Bhubaneswar: The official mascot and new logo for the UNICEF-led ‘Youth4Water Plus’ campaign were unveiled at Olly’s Land in Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar. Gracing the occasion, Chief Guest Dr. Dilip Tirkey, President, Hockey India, and Guest of Honour Dr. Gyana Das, Executive Director Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) Govt of Odisha made public the logo…
Bhubaneswar: While the Odia film industry is brimming with good content and storyline, young director duo Sisir Kumar Sahu and Peenaki Singh Rajput are coming up with yet another good movie ‘Phalguna Chaitra’. After the success of the crime thriller ‘Charitra’ and the love story ‘Daalcheeni’, ‘Phalguna Chaitra’ is a family drama made by the…
Bhubaneswar: Six students from India have been selected to attend NASA’s space & rocket center in Huntsville, Alabama, where they will showcase a rover vehicle that they have designed for the global competition. The team includes three from Odisha and two from Vijayawada and one from Mumbai. Basudeba Bhoi, Akankshya Dash, Om Padhi, Siddhanth Ghosh,…
Bhubaneswar: India’s dream of winning the World Cup trophy has been shattered as the team failed to qualify Quarterfinals of the 2023 Hockey World Cup. India lost the qualifying match with New Zealand in a penalty shootout by 4-5. India scored the first goal in 18 minutes of the match and the second in 22…
Bhubaneswar: After transforming schools, the Odisha government is all et to transform hospitals across the state under 5T initiative. In the first phase, all district headquarters hospitals (DHHs), Rourkela Government Hospital and Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar will be transformed to strengthen health care facilities. The first phase work will be done between January and October…
Bhubaneswar: The iconic Dakota aircraft once owned by Chief Minister Biju Patnaik has finally reached Bhubaneswar from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata. For years, the plane was lying in a dilapidated condition at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. For the past couple of years, efforts were on to bring the…
Bhubaneswar: Sprinter Dutee Chand failed the doping test. She tested positive for using the prohibitive substance and has been suspended. The prohibitive substances found in Dutee’s samples are SARS S4 Andarine, O Dephenylandarine, SARMS (ENBOSARM) (OSTARINE) and LIGANDROL Metabolite. The prohibited substance Dutee tested positive for are Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators (SARMs). According to the…
Chennai: Surfing Federation of India (SFI) announced the first-ever Indian Surf team to represent the country at the ISA World Surfing Games 2023 to be held at El Salvador from May 30 to June 7. Ajeesh Ali, Sanjay Selvamani and Sivaraj Babu from Tamil Nadu and Ramesh Budihal qualified for the event after a 3-stage…
Bhubaneswar: Food enthusiasts of Bhubaneswar will get an opportunity to indulge their taste buds in the culinary delights from 16 countries and 24 states of India at the second edition of .FEST to be held at IDCO Exhibition Ground from January 15 to 29. The international food festival is being organised in association with Hotel…
Sambalpur: The Hirakud reservoir in Sambalpur district saw a record increase in avian guests this year as the figure touched three lakh. As per the recently concluded bird census, this year 3,16,676 birds arrived while in 2022 over 2.08 lakh birds were recorded and in 2021 it was over 1.24 birds. This year 108 species of…
