Indian women hockey team defeated Australia in the quarterfinals today to enter into the semifinals in the Tokyo Olympics. They created history by qualifying for semifinals in Olympics for the first time. The women in blue defeated a formidable Aussies by 1-0 goals. Drag-flicker Gurjit Kaur scored the only goal of the match from India’s…
National award-winning independent filmmaker Amartya Bhattacharyya’s Odia film, Adieu Godard, has been officially selected at the 25th Split Film Festival 2021 also known as International Festival of New Film. This is one of the oldest and prestigious film festivals in the world organised at Split, an ancient town located at the middle of the Adriatic…
Dholavira village in Kutch district of Gujarat with ruins of Harappa civilisation has been inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on Tuesday. Dholavira is the most important archaeological site discovered in 1967-68 by JP Joshi. The site has been under excavation by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) since 1990 and each time revealing…
The 13th century Ramappa temple in Palampet, Telangana was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Sunday. The decision was taken after a consensus during an online meeting of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) in Fuzhou, China. While Norway opposed the inscription, Russia supported the temple to be included as a World Heritage Site….
Tokyo: The Olympics this time is different, as for the first time the opening ceremony was held without spectators amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Japan’s Emperor Naruhito officially declared the games open on Friday in an Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. The Tokyo Olympics was scheduled for 2020 however the pandemic caused a 12 months delay which…
Puri: The three chariots, Taladhwaja of Lord Balabadhra, Nandighosh of Lord Jagannath and Darpadalana of Devi Subhadra reached Gundicha temple in Puri on Monday evening. During the annual Rath Yatra, the three deities come out of the sanctum sanctorum of the Jagannath temple through a ceremonial procession for the much awaited journey to Gundicha temple where…
Puri: The annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath along with his two siblings in Puri commences sans devotees and curfew for the second year on Monday. The three chariots, Taladhwaja of Lord Balabadhra, Nandighosh of Lord Jagannath and Darpadalan of Devi Subhadra are all set to roll on the grand road amidst tight security arrangements….
Puri: Ahead of the annual Rath Yatra, internationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has attempted to create the world’s biggest sand art of the chariot at Puri beach on Sunday. He created a 43.2 ft long and 35 ft wide 3D sand art of Lord Jagannath’s chariot (Nandighosa Rath). Some of his sand arts were…
Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown has affected the movie industry severely. Although the cinema hall authorities did their best to help the families of the employees, however the second wave of Covid made the situation worse. Ollywood couple Sabyasachi Mishra and Archita Sahu on Friday supplied monthly rations to the employees of various cinema…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is planning to set up more ecotourism sites in various places in the state to be run in the PPP mode. A high level meeting was held on Friday under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra at Lokseba Bhawan where discussions were held about the providing boating facilities at…
