Tokyo Paralympics: India bags three medals in a historic day
After Bhavina Patel’s silver win, High Jumper Nishad Kumar bags silver and Discuss Thrower Vinod Kumar brings bronze medal for the country.
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Bhavina Patel Wins Silver Medal at Tokyo Paralympics
Tokyo: India’s Bhavina Patel becomes the first athlete to win a silver medal in para table tennis at Tokyo Paralympics. On Sunday she lost the final to World No.1 Chinese stalwart Zhou Ying with 7-11, 7-11, 6-11 in Class 4 ParaTable Tennis final. With her silver medal, this is India’s first medal at the Tokyo…
Odisha extends its support to Indian Rugby team
Bhubaneswar: After the recent announcement to continue sponsoring the Indian Hockey team for another 10 years, the Odisha government has now extended their support to the Indian Rugby team. Odisha government will be associate sponsor for the Indian Rugby team and support the Rugby India’s High-Performance program for three years. This was announced during an…
Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Bhavina Patel creates history, enters table tennis final
India’s Bhavina Patel creates history by entering the final of women’s singles table tennis Class 4 event at Tokyo Paralympics on Saturday morning. She will face China’s Yang Zhou in the gold medal match on Sunday. The 34-year-old Indian, despite losing the first set, came back hard against the world number 3 China’s Zhang Miao…
Odisha Approves Electric Vehicle Policy
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…
Nila Madhab Panda’s Odia Film Eyes For Multiple OTT Release
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….
Yashodhara Mishra to get Sahitya Akademi Award 2020 in Odia
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…
Indian Army grants time scale Colonel Rank to Women Officers
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…
Maruti Suzuki Penalised Rs 200 Crore
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…
Government Schools In Ganjam District Transformed into Smart School
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…