Bhubaneswar: The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) announced free accommodation and transport for para-athletes for the upcoming 20th Para Athletic Championship to be held in Bhubaneswar. This was announced after disability rights activist Jitendra Biswal raised concerns about PCI asking the para-athletes to bear their own expanse of traveling, lodging & boarding. In his social…
Bhubaneswar: Actor-comedian Kapil Sharma and writer-director-producer Nandita Das met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at his residence Naveen Niwas in Bhubaneswar today. During the meeting, Sharma and Das had a brief interaction with Patnaik. Later, CM gifted them a silver filigree Konark wheel and jersey of the Indian Hockey team. Kapil Sharma in the city for…
Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to clarify their plan of removing encroachments from the Sisupalgarh and facilitate the construction of a boundary wall around the heritage ruins. Hearing to the PIL filed by Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) 15 years back for the protection of…
On Tuesday, fans of Shah Rukh Khan got excited as the actor in his social media post about the upcoming SRK+ app. However, it turned out to be a promotional gimmick for a new ad campaign for the Disney+ Hotstar featuring Shah Rukh Khan. Disney+ Hotstar today launched its new commercial featuring Shah Rukh Khan…
Shah Rukh Khan on Tuesday announced his own OTT platform SRK+. Sharing on his social media, he posted, “Kuch kuch hone wala hain, OTT ki duniya mein.” Fans are excited about ShahRukh’s new venture. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) Bollywood celebrities congratulated him. Salman retweeted the…
Bhubaneswar: Giving exposure to visually impaired students to know the ancient art, culture, and history, an educational tour was organised by the Center for Youth and Social Welfare (CYSW) at Odisha State Museum. Over 40 visually impaired students from Buxi Jagbandhu Autonomous College, Odisha Association for the Blind, Ravenshaw Junior College, and Utkal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya,…
To revive the Habaspuri saree of Odisha, fashion designer Sujit Meher on Saturday organised a Habaspuri handloom revival workshop at Habaspur village in Kalahandi district of Odisha. Scores of weavers attended the workshop to be part of an initiative. “We want to empower the weavers by giving them regular training, organizing the workshop, and providing…
New Delhi: PhD is not mandatory to teach in many Central Universities. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to do away with the old ‘mandatory PhD requirement’ in order to have more industry experts as teachers in Universities. As per the latest reports, UGC is also planning to create new and special positions to…
Bhubaneswar: The first-ever human milk bank has been inaugurated at the pediatric unit of Capital Hospital. It is the first such initiative while it is the 34th Comprehensive Lactation Management Centre (CLMC) in the country. The initiative by the National Health Mission (NHM) aims to cater to the needs of several newborns across the state….
Bhubaneswar: A video campaign by the Odisha State Transport Department released on the occasion of International Women’s day has gone viral and garnered appreciation. Encouraging women drivers, the department has created a two-minute video that shows how a young woman in a scooty, comes to the rescue of a truck driver stuck in a road…
