Shantanu Mishra has been picked to be part of East Zone team for Duleep Trophy, which will be played between September 8-25. Meanwhile, at the end of the East Zone Selection Committee meeting on August 25 in Ranchi, another player from Odisha – Rajesh Mohanty – has been selected as a standby player. The East…
India and Pakistan will kick off their Asia Cup 2022 campaign when the arch-rivals face each other on August 28. The last time both teams met at T20 World Cup 2021, where India were beaten by Pakistan. In the Asia Cup 2022, India and Pakistan have been placed in Group A. IND vs PAK, Asia…
The Asia Cup 2022 featuring six teams kicks off on August 27, with Sri Lanka and Afghanistan playing the opening game. The teams have been divided into two groups as the tournament will be played in the T20 format. In their respective groups, each team will be playing each other once. Then the top four…
Balasore: Fakir Mohan University should lead a knowledge oriented lightning resilience programme for Odisha, urged Ashwini Kumar Patra, Minister for Tourism, Language and Literature while inaugurating a two-day national workshop. It is for the first time that a tribal lightning resilience programme has been undertaken by an university in India. He said that with the…
Minister Housing and Urban Development Usha Devi had visited State Urban Development Agency recently. During her visit she interacted with the officials to get a picture of the various initiatives being implemented across 115 ULBs to improve the livelihood of the urban poor in the state. Project Director, SUDA Sarada Prasad Panda made a detail…
The petrol price in Bhubaneswar on Saturday saw an increase and the rate was Rs 103.19 while the price of diesel at Rs 94.76 per litre. In Cuttack the prices of petrol and diesel on Saturday were Rs 103.54 and Rs 95.10, respectively. Petrol and diesel prices are revised in India on a daily basis….
Bhubaneswar: Alcohol intake is responsible for around three million deaths every year worldwide, which is 5.3 per cent and requires measures to curb drinking habits, an eminent psychiatrist said. “Liquor claims 2.6 lakh lives in India and is the causal factor linked to more than 200 diseases,” Dr. NN Raju, President of the Indian Psychiatrists’…
Odisha Orange’s winning run ended on Wednesday when they lost to Cuttack-A by 77 runs in Kalahandi Cup T20 Super League. Put in to bat at Ravenshaw ground, Cuttack-A put up a paltry score of 119 for 8 in 20 overs, with Biplab Samantray’s top score of 26. What could have been an easy chase…
Cuttack’s Barabati Stadium will be one of the host venue of the Legends League Cricket. Three T20 matches of the tournament will be played at Barabati Stadium on September 27, 29 and 30, Odisha Cricket Association informed. After successful hosting of the first edition of the Legends League at Oman, the company Absolute Legends (P)…
Bhubaneswar: Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with city-based ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIFA) with the objective of facilitating academics and research in a range of subjects. The subjects would include herbal biomedicines, nanotechnology, marine and fresh water eco-systems, anti-microbial resistance, immunology and translational…
