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Taipei (Taiwan): The imposition of a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong has sent chills through Taiwan, deepening fears that Beijing will focus next on seizing the democratic self-ruled island. China and Taiwan split in 1949 after nationalist forces lost a civil war to...

New Delhi: With its COVID-19 infection tally crossing the 1,00,000-mark Monday, Delhi became the first city in India to surpass the grim milestone, even as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said a drop in the number of daily cases and declining positivity rate indicated an improvement...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has reportedly directed police stations under its jurisdiction to trace out whistleblowers in the forces who let out sensitive information to media. The department faced many embarrassing moments over the past few months because of such leakages. Many news items published...

Documentary on Kotpad handloom fabrics releases on OTT platform Gobardhan Panika, a master weaver, who has been honoured with a Padma Shri for his contribution to the art of weaving says the online streaming of the film can attract more international buyers for this unique...

Bhubaneswar: The Department of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (SSEPD), which recently made the pension system online, is planning to ensure minimum human involvement during COVID-19 threat. It has asked Collectors to make people aware of the facility of online services for...

Bhubaneswar: A week-long online painting exhibition conducted by Eastern Foundation of Art and Culture(EFAC), a Balasore-based organisation that promotes and preserves traditional forms of art and culture, concluded Friday. The show was attended by as many as 120 artists from various states of the country....

Bhubaneswar: A series of rare and unique celestial events will take place in July and August which are popularly known as ‘planet parades’. Although there is no scientific definition for ‘planet parade’, it is being widely used in astronomy to denote an event that takes...

Bhubaneswar: Veteran actor in the Odia film industry, Bijay Mohanty has been hospitalised again. Bijay Mohanty was admitted to a private hospital here Wednesday, a family member informed Friday. The actor’s health condition deteriorated after which the decision to shift him to a hospital was...

Cairo: Egypt’s highest court Wednesday upheld a death sentence for a former monk. The monk was convicted of killing an abbot in a desert monastery north of Cairo in 2018. The Court of Cassation also reduced a death sentence against another former monk to life...

Blocking of Chinese mobile applications sounds logical given the unprovoked aggression of the PLA and the subsequent killing of Indian soldiers on LAC, says actress Annie Anubhuti  Bhubaneswar: With addition of millions of users every month worldwide, the Chinese mobile application TikTok was gradually becoming...