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India has been ranked 118th out of 147 countries in the World Happiness Report 2025, reflecting a mixed trend in the nation’s well-being. The annual report, published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, evaluates global happiness based on economic stability, social support, personal freedoms, and corruption levels. India’s position and global comparisons While India's rank...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary Thursday said Odisha will get one Centre of Excellence in the field of skill development. The Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) said this while meeting Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi in Bhubaneswar. Chaudhary said the Central budget this year has made provision for opening five Centres...

Bengaluru: The probe into the possible role of DGP-rank officer K Ramachandra Rao in the gold smuggling case has lent credence to the DRI's allegations that his stepdaughter, Ranya Rao, misused police protocols, sources said Thursday. According to official sources, during the inquiry by Additional Chief Secretary Gaurav Gupta, a detailed analysis of records at Bengaluru airport...

Bengaluru: Lawmakers cutting across party lines Thursday alleged that ‘honey trap’ attempts were being made in Karnataka to achieve political goals. State Home Minister G Parameshwara supported the opposition's claims and assured a high-level inquiry into such cases. Responding to the accusations, Parameshwara stressed the need to curb such tendencies. "If we have to preserve the dignity...

New Delhi: Music composer-singer Amaal Mallik Thursday said he is clinically depressed and that his self-worth has been diminished by actions of ‘near and dear ones’. In a lengthy note on Instagram, the music director blamed his parents, composer Daboo Malik and singer Jyoti Malik, for creating a gulf between him and his younger brother, singer Armaan...

Once a prominent figure in the Hindi film industry, Tanushree Dutta made headlines for her bold performances and later for spearheading India’s #MeToo movement. From filing an FIR against Rakhi Sawant to speaking candidly about her past and future, Dutta’s life is anything but ordinary. But where is she now? In an interview with News18 last year,...

BijapurKanker: In a fresh offensive against Naxals, security forces killed at least 30 members of the banned CPI (Maoist) in two separate encounters in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region Thursday, officials said. While 26 Naxalites were killed in Bijapur district, four Maoists were gunned down in Kanker by a joint team of the BSF and District Reserve Guard (DRG)...

New Delhi: India has been trying to secure the release and repatriation of its citizens lured to Myanmar with fake job offers, with a batch of 549 Indians recently brought back in an IAF aircraft from Mae Sot in Thailand, the government informed Parliament Thursday. Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita shared the data in...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha will get a direct flight to Goa April 1. This was announced by Odisha Chief Minister's Office (CMO) through a social media post. The direct flight services will begin from Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar to Goa from April 1, it said. According to the CMO, IndiGo will provide flight services four days...