Bhubaneswar: Scientists from the ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA) sensitised farmers in Kataka district on scientific methods of fish production, efficient resource use and diversification of aquaculture, an official statement said. The awareness-cum-input support programme was organised at Nakhara village under the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP) scheme, with around 265 farmers, including 155 women, participating. The...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das Wednesday criticised the Centre over the introduction of Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on select UPI transactions, alleging that the move would increase the financial burden on small traders, vegetable vendors and ordinary consumers. Addressing a press conference at Congress Bhawan here along with AICC Odisha in-charge Lalji...

Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway (ECoR) has become the first Railway Zone in the country to cross the 100 million tonnes (MT) mark in freight unloading during the current financial year 2026-27, achieving the milestone 17 days ahead of the corresponding period of the previous financial year. The achievement reflects ECoR’s sustained efforts to improve freight handling, wagon...

Bhubaneswar: The redevelopment of Bhubaneswar railway station will introduce improved passenger circulation, upgraded platform facilities and enhanced amenities as part of efforts to transform it into a modern transportation hub, East Coast Railway (ECoR) General Manager Parmeshwar Funkwal said Wednesday. Funkwal reviewed the progress of the redevelopment during an inspection of the station, covering the concourse, platforms,...

Bhubaneswar: Fire-safety teams Wednesday inspected IRA Hotel and Hotel Durene here as the Odisha Fire and Emergency Services intensified checks under its special campaign, “Surakshita Odisha, Viksita Odisha”. The inspections are part of a month-long statewide initiative launched on September 15 and scheduled to continue till October 15. Fire officials are visiting public and commercial establishments to...

Move over Dr and Prof, Karnataka government has just added another professional prefix to the list. On Teachers’ Day, the state government announced that its teachers can use ‘Tr’ before their names giving them a formal professional identity akin to ‘Dr’ for doctors and ‘Prof’ for professors. Calling the two-letter prefix a symbol of a lifetime of...

Few zombie ideas return as persistently as the claim that right-wing governments are good for the economy, whereas progressive administrations mismanage it. Yet this belief reflects a conception of economics that ignores the sustainability of growth and conservatives’ actual record. Indeed, in country after country, the neoliberal experiment of the past four decades widened public deficits, deepened...

In the wake of Nepal's devastating floods, which killed at least 1,300 people, Nepalese officials and others were quick to cite climate change as the primary cause. They were not wrong. The Hindu Kush Himalayas are warming roughly three times faster than the global average, even though Nepal produces only 0.1 per cent of global greenhouse-gas emissions....

Aries: Passion will rule today. You will feel like chatting with your beloved the whole day. However, you may incur expenses, and Ganesha advises you to stay balanced. But if you've already decided to go all in, make sure you are in the right headspace. Taurus: The fates smile on you this day, assures Ganesha. You have...

Brahmapur: Odisha police have registered a fresh case against BJD leader and former Brahmapur MLA Bikram Kumar Panda, who was recently released from jail on bail, for allegedly threatening a witness over the phone from prison, in connection with the murder of senior advocate Pitabash Panda, an officer said Wednesday. Panda was released from jail September 1...