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ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in the group stage will be played in a round-robin league format, with all 10 teams playing each other once, which means each team will be playing nine matches in the group stage. The top four teams at the end of the round-robin stage will progress to the knockout stage….
Veteran offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin has replaced Axar Patel in India’s 15-member squad for the World Cup 2023, which begins October 5. The left-spinner Patel who sustained quadriceps strain during the Asia Cup would need three more weeks to fully recover. Ashwin was earlier not part of the 15-man squad for the World Cup that was…
The Rajbhasha Pakhwada (Rajbhasha Fortnight) by Rajbhasha wing of ECoR was recently held at ECoR headquarters here at Rail Sadan. During the closing ceremony, ECoR general manager Manoj Sharma distributed prizes to the outstanding railway employees who participated in different competitions. The Rajbhasha Fortnight is being celebrated on the occasion of Hindi Day in accordance…
Bhubaneswar: The 22nd governing body meeting of State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) emphasised on expediting the urban transformative journey in the state. The meeting chaired by Usha Devi, H&UD minister and chairman SUDA also approved the budget for 2023-24, held at UNNATI Bhawan here recently. Also social mobilisation and institution building, self-employment programme, shelter for…
Bhubaneswar: The experts have rated Odisha’s septage infrastrucure as one of the best in the country, at a regional workshop held at Odisha Urban Academy here on Saturday. The workshop organised by Housing & Urban Development department Odisha in collaboration with Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi was on reuse of bio-solids harvested…
Bhubaneswar: Koustuv Das of St. Xavier’s High School, Kedargouri, finished first by scoring 8.5 points out of a possible 9 at the two-day All Odisha School Chess Championship which concluded at the Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) recently. Das won eight of the nine matches while drawing one to emerge the top…
Bhubaneswar: Dr Aditya Khadanga, an intern at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here, was felicitated by SOA recently for successfully scaling Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe. Dr Khadanga, faced with challenging weather conditions, made the ascent to the 18,510 feet summit on August 16 last. Mount Elbrus, located in Kabardino-Balkaria…
Bhubaneswar: The students of 2019-23 batch at the Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER), faculty of engineering and technology ofSiksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) here, were presented their degree certificates at a special graduation ceremony held recently. The students belonged to the departments of civil engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science engineering,…
The construction work for Super Critical Doubling work of Talcher-Sambalpur line has been completed, East Coast Railway (ECoR) informed on Wednesday. AM Chowdhary, commissioner of Railway Safety, South Eastern circle inspected the doubling and electrification work between Sambalpur City-Sambalpur section(6.10km) on Wednesday. The doubling and electrification of this section will further facilitate the smooth running…
The Phase-I of Bhubaneswar Metro Rail project between Biju Patnaik Airport and Trisulia Square in Cuttack will cover a distance of 26 km and have 20 stations. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) after conducting traffic survey, geo-technical investigation, topo-graphic survey, environmental and social impact assessments, completed the Detailed Project Report (DPR) and submitted to the…
