Picture showing a man talking to a wheelchair-bound woman. — Reuters/File.Researchers from University of Cambridge suggest that lithium could be a potential preventer of dementia. Dementia is one of the leading causes of death in the elderly and has no cure or preventer currently. The study by a researcher concludes that patients who received lithium are less…Continue Reading

Bangladesh Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has thanked Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi for the evacuation of Bangladeshi nationals from Ukraine’s besieged city of Sumy. Earlier this month, in a ​carefully planned operation India was able to evacuate over 500 of its students. Along with the Indian students convey several Bangladeshi nationals & one Pakistani national came…Continue Reading

Two days after taking oath as Punjab Chief Minister, Bhagwant Mann is set to get his first Council of Ministers, all first-timers, on Saturday. Former Leader of the Opposition and a prominent Dalit face Harpal Singh Cheema may be inducted as the deputy chief minister. Cheema retained his Dirba seat. The other probables in the…Continue Reading

Russia’s war on Ukraine is causing a strategic re-think in Finland, which shares a 1300-km border with Russia. Though Finland has remained militarily non-aligned, the country has been a member of the European Union and a partner of NATO. However, Finn leaders are now contemplating formally joining the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), a political…Continue Reading

While the whole country is celebrating Holi, soldiers of Indian army, Para Military forces deputed in Kashmir Valley far from their homes celebrated it with each other. The soldiers in various districts of the Kashmir Valley splashed colours on each other. The regiment they belong to is what they call their family.  In Srinagar’s 117 Battalion of CRPF,…Continue Reading

After two years of muted celebrations due to the Covid pandemic, thousands of people turned up at the holy cities of Vrindavan and Mathura in northern Uttar Pradesh on Friday to celebrate one of the important Hindu festivals, Holi. In Vrindavan’s famous Banke Bihari temple, thousands of devotees gathered in large numbers to offer prayers…Continue Reading

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting will set up an Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics (AVGC) task force by the end of March with the purpose of formulating a policy to further facilitate the companies in the sector.Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Apurva Chandra on Friday inaugurated a ‘Media and Entertainment Week’ at…Continue Reading

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has predicted that the war against Ukraine will set Russia back by decades – “to the disasters of the 90s”.”I am confident that by attacking us, they will destroy everything that the Russian society has achieved over the past 25 years. And they will return to where they once began to…Continue Reading

Water logging and uncovered drains always top the wish list of Bhubaneswar residents during election times. With the tragedy of the washing away of a Class X student in an open drain in Shatabdi Nagar under Ward no-51 last September still fresh in incident, the city residents wish the elected corporators and Mayor should address the…Continue Reading

Even as the mystery surrounding the murder of Manas Swain continues to baffle the police a month after the Nayagarh Cameraman’s body was found at a hill in the district, a witness in the case opened up before OTV on Friday narrating the events and circumstances on the day Manas disappeared. Sarat Chandra Panda, a journalist…Continue Reading