Luxury houseboat ‘Garuda’ sails in Barkul, Chilka lake

Bhubaneswar:  After much awaiting, ‘Garuda’, Odisha’s first luxury houseboat finally sails and sets to give tourists the best experience of Barkul, Chilka lake. Launching the much awaited houseboat on Thursday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that the initiative will certainly improve the tourism profile of Chilika lake and attract national and international tourists to this…

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Odisha felicitates Thomas Cup Champions

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday felicitated Indian men’s badminton team members and coach for the spectacular victory in Thomas Cup 2022. India won this coveted cup for the first time in the history of Thomas cup championship since it started in 1948-49. Chief National Coach Pullela Gopichand, Players Kidambi Srikanth, , Dhruv Kapila,…

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Cricketer Mithali Raj retires from international cricket

Cricketer Mithali Raj, announced her retirement from all forms of cricket on Wednesday. Making the announcement on Twitter, she shared a heartwarming statement about her 23-year-long career. She is the most-capped Indian women’s cricketer, and is the leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket having amassed 10,868 runs from 333 matches. A recipient of the Arjuna…

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Indian lipstick plant rediscovered in Arunachal Pradesh

Itanagar: Researchers at the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have rediscovered the rare ‘Indian lipstick plant’, in the Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh after 100 years. The plant (Aeschynanthus monetaria Dunn) was first identified by British botanist Stephen Troyte Dunn in 1912, based on the plant samples gathered from Arunachal Pradesh by another English botanist,…

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