Bhubaneswar: In the wake of the alleged sexual assault of a minor at a shelter home in Kendrapada, the state government has ordered immediate district-wide inspection of every institution housing children, including unregistered homes, hostels, shelters, orphanages and residential facilities run by government agencies, NGOs, trusts and religious or charitable bodies. The action follows the alleged sexual...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has predicted that the war with Iran will end “immediately after” the US midterm elections in November because Tehran is trying to influence the vote but would not be able to hold out more in the face of US economic pressure. “I think war is going to end immediately after the election...

SYDNEY: The rich cultural heritage of Odisha recently came alive in Sydney as the Nrityashree Odissi Dance Academy, founded and led by Debashree Das, presented its annual dance event dedicated to Indian classical dance and culture. The event, a celebration of Odissi, showcased the dedication, discipline, and passion of students who have been learning and practicing the...

Bhubaneswar: Eminent Odia writer Pratibha Ray was conferred the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Fellowship during a special ceremony held at the Sanskruti Bhavan auditorium here Thursday. Sahitya Akademi President Dr Madhav Kaushik presented the Fellowship plaque to Ray and described her as a “living legend of Indian literature” in his presidential address. The programme began with an invocation...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Investors’ Meet in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) gained further momentum Thursday, with Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi holding a series of meetings with leaders, investors and industry representatives that resulted in the signing of five MoUs and eight investment intents worth Rs 8,417 crore across multiple sectors, with the potential to create 14,310...

By Dhurjati Mukherjee August was the hottest month for the world as it was for India. The IMD shared a recent report by climate science platform Climate Brink, which forecast that 2026 is likely to become the warmest ever. This year is on track for 1.62°C above pre-industrial levels, which is over the annual global average rise...

By Javier Solana & Angel Saz-Carranza A quarter-century ago, the world changed course in an instant. The new millennium had roughly coincided with the arrival of new presidents in the United States and Russia, then the world's two greatest military powers. But the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the US fundamentally altered both countries' trajectories, as...

By Sunit Mishra, OP Bhubaneswar: While the hearing in the Supreme Court regarding the selection of Odisha’s DGP is underway, Raju Ramachandran, the amicus curiae assisting the Apex Court in this matter, submitted a report September 7 to the three-judge bench headed by the Chief Justice. On August 13, the amicus curiae had informed the bench that...

By Brahma Chellaney Twenty years ago this month, the foreign ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, and China held the first meeting of the BRICs. Since then, the grouping has been formalised—the first BRIC summit took place in June 2009—and expanded, with South Africa joining in 2011 and several more countries later coming on board, either as full...

By SUBHAKANTA NAYAK, OP Hatadihi: The Government Primary School at Kuada in Kendujhar district, established in 1979, is functioning in poor conditions, with students from Sishu Vatika to Class V being taught in a single classroom that also serves as the school office. The school has neither a boundary wall nor a functional toilet, raising concerns over...