Bhubaneswar: Odia movie ‘DAMaN’ has been released in 43 theatres across Odisha on Friday. Odia cine lovers who have seen the first day show are all praises of the movie. Directed by Devi Prasad Lenka and Vishal Mourya, the movie features Babushan Mohanty and Dipanwit Dashmohapatra as lead characters. The movie depicts the real-life story…
November: Jatni city of Khurda district in Odisha has been selected for the global ‘Young Gamechanger Initiative’ by the United Nations-Habitat. Apart from Jatni, Armenia in Columbia and Bargny in Senegal are the two other cities selected for the pilot initiative. The three cities will work in collaboration with the UN-Habitat country offices in Senegal,…
Bhubaneswar: Odia film Adieu Godard won the Best Feature Film award at the recently concluded Cardiff International Film Festival (CIFF) 2022, in UK which is supported by the Welsh Assembly and Cardiff Council (UK). This is the seventh international award of the film. Around 100 films from across the globe were part of the festival….
Bhubaneswar: Saintala in Bolangir district got its own Milk Chilling Center. The center has been set up with a fund of Rs153.76 lakhs sanctioned by the Western Orissa Development Council. The center is likely to benefit over 650 Milk producing farmers of the region. Chairman, WODC Asit Tripathy and Minister, Commerce & Transport and Water…
Bhubaneswar: Adolescent girls from different districts of Odisha interacted with a team of representatives from various countries on their journey as champions to End Child Marriage in the state. Twenty girls interacted with international visitors in Bhubaneswar and shared their stories of courage and determination, with many of them, have resisted the pressure from families…
Bhubaneswar: Kuni Dehury from Keonjhar in Odisha is on cloud 9 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised her in his Sunday ‘Mann Ki Baat’ for training women to spin silk yarn using solar energy power machines. “I never expected that the Prime Minister of India would praise me for my work. I am happy that…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday imposed a seven months ban on fishing activities as the season for the nesting of Olive Ridley begins. Every year on the coast of Odisha, the prohibition is clamped from November 1 to May 31 to ensure safe Olive Ridley turtles breeding nd protect them from fishing nets, fishing…
Itanagar: North-east to get its first Fish Museum soon. A fish Museum will be built in Arunachal Pradesh. An amount of Rs 43.59 crore has been sanctioned for the project by the Union Ministry of Fisheries to be built as a part of the Integrated Aqua Park (IAP). Fisheries Minister Tage Taki informed that the…
Indian cricket team registered their second win in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 held in Sydney by convincingly beating The Netherlands. Pakistan, on the other hand, met with a shock defeat against Zimbabwe making it two consecutive last ball losses in the tournament. In another match of Super 12 Group-2, South Africa,…
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday announced equal pay for men and women cricket teams of the country. As per the announcement India’s women cricketers will be paid the same international match fee as their male counterparts. BCCI secretary Jay Shah took to Twitter and announced this. He wrote “I’m pleased…
