Bhubaneswar: With an aim to promote green energy vehicles and reduce dependency on fossil fuel, Odisha government on Friday approved Electric vehicle policy 2021. The policy aims to achieve adoption of 20 percent Battery Electric Vehicle in all vehicle registration by 2025. It aims to promote manufacture of electric vehicles and its components including battery…
Bhubaneswar: Actor Sabyasachi Mishra and his friends from the US and Odisha conducted a “Ration for Vaccine” campaign at Chandaka on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar today to ward off vaccine hesitancy among local residents. Their unique effort of removing fear and misconception about vaccine from rural people and encouraging 500 local residents to take the…
Acclaimed Odia filmmaker Nila Madhab Panda’s first film in his mother tongue, Kalira Atita (Yesterday’s Past) is going to release on two national OTT platforms. The director informed The News Hashtag that the film would release on two video streaming and video on demand platforms MX Player and Mubi. “We had discussed with several platforms….
Bhubaneswar: After months of closure due to COVID-19 pandemic, Shri Mandir in Puri has opened its gates for the devotees on Tuesday. While thousands of devotees throng to Shree Jagannath temple to get a glimpse of Lord Jagannath, wheelchair bound devotees are missing the opportunity due to lack of facilities for them inside the premises…
Bhubaneswar: Eminent Odia writer and poet Yashodhara Mishra will get the Sahitya Akademi Award 2020 in Odia for her book titled, Samudrakula Ghara. The Sahitya Akademi announced the awards for 2020 in Odia and Malayalam languages today. A jury comprising eminent Odia litterateurs Dr. Binapani Mohanty, Dr. Pratibha Satpathy and Ramakanta Ratha selected Mishra’s book…
New Delhi: The Indian Army has granted time scale rank to five women officers. A selection board of the Indian Army on Monday promoted five women officers to Colonel rank. The officers have completed 26 years of reckonable service. The five women officers selected for Colonel time scale rank are Lt Col Sangeeta Sardana from…
New Delhi: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposed a penalty of ₹200 crore on Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), besides passing a cease-and-desist order. During an inquiry CCI found that MSIL had an agreement with its dealers whereby the dealers were restrained from offering discounts to the customers beyond those prescribed by MSIL. It…
New Delhi: The Afghanistan returnee to India will be administered with Polio Vaccine. The Indian government has taken the step as a preventive measure as Afghanistan and Pakistan are two polio endemic countries in the world. “We have decided to vaccinate Afghanistan returnees with free Polio Vaccine – OPV & fIPV, as a preventive measure…
Berhampur: Sending a message that trees are the true protector of earth to deal with pollution, women in Ganjam district observed Raksha Bandhan in a different way. The Ghumsur North Forest Division observed Raksha Bandhan in different forests of Bhanjanagar in the district where women tied Rakhi to trees. The initiative has been started under…
Bhubaneswar: Four-time national award-winning Odia filmmaker Lipika Singh Darai’s documentary on puppeteers is going to be screened at an art film festival in Italy this week. Lipika, who has created a special place for herself in the Indian documentary film world, has again tried her best to give the lively touch to a dying art…
