Cuttack: Teenager Unnati Hooda reached the finals of the 2022 Odisha Open badminton tournament after beating Malvika Bansod in the women’s singles semi-final match held on Saturday. The 14-year-old Unnati secured her place in the finals beating Malavika by 24-22, 24-22. Unnati will face 21-year-old Smit Toshniwal for her first Super 100 title. Smit reached…
Ashleigh Barty becomes the first Australian woman to win Australian Open 2022 Women’s Singles title after a gap of 44 years. To win the grand slam, Ashleigh defeated Danielle Collins by 6-3 7-6 at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne one Saturday. The match lasted for 1 hour and 15 minutes. With this victory, the…
Cuttack: Indian shuttlers Malvika Bansod and Ashmita Chaliha reached the semi-finals of the Odisha Open 2022 badminton tournament after winning their respective women’s singles quarter-final match, here on Friday. The 20-year-old Bansod, who beat Saina Nehwal at the India Open earlier this month, registered a hard-fought 21-13, 16-21, 21-17 win over 18-year-old Tanya Hemanth to…
Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri will reopen for devotees from February 1. Puri Collector Samarth Verma informed this after a meeting of the Chhatisa Nijoga through video conferencing. The temple will remain closed on Sundays for sanitisation purpose due to the COVID-19 situation. Verification of vaccination and RTPCR will be strictly followed. Local…
Scientists in Wuhan have detected a new coronavirus, ‘NeoCov’ among bats in South Africa. The scientists have warned that if it spreads among humans, it could have a high death rate and high transmission rate. “It is only one mutation away from becoming dangerous for humans,” researchers said in a paper posted on preprint website…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday directed officials concerned to focus on administration of booster dose to elderly people and frontline workers. During a review meeting of Covid situation in the state, Patnaik asked the administration to remain cautious and carry on Covid awareness programmes across the state with active cooperation of Mission Shakti…
New Delhi: Covishield and Covaxin will now be available in hospitals and clinics as the Drug Controller General of India on Thursday has given approval for its for sale in the market. The market sale of the two vaccines was approved under the New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019. The expert committee of the…
The 17-years Miram Taron who had gone missing from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh has finally returned to his state On Thursday, People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China handed-over Taron to the Indian Army at Wacha-Damai interaction point in Arunachal Pradesh. Union Minister of Law & Justice, Kiren Rijiu through a…
Bhubaneswar: Philatelists from Odisha awarded for exhibiting some of the rare stamp collections at the Emirates 2022 World Stamp Exhibition held at the Dubai Exhibition Centre from 19 – 23 January 2022. Organised by the Emirates Post Group in collaboration with the Emirates Philatelic Association, the International exhibition showcased some of the best collections in…
A living legend of traditional martial art Kalaripayattu, Sankaranarayana Menon Chundayil to be conferred with Padma Shri award in the sports category. 93 year old, Chundayil is the senior most member of the Mudavangattil family and he still runs the Kalari training center in Thrissur. Chundayil who has devoted his life to popularise the martial…
