New Delhi: Faculty members at IIT-Delhi Monday came out in support of IIT-Bombay professor Suryanarayana Doolla, who has been removed as the dean of administrative affairs after protests by students and political activists over the suicide of a 22-year-old student, saying he was only discharging his duties. Sahil Wakode, a second-year BTech student in the Department of...

Washington: India has joined other G20 members in adopting four consensus outcomes covering household energy access, infrastructure approvals, water reuse and secure critical-mineral supply chains. The agreements were reached at the conclusion of the three-day G20 Energy Abundance Ministerial in Houston, Texas, according to a White House statement. The White House National Energy Dominance Council, the departments...

Washington: The US Department of Commerce has postponed its preliminary decision in a countervailing-duty investigation into imports of welded stainless line and pressure pipe from India, pushing the deadline from October 8 to December 14. The investigation also covers imports of the same product from Türkiye. The postponement took effect September 21, according to a Commerce Department...

Brahmapur:  Two 17-year-old boys were detained in Odisha's Ganjam district for allegedly murdering a youth following an altercation over a request for matchsticks to light a cigarette, police said Monday. Ayushman Tripathy alias Suman, 18, was allegedly assaulted by the two boys September 14 after he approached them, seeking matches to light a cigarette. When they refused,...

Baripada: Two persons died when their motorcycle was hit by a speeding vehicle in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district Monday, police said. The accident took place near Kaliashol village under Suliapada block of the district. The deceased have been identified as Rahul Naik and Raju Naik, residents of Mahuli village, they said. The duo had gone to watch a...

Astaranga: A mangrove plantation drive and community awareness programme was recently held along the Devi river mouth wetlands in Puri district’s Astaranga block. Over 55 local residents—including women, fishermen, youth, and leaders from Alasa hi and Jhadling Gram Panchayats—joined Odisha Environmental Society (OES) members to plant 1,000 mangrove saplings (Bruguiera gymnorhiza, Rhizophora, and Avicennia marina) along the...

Basta: Two women were crushed to death by a train while crossing the tracks near Basta railway station in Baleshwar district, police said. The victims were identified as Sita Hansda, 64, of Baunasha tofa village, and her sister-in-law Kapura Murmu, 57, of Parulia village, both under Rasgobindpur police limits in neighbouring Mayurbhanj district. Government Railway Police (GRP)...

Bhubaneswar: The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has granted accreditation for postgraduate medical education programmes at several government health institutions in Odisha, opening up 17 new seats in paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, anaesthesiology and medicine. Under the latest recognition, five district headquarters hospitals (DHH) — Jagatsinghpur, Jeypore in Koraput, Phulbani in Kandhamal, Dhenkanal and...

Udala: Students from an ashram school hostel walked about nine kilometers Monday to meet the Mayurbhanj Collector, after repeated complaints about conditions at their hostel went unaddressed, reports said. The students live at the Bisipur Ashram School hostel under the Khunta block of Mayurbhanj district. Officials intercepted them en route and promised to resolve the issues, after...

Bhubaneswar: The 48th WorldSkills Competition 2026 is scheduled to take place from September 22 to 27 in Shanghai, China. The event is being held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. In this international competition, more than 1,400 young men and women from 70 nations, including India, are competing across 64 skills/categories. Before participating in...