Berhampur: The Berhampur Circle Jail in Odisha's Ganjam district has received 'Eat Right Campus' certificate from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), an official said Saturday. The 'Eat Right Campuses' is an initiative by FSSAI to promote safe, healthy and sustainable food practices in various campuses like workplaces, educational institutions, and hospitals, aiming to...

New Delhi: L2: Empuraan, starring Mohanlal, has collected over Rs 100 crore at the worldwide box office in two days, the makers announced Saturday. Directed by Prithviraj Sukumaran, the film is a sequel to Lucifer. It released Thursday. Production banner Aashirvad Cinemas shared the box office collection on Instagram handle.   https://www.instagram.com/p/DHwDUBjyXjW/?hl=en   “The Cicada himself. #L2E...

Manila: The Philippines, Japan, and the United States conducted a multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) within the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone, demonstrating a collective commitment to strengthen regional and international cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. This maritime cooperation was conducted Friday amid looming threats and the growing assertiveness of China in the region, according...

Bangkok: The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to over 1,000 Saturday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck near the country's second-largest city. The country's military-led government said in a statement that 1,002 people have now been found dead and...

Bhubaneswar: Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Sujata Karthikeyan, wife of former IAS turned politician VK Pandian, has taken voluntary retirement from service (VRS), according to sources. She had applied for VRS nearly a month ago. However, no official confirmation has yet been made public. Now, discussions within the government have intensified following reports that the central...

Sukma: At least 16 Naxalites were killed, and two security personnel sustained injuries in an encounter in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district Saturday, police said. The gunfight broke out in the morning hours in a forest under the Kerlapal police station area where a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, an official said. He...

New Delhi: As part of its Act East policy, India sent more than 15 tonnes of relief material to Myanmar Saturday, following a series of powerful earthquakes that led to widespread death and destruction Friday, with over 600 people feared killed and the toll expected to climb further. The official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs,...

Bangkok: The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has jumped to nearly 700, according to the government. State-run television MRTV reported that 694 people have now been found dead and another 1,670 injured, according to a statement from the military-led government. The same figures were also reported by the independent news site The...

Kendrapara: Over 70 per cent population of Kendrapara district depends on agriculture for livelihood. However, lack of proper irrigation facilities and ineffective drainage management have become major obstacles for agriculture in the district. The coastal district, home to seven rivers and 27 distributaries, has potential water pathways. Canals like Kendrapada, Pattamundai, and Gobari, along with nearby Mahanadi...

Rourkela: Researchers of the National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NITR) have developed a new technology that will prove immensely helpful in treating bone defects caused by injury and diseases. The team led by Devendra Verma, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, has developed a bioink made from natural materials for 3D bioprinting of bone-like structures....