Bhubaneswar: The teaching fraternity has a huge responsibility to mould the young people academically and intellectually while inculcating high moral values in them, former Odisha governor MM Rajendran said on Friday. “Character building is important as it helps shape a nation and moral values need to be instilled in students in the educational institutions,” Rajendran,…
Bhubaneswar: Education is the bedrock of civilisation and no progress can be thought of without acquiring wisdom, Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Ramabhadracharya of Chitrakoot said here on Sunday. Jagadguru Ramabhadracharya, who was delivering the annual lecture at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) here, said students should be ‘karmayogis’ which would lead to enlightenment of the world. He…
The Orissa Economics Association (OEA) in collaboration with the Department of Analytical and Applied Economics, Utkal University and School of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) organised the Odisha Vision 2036 conclave here on university campus. Secretary of OEA, Dr Amarendra Das said Odisha is already a middle income…
New Delhi: Delhi’s government hospitals are pulling out all the stops as flu cases rise across the city. Fever clinics are being set up, more samples are being tested, isolation beds are ready, and hospital teams are on alert. Officials say anyone showing warning signs is being checked, tested and admitted right away if needed….
The petrol price in Bhubaneswar saw a decrease on Tuesday with the rate in the capital city at Rs 101.81 while diesel price at Rs 91.62. In Cuttack the prices of petrol and diesel on Tuesday were Rs 102.17 and Rs 91.97, respectively. Petrol and diesel prices are revised in India on a daily basis….
The much-awaited FIFA World Cup 2022 is all set to kickoff on November 20 in Qatar, as 32 teams will compete for a place in the finals on December 18. The quadrennial event will be played across eight stadiums with the teams been divided into eight groups of four, and only top two teams from…
Bhubaneswar: The Congress party held a six-hour ‘hartal’ in Odisha on Friday demanding the sacking and arrest of state minister DS Mishra for his alleged closeness with the prime accused in the Kalahandi teacher’s kidnap and murder. The hartal began at 6am amid tight security and is peaceful so far with no report of any…
Bhubaneswar: Nine Grand Masters and 24 International Masters from across the world will take part in the 1st SOA International Grand Masters Chess Festival at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) here, which will begin on January 28, the organizers said on Thursday. Some of the finest chess players from Denmark, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Iran, Sri Lanka, Vietnam,…
Bhubaneswar: Even as the depression formed over Odisha weakened into a low pressure area and lay over eastern Madhya Pradesh and its neighbourhood, a fresh low pressure area is expected to form over north Bay of Bengal on August 13, SOA’s Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) said on Wednesday. The new low pressure area…
Sambalpur: The Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a unit of the CIL, has become the leading coal producing company in the country after it crossed 157 million tonne (MT) in coal production in the financial year of 2021-22. On March 12, 2022, the company produced 7.62 lakh tonne of dry fuel which is the highest in…
