Mumbai: Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) today announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate India’s next leap in artificial intelligence (AI). The collaboration will see the two companies jointly build a state-of-the-art cloud region in Jamnagar, designed to power AI-driven transformation across Reliance’s businesses and beyond. Reliance and Google have spent…
Bhubaneswar: Outstanding athletes, coaches, and sports journalists were honoured at the Biju Patnaik Sports Awards 2024, presented by Odisha Governor Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati on the occasion of National Sports Day, August 29. The annual ceremony celebrated excellence in sports while also recognising acts of bravery. National record holder sprinter Animesh Kujur received the Best…
Dehradun: Continuous heavy rainfall has unleashed fresh devastation in Uttarakhand, where cloudbursts and landslides have battered Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Tehri, and Bageshwar districts. At least four people have lost their lives and three are reported missing, while rescue teams struggle through dangerous terrain to reach families trapped in remote villages. The worst-hit areas include Bageshwar’s Kapkot…
Bhubaneswar: A two-day national conference of Chairpersons of Committees on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes of Parliament and state assemblies began in Bhubaneswar on Friday, with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla formally inaugurating the event. The conference is being held in Odisha for the first time and has drawn around 120 delegates,…
New Delhi: The global economy is witnessing a fundamental shift, with BRICS nations emerging stronger than the traditional G7 bloc, US economist Richard Wolff has said. He noted that BRICS now contribute 35 per cent of global GDP, compared to the G7’s 28 per cent, signalling a rebalancing of economic power. Wolff pointed to India’s…
Tokyo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday invited Japanese businesses to expand their engagement with India, citing the country’s rapid economic growth, political stability, and rising global influence. Addressing the India-Japan Economic Forum, he urged collaboration in manufacturing, technology, innovation, green energy, and skill development, stressing that the India-Japan partnership can play a vital role…
Bhubaneswar: Veteran diplomat Dinesh K Patnaik has been appointed as India’s next High Commissioner to Canada, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Thursday. A 1990-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service, Patnaik is currently serving as Ambassador to Spain and will soon take charge of his new assignment. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan…
Thimphu: India and Bhutan have taken another step towards deepening their long-standing partnership with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on agriculture and allied sectors in Thimphu. The MoU was signed between Devesh Chaturvedi, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India, and Thinley Namgyel, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock…
Bhubaneswar: For the first time in three decades, Odisha will host a national conference of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Parliamentary Committee, beginning on Thursday. The two-day event, slated for August 29 and 30, is expected to draw more than 240 delegates from across the country. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will inaugurate the…
Jammu: A wave of natural disasters has struck Jammu and Kashmir, with a deadly landslide on the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine route in Reasi district killing 30 pilgrims and injuring 14 others, even as floods and cloudbursts wreak havoc across the region. The landslide occurred on Tuesday evening near Adhkwari, forcing authorities to suspend…
