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…
Bhubaneswar: Government schools in Hinjili of Ganjam district in Odisha underwent a makeover under the school transformation project of Odisha government’s 5T initiative. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik dedicated 10 transformed schools of Hinjili in the first phase through a virtual event on Saturday. Addressing during the event Naveen Patnaik said that the transformed schools will…
Bhubaneswar: Good news for the differently abled persons of the city as finally they can have a park especially designed for them. Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) has constructed Sensory Park at Saheed Nagar which will be open to the public soon. One of its kind, the park spreads over an area of 037 acres…
India and Pakistan will lock horns in the group stages of the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup scheduled to be played in UAE and Oman in October and November this year. The arch-rivals will take on each other in the opening match of Group-2 of the Super-12 stage on October 24 at Dubai. The…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced that Odisha will sponsor the Indian Hockey team for another 10 years. He was speaking at a felicitation event on held Tuesday at Kalinga Stadium where the Indian Hockey teams were felicitated for their brilliant performance at the Tokyo Olympics. In 2018, Odisha government had signed a ₹100 crore…
