of Lord Jagannath and his siblings, as they will get an opportunity to witness the Gajanana Besha of the deities on Deba Snana Purnima scheduled on June 14. The decision was taken at the meeting of Chhatisha Nijog Committee on Wednesday presided by the chief administrator of Shree Jagannath…
Bhubaneswar: An Economic Corridor is to be created in various places in Odisha which are likely to be completed soon. Asit Tripathy, Principal Advisor to Chief Minister and Chairman, Western Odisha Development Council chaired a review meeting on Monday about the development of the economic corridor planning along the Biju Expressway scheduled to be completed by…
The Canadian singer Justin Bieber is set to perform in India again. He will bring his Justice World Tour to New Delhi on 18 October. Known for his tracks like ‘Baby’, ‘Stay’, ‘Sorry’, ‘Ghost’, ‘Love Me’, ‘Lonely’ among others, Justin will tour over 30 countries playing more than 125 shows – from May 2022 through…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday launched Olympic Values Education Programme (OVEP) in 90 schools of Odisha through virtual mode. The Odisha Government has initiated the Olympic Values Education Programme into the school curriculum of Odisha, in partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Abhinav Bindra Foundation Trust. Initially, it has been…
Bhubaneswar: Cage Fish Culture is a successful model in the Hirakud Reservoir and it will soon increase the freshwater fish production in the state said Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra. Mohapatra was on a field visit to Hirakud and reviewed the fish farming situation in the cages set up in the reservoir. He even interacted…
Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday announced the Indian squad for the Paytm T20I series against South Africa. While KL Rahul will lead the team and Rishabh Pant has been assigned the responsibility as the vice-captain. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s pace sensation Umran Malik and Punjab Kings’ Arshdeep Singh has also…
Bhubaneswar: Furling Patitapabana Bana of Lord Jagannath on the highest peak of the earth was the dream come true moment in Siddarth Routray’s mountaineering journey. On 15 May, he scaled Mt Everest and waved the national flag and Patitapabana Bana of Lord Jagannath at the top of the peak. Sharing his experience of climbing Mt…
