World famous Rath Yatra is one of the biggest festivals not just in Odisha but in several parts of the country. However, at the apex of this sacred event stands Debasnana Purnima or simply Snana Purnima where the deities are given sacred bath followed by...
New Delhi: Hindu, Urdu or something in between. That was the kernel of an argument between first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan over the translation of a presidential address from English to Hindi that was to be read by vice...
Bhubaneswar: The state government will observe the International Day of Yoga with community participation June 21 across Odisha. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will grace an event which will be held Friday at Kalinga Stadium. Similarly, other ministers and MLAs will also be present in...
New Delhi: Air pollution contributed to 8.1 million deaths worldwide in 2021, with India and China recording 2.1 million and 2.3 million fatalities, respectively, according to a report released Wednesday. Published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI), an independent US-based research organisation, in partnership with...
Bhubaneswar: Seven in every 100 elderly persons faced abuses of various forms, while one in every three elderly persons didn’t earn a penny in the past year, according to a study by HelpAge India. They include 37 per cent in the age group of 80...
San Francisco: You don't have to be in the middle of an election campaign to be concerned about your ability to spot a lie. Psychology research suggests people lie at least once a day. A 2006 review of 206 papers found that we are little...
Mumbai: In a chilling incident, a Mumbai doctor who ordered ice-cream online, was stunned to find what he alleged was a severed piece of a human finger in it, sending officials into a tizzy. The shocker happened Wednesday when Dr Brendan Serrao, asked his sister...
New Delhi: As millions of people in India grapple with blistering heat intensified by climate change, a new report has said extreme weather events have caused over $41 billion in damages globally since the international climate talks in Dubai (COP28) in December last year. The...
New Delhi: Amid the celebratory fervour among Indian cricket fans worldwide after India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan during the ongoing T20 World Cup in New York's Nassau County International cricket stadium, the Delhi Police on early Monday took to social media platform X to share a...
New Delhi: With a quip about the market's tumble here and a pun about the exit poll results there, social media memesters went into overdrive on the day of counting for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday. Many netizens gave a comic tinge to...
Manipur, which has been dealing with an ongoing crisis for over a year, is waiting for Vineet Joshi, the Chief...
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Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation 6 January as leader of the Liberal Party, effectively ending nearly a...
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Interesting information about the current state of women in China is trickling down despite Chinese authorities’ efforts to put facts...
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Elon Musk’s takeover of social media platform Twitter at a cost of $44bn in 2022 has yielded him rich political...
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