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New Delhi: The upcoming lunar eclipse Sunday (September 7) will be a rare astronomical alignment, a leading astronomer said. The eclipse, visible across most parts of India, will be the year’s longest and is expected to spark wide public curiosity from villages to cities. Speaking...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has decided to add 600 electric buses to the fleet of 'Ama Bus' service, Housing and Urban Development Department minister Krushna Chandra Mahapatra said in Bhubaneswar Friday. He said that the state requires around 1,000 e-buses to meet its growing demand. Two...

Bhubaneswar: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has partnered with the Odisha government to design and implement Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) 3.0. The company has been working with the state government since 2005, beginning with the integrated Odisha Treasury Management System. This collaboration progressed through the...

Washington: US President Donald Trump hosted a high-powered group of tech executives at the White House Thursday as he showcased research on artificial intelligence and boasted of investments that companies are making around the United States. “This is taking our country to a new level,”...

RESHMI YADAV, OP Bhubaneswar: As the world marks Teachers’ Day (Sept 5), India observes it in honour of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, philosopher, statesman, and the nation’s second President. Classrooms have evolved over the decades—from chalk and duster to smart boards, from registers to biometric attendance. Yet,...

New York/Washington: A decorated Indian-American Amit Kshatriya has been named as NASA's new 'exploration-focussed' associate administrator, the US space agency announced here. Kshatriya, a 20-year NASA veteran, was most recently the deputy in charge of the Moon to Mars Programme in the Exploration Systems Development...

New Delhi: Users across the world faced disruptions while using ChatGPT Wednesday, as the AI chatbot developed by OpenAI went down for a brief period. Many people reported that they were unable to fetch responses, with some even claiming that their past conversations had disappeared....

New Delhi: The Indian services sector growth touched a 15-year high in August, driven by a sharp rise in new orders and output, amid substantial improvement in demand conditions, a monthly survey said Wednesday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Services PMI Business Activity Index was...

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Sambalpur: In the dense forests where freedom fighter Veer Surendra Sai once evaded British forces, Odisha's Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary is scripting one of India's most remarkable conservation success stories as it prepares to become the country's newest tiger reserve. The 804-square-kilometre sanctuary, which received National...