Port Moresby: In a demonstration of solidarity and friendship, India has responded promptly to the urgent needs of Papua New Guinea (PNG) by providing emergency relief assistance worth US$ 1 million.
To normalise period talks and problems women experience every month during the menstrual cycle, the Indian social app Chingari has announced a two-day paid menstruation leave per month for its female employees. The new policy has been implemented immediately. The move is an effort to combat the long-standing stigma associated with menstruation and to empower…
Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a forecast predicting hailstorm, rainfall, and lightning accompanied by gusty surface winds in some districts of Odisha on March 19. According to the mid-day bulletin released by the IMD center, the trough from south Odisha to sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, situated at 0.9 Km above mean…
Bhubaneswar: Professor Anand Pradhan has been appointed as the Regional Director of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) at Dhenkanal in Odisha. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued an official order confirming his transfer with immediate effect. According to the order, Prof Anand Pradhan will assume charge from Prof Mrinal Chatterjee, who is…
Bhubaneswar: The District Collector’s Conference at the Lok Seva Bhavan Convention Center highlighted the substantial progress of Odisha’s flagship welfare initiative, the Subhadra Yojana. In an extensive discussion during the second session, Shubha Sharma, Principal Secretary of the Women and Child Development Department, presented a detailed report on the scheme’s achievements, in the presence of Deputy…
Legendary Bengali singer Sandhya Mukherjee breathed her last on Tuesday evening following a massive cardiac arrest. She was 91. She had been in hospital since January 27 due to ill health and was put on vasopressor support and shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) earlier in the day following a drop in her blood…
Bhubaneswar: In a major push to industrialisation, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for 36 industrial projects worth ₹40,811 crore in Khurda district, marking a significant milestone in the state’s growth trajectory. The projects were launched at Bhuinpur under Begunia block, with 25 units inaugurated and foundation stones…
New Delhi: To bolster India’s weather and climate forecasting capabilities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated a state-of-the-art High-Performance Computing (HPC) system, designed to advance research in weather and climate, at two key locations: the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in Pune and the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) in Noida….
New Delhi: Today, Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying, inaugurated the National Symposium on Fodder Development at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Secretary Smt. Alka Upadhaya and officials from the Department (DAHD) were also present during the event. Addressing the gathering, Shri Parshottam Rupala expressed concern over the historical neglect of fodder…
Bhubaneswar: Mahul Phul – Infinitely Indigenous, a collective intelligence practice focused on enabling regenerative transformation, organized face-to-face ideation on its second day. The discussion involved three key stakeholders: PRI members, FNGO partners, and the officials of the SSD Department, with PRI members representing regions of Keonjhar, Rayagada, Mayurbhanj, Nuapada, Kandhamal, and Kalahandi. The conversation shed…
