New Delhi: Hockey India on Wednesday named the 20-member Indian women’s hockey team for the forthcoming FIH Women’s Nations Cup being to be held in Spain’s Valencia from December 11 to 17. A 20 member has been announced which will be lead by goalkeeper Savita Punia, while Odisha’s Deep Grace Ekka has been named as…
Itanagar: A seven-year-old badminton prodigy Geto Sora from Arunachal Pradesh has clinched the U-9 boys singles title in the ongoing Yonex-Singa BTY Championship-2022 at Bangkok in Thailand on Monday. A native of Nari village in Lower Siang district, Geto defeated third seed Phukit Chantarangsee of Thailand in straight sets of 20-11 and 20-11 to clinch the…
Cuttack: The State Transport Authority of Odisha signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ashok Leyland on Monday for the development, management, and operation of three new Institutes of Driving Training and Research (IDTR). The new institutes are located in the mining belt of the State in Berhampur, Keonjhar, and Bonai in Sundargarh district which…
Bhubaneswar: In a major boost to the Indian hockey teams, Hockey India announced on Sunday announced a new policy under which both the men’s and women’s team members and support staff will be given cash incentives annually. Hockey India have decided to give away cash award of Rs 50,000 each for players and Rs 25,000…
Malkangiri: Over 350 militants surrendered in Malkangiri district on Saturday. They surrendered before the police during an outreach programme at Jantapai under Chitrakonda block in presence of Nitesh Wadhwani, IPS, SP and other senior officials. The police administration distributed clothes and other essential goods to the surrendered militias. They took a pledge to cut all…
November: Jatni city of Khurda district in Odisha has been selected for the global ‘Young Gamechanger Initiative’ by the United Nations-Habitat. Apart from Jatni, Armenia in Columbia and Bargny in Senegal are the two other cities selected for the pilot initiative. The three cities will work in collaboration with the UN-Habitat country offices in Senegal,…
Bhubaneswar: Odia film Adieu Godard won the Best Feature Film award at the recently concluded Cardiff International Film Festival (CIFF) 2022, in UK which is supported by the Welsh Assembly and Cardiff Council (UK). This is the seventh international award of the film. Around 100 films from across the globe were part of the festival….
Bhubaneswar: Saintala in Bolangir district got its own Milk Chilling Center. The center has been set up with a fund of Rs153.76 lakhs sanctioned by the Western Orissa Development Council. The center is likely to benefit over 650 Milk producing farmers of the region. Chairman, WODC Asit Tripathy and Minister, Commerce & Transport and Water…
Bhubaneswar: Adolescent girls from different districts of Odisha interacted with a team of representatives from various countries on their journey as champions to End Child Marriage in the state. Twenty girls interacted with international visitors in Bhubaneswar and shared their stories of courage and determination, with many of them, have resisted the pressure from families…
Bhubaneswar: Kuni Dehury from Keonjhar in Odisha is on cloud 9 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised her in his Sunday ‘Mann Ki Baat’ for training women to spin silk yarn using solar energy power machines. “I never expected that the Prime Minister of India would praise me for my work. I am happy that…
