In a first, the Puri district administration blew off an illegal prawn gherry in Chilika, Asia’s biggest brackish water lagoon, on Friday, as a part of its drive to clean up illegal enclosures from the lake. As per reports, mafia have been illegally building enclosures with soil piles for prawn farming in vast stretches of the…Continue Reading
After a historic win over Ireland, Namibia captain Gerhard Erasmus on Friday said that it’s “a heck of an achievement” for them to qualify for the Super-12 stage of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 and the team should be proud of themselves.A terrific performance by Erasmus (53 off 49) and David Wiese (28 runs…Continue Reading
It’s official. Once Rahul Gandhi’s close confidante and Congress strongman from south Odisha, and also party’s tribal face, has finally call it quits after over two decade long association with the grand old party.The news of Pradeep, known as a vibrant youth leader, resigning from the primary membership of INC has sent shockwaves in the…Continue Reading
There was relief for a group of aggrieved women officers, who filed a contempt petition against the Army chief, as they were denied permanent commission — allegedly in violation of a Supreme Court order, with the Centre on Friday telling the apex court it has cleared 39 women officers found eligible, after reconsideration, but rejected…Continue Reading
It’s been four days since Indian fishermen Rajkiran, Xavier and Suganthiran left from their respective homes in the Kottaipattinam fishing hamlet in Southern state of Tamil Nadu. The fishing boat they were traveling in sunk near the Delft island (between India and Sri Lanka), owing to what the Sri Lankan Navy calls “a collision” with…Continue Reading
The Jaynagar-Kurtha cross-border rail link, built with Government of India’s assistance was handed over to the Government of Nepal, the Embassy of India announced on Friday. Ambassador of India to Nepal, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Renu Kumari Yadav, attended the occasion. Also read | Monsoon floods and landslides kill 101…Continue Reading
The security forces in Kashmir will put an “aerial surveillance cover” over the areas where the minority community lives. There would be a cover over Srinagar’s main city centre Lal Chowk too. The security has been put on high alert across the union territory, ahead of the visit of Home Minister Amit Shah. From now…Continue Reading
India received 41 per cent more rainfall than normal from October 1-21 with the Himalayan state Uttarakhand alone recording more than five times its normal precipitation, data by India’s weather department showed on Thursday. Providing a numerical perspective to the unusually heavy rains ravaging several parts of the country, particularly the hill state of Uttarakhand…Continue Reading
A view from the launch tower as SpaceX stacks Starship prototype 20 on top of Super Heavy rocket Booster 4 on August 6, 2021.@elonmusk on TwitterElon Musk’s SpaceX completed two test firings of the engines on its Starship 20 prototype on Thursday, as the company prepares for the rocket’s first orbital launch while the Federal…Continue Reading
The S&P 500 edged lower a day after the benchmark closed at a record.The broad market index fell 0.3% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 12 points, or 0.03%, helped by a 4% rise in shares of American Express, which reported strong quarterly earnings Thursday.Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite shed 1% after poor results from…Continue Reading