Melvin Durai A dentist near my home has a large sign bearing his name and the words “Dental Implantologist.” Until I saw his sign, I had never heard of the word “implantologist,” but I had certainly heard of dental implants, because companies that send targeted ads through the internet are certain that I need them. And they...

With the retail inflation in India climbing to 4.38 per cent, tell tale signs of the global economic crisis have started showing up. Driven by higher fuel and food costs, the headline inflation rate has already breached Reserve Bank of India's medium-term target of 4 per cent. India's retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI),...

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Dubai: Air raid sirens have warned of another missile attack in Bahrain as authorities tell people to seek shelter. It was the fourth such alert Tuesday. The United States has stepped up strikes on Iran over its attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran has launched attacks on American-allied Arab states.   Orissa POST...

Birmingham: Shubman Gill continued his love affair with the Edgbaston cricket ground as the Indian captain's graceful 80 lay the foundation for a walk-in-the-park six-wicket victory over England in the first ODI here Tuesday. India, now has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Axar Patel, much panned for his recent low returns in T20Is, played...

Bhubaneswar: A key committee of the Puri Jagannath temple Tuesday rejected the ISKCON's claim that holding Rath Yatra on random days was in accordance with the scriptures, and asserted that it was an attempt to mislead devotees around the world. ISKCON and the Puri temple administration have been at loggerheads over the "untimely" organisation of the Rath...

Kataka: Marking a significant milestone in state’s educational and intellectual landscape, Housing and Urban Development Minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra Tuesday inaugurated Bishwanath Pandit Central Library at Badambadi, Kataka. Built over three acres at an investment of `42 crore, the state-of-the-art library is designed to promote read ing, research, innovation and lifelong learning, providing world-class facilities to students,...

 Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Days after the State Sentence Review Board (SSRB) recommended for release of Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh, currently serving life imprisonment for the killings of Australian missionary Graham Stuart Staines and his two minor sons in 1999, Supreme Court Tuesday directed the state government to release Singh on or before August 15, 2026. The SSRB...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government is on alert and keeping a close watch on the COVID-19 situation in the country, amid reports of coronavirus cases in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, a minister said Tuesday. Odisha Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling held a meeting with senior officials of his department during the day to take stock of the Covid scenario across the...

Washington: Nasa astronaut Anil Menon and two Russian cosmonauts Tuesday lifted off onboard a Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft from Kazakhstan on an eight-month mission to the International Space Station. The Roscosmos spacecraft carrying Menon and Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome at 8:17 pm IST. After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to...