Bhubaneswar: The first day of statewide lockdown starts in Odisha on Wednesday morning. In the wake of increasing COVID-19 cases in the state, Odisha government on Sunday announced the 15 days lockdown from May 5 to May 19. While during the lockdown from Monday to Friday, essential services like groceries, vegetable shops, non-veg vendors among…
The Odisha government on Tuesday announced an International Literary Award in memory of eminent writer Manoj Das who died on April 27 at Puducherry after prolonged illness. Announcing about the award, Chief minister Naveen Patnaik informed that the award will carry a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh and will be presented to Odia writers…
Known for her outrageous posts on Twitter, Kangana Ranaut lost the popular social media platform after her Twitter account got permanently suspended on Tuesday. With this action of Twitter, she lost around three million followers of her on Twitter. This came after Kangana posted a controversial tweet about post election violence in West Bengal. In…
In view of rising Covid-19 cases in India and players testing Covid positive, BCCI has suspended the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) for this season. Stating about the situation in India, BCCI vice president Rajeev Shukla said India on Tuesday made this announcement. Earlier today, Delhi Capitals’ Amit Mishra and Sunrisers Hyderabad’ Wriddhiman Saha…
Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates are getting divorce after 27 years of marriage. In a joint statement they announced about their divorce. Posting on Twitter, the couple said, “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage”….
In the recently concluded assembly elections, Mamata Banerjee-led All India Trinamul Congress (AITMC) in West Bengal, Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Assam retained power in their respective states while Tamil Nadu saw Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and its allies coming to power…
After today’s IPL match between KKR and RCB was postponed following detection of Covid-19 infection in two KKR players, the CSK team has canceled their practice session as three members of their staff including CEO Kasi Viswanath and bowling coach L Balaji tested positive for coronavirus. Besides, few members of the of ground staff of…
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will hold a Virtual Summit with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson on 4 May 2021. India and UK enjoy a Strategic Partnership since 2004. It has been marked by regular high level exchanges and growing convergences in diverse areas. The Summit will be…
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a two-day yellow warning for heat wave for five districts in Odisha. In a bulletin, the weather agency informed that the hot westerly wind is blocking the wind from the sea towards the state’s coast due to the weakening of the trough from Jharkhand to southeast Madhya Pradesh. This has resulted in a sharp rise in the day temperature at most places of the state. Issuing the warning…
Odisha government on Sunday announced free Covid vaccination for people aged 18-45 years. The state government will bear the entire cost of vaccinations. For this 10.34 lakh doses of covaxin and 377.00 lakh doses of covishield have been ordered by the state government. Rs 2000 cr will be invested to vaccinate around 2 crore people in the state. From May 1 people…
