Paris: World Number Novak Djokovic won his 19th Grand Slam title defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in French Open 2021 men’s singles final at Roland Garros in Paris on Sunday. In the five set match, Novak defeated Stefanos with 6-7(6-8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. With this win, he is one title away from Federer and Nadal’s world…
Aizawl: Ziona Chana, the head of the world’s largest families with 38 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law, 33 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild passed away on Sunday. He was 75. He has been unwell since June7 and recently was admitted in a private hospital after his health deteriorated. Ziona who hails from Baktawng village in…
New Delhi: Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has qualified in the women’s 49kg category for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics which will begin in July 23. The former World champion is ranked second in the women’s 49kg Absolute Ranking released by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). Mirabai gathered 4133, 6172 points to be ranked second while Chinese weightlifter…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha FC, Bhubaneswar-based Hero Indian Super League (ISL) Club has introduced the ‘Odisha FC Digital Grassroots Academy’ to help young footballers improve their skills and be educated on the fundamentals of the sport. The program is scheduled to begin from June 20. OFC aims to promote young and talented players from Odisha and across…
Bhubaneswar: To facilitate the vaccination of students going abroad for higher studies, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) have allowed special vaccination for them at two centres at PN College, Khurda and CMC Kalyan Mandap Gopalpur in Cuttack where Covishield vaccines are administered. While 83 students are enlisted after verification of necessary documents, 19 have already…
Sundargarh: In order to recharge the groundwater level, the Odisha government has been emphasising on promoting rainwater harvesting across the state. Rooftop Rainwater harvesting projects are being implemented at government buildings and residential quarters, schools, colleges, hostels and other public utility buildings across the state. Prioritising the initiative, the Sundargarh district administration has been implementing…
New Delhi: The 44th Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday reduced the tax rate on Covid-19 drugs, medical oxygen and oxygen concentrators. The council has also reduced the rates on Amphotericin B, medicine used for black fungus and brought it to nil level exempting 5 per cent…
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday approved the policy on archiving, declassification and compilation of histories of wars and operations by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). According to the policy, each organisation under the Ministry of Defence such as tri-services, Integrated Defence Staff, Assam Rifles and Indian Coast Guard, will transfer the records,…
Bhubaneswar: A great opportunity for the transgender community of Odisha as now they can also be adorned with the uniform as sub inspectors and constables in Odisha Police. Odisha Police Recruitment Board has announced the recruitment of 477 posts of Sub- Inspector (SI) and 244 posts of Constable (Communication) in Signals Service and transgender candidates…
Kolkata: The all-India Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and MLA Mukul Roy has joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party on Friday along with his son Subhrangshu Roy. Mukul Roy who co-founded the TMC in 1998, left the part in 2017 to join BJP. After a four year stint in BJP, he left the…
