New Delhi: The Union Budget 2025-26 has set the stage for Indian Railways’ transformative expansion, with a historic allocation of ₹2,52,000 crore for the financial year (FY) 2025-26. This marks the second consecutive year of this substantial allocation, which is expected to revolutionize rail travel across the country by making it faster, safer, and more…
Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department informed that a cyclonic circulation has formed and lay over southeast Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood on Saturday. Under its influence, a Low Pressure Area is likely to form over the same region by May 8, morning. It is likely to concentrate into a depression over Southeast Bay of Bengal…
Bhubaneswar: The vibrant celebrations of Karama Purba Sandhya, organised by the Oraon Cultural Society in Chandrashekharpur, turned into a momentous occasion on Friday with the participation of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi. The Chief Minister hailed Karama Puja as a festival that embodies unity, respect for labour, and harmony with nature. Announcing key measures for…
New Delhi: The Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) organized a Post-Budget Webinar titled “E-Mobility, Capital Goods, and the Way Forward” at Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi. Chaired by Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, the event saw participation from Minister of State Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma, MHI Secretary Kamran Rizvi, Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor Arti Bhatnagar, Additional Secretary…
New Delhi: In a significant move towards improving healthcare services and promoting ease of doing business, Union Ministers of State for Health and Family Welfare, Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav, and Anupriya Singh Patel, unveiled three major initiatives. The initiatives launched include a virtual National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) assessment for Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAM), a dashboard…
Vientiane, Lao PDR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of New Zealand H.E. Christopher Luxon held their inaugural meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN-India Summit today, discussing various avenues for enhancing bilateral cooperation. The leaders explored ways to bolster collaboration in key sectors, including trade and investment, defence and security, renewable energy, education,…
New Delhi: In response to the National Anti-Doping Agency’s (NADA) decision to provisionally suspend Bajrang Punia for an alleged anti-doping rule violation, the United World Wrestling (UWW) has announced its decision to suspend the Tokyo Olympic bronze-medalist until the end of 2024. Bajrang Punia, the 30-year-old wrestler from Haryana, was provisionally suspended by NADA on…
New Delhi: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has taken a significant step towards enhancing the ease of living for its millions of members by introducing auto-mode settlement for advance claims related to education, marriage, and housing. This move comes as part of EPFO’s commitment to streamlining processes and providing efficient services to its members….
New Delhi: The Indian Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has released guidelines for pilot projects utilizing green hydrogen in the shipping sector, under the National Green Hydrogen Mission.
Bhubaneswar: ‘The Art of Life’, a Hindi non-feature film written and directed by Santosh Panda, has been awarded with an Outstanding Achievement Award at World Film Carnival held at Singapore recently. The film based on sand art and also highlights the Culture, Tourism and Disaster Management by Odisha. “The sand art has been used as…
