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,…
Bhubaneswar: India’s First Aluminum Freight Rake was flagged off by Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw at Bhubaneswar Railway Station on Sunday. A single rake of Aluminum Freight Train can save over 15,000 tonnes of CO2 over its lifetime. It is an ambitious plan to modernise freight transportation and enable large carbon savings for Indian Railways. Stating…
New Delhi: The National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) has officially launched the third phase of the ‘Amazon Future Engineer Program’ in 50 Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) across Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, and Tripura. This new phase aims to introduce students to emerging technologies, including blockchain, artificial intelligence, coding,…
New Delhi: The Secretary of School Education and Literacy (SE&L), Sanjay Kumar, conducted a comprehensive review of the guidelines developed by the PSSCIVE, a unit of NCERT under the Ministry of Education, for implementing Bagless Days in schools. The meeting saw active participation from representatives of NCERT, CBSE, NVS, and KVS. Various innovative suggestions were…
New Delhi: Sports Ministry’s Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) decided to reinduct ace recurve Archer Deepika Kumari to the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) Core list, a decision made with the Paris Olympics looming within a span of less than 100 days. Deepika, who had taken a maternity break, recently made a comeback and has been…
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to foster drug-free educational environments, the state of Odisha is considering extending its anti-drug declaration requirement to lecturers in colleges and universities. The Assembly Standing Committee on higher education has recommended this significant measure, urging the state government to implement the rule for lecturers, similar to the existing mandate for students….
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India has commenced its prestigious Winter Internship Programme – 2024 for postgraduate students. The four-week in-person internship, which began today, has drawn participation from 80 students across various academic disciplines, carefully selected from over 1,000 applicants nationwide. Inaugurating the programme, NHRC Acting Chairperson Smt. Vijaya Bharathi…
The Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has granted approval to declare Ayodhya Airport as an International Airport and designate it as “Maharishi Valmiki International Airport, Ayodhyadham.”
Bhubaneswar: Four from Odisha will be conferred with Padma Awards for the year 2023. The four Padma Shri awardee are Maguni Charan Kuanr for Art, Antaryami Mishra for Literature & Education), Krishna Patel for Art and Patayat Sahu for Agriculture. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India announced the award winners on Wednesday….
Bhubaneswar: Eminent producer-director Ghanashyam Mohapatra will be conferred with the prestigious Jayadev Award for 2019 for his lifelong achievement and contribution to the Odia film industry. He will be felicitated with a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh and certificate of honour. State Culture Minister Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi on Friday also announced the 31st State…
