House Looted In Odisha On Pretext Of Grah Shanti Puja, Two Arrested

Malkangiri Police on Tuesday arrested two fraudsters on charges of looting valuables from a house after posing as priests and performing Graha Shanti rituals.As per sources, Sridhar Patnaik, a resident of Jail Line in Malkangiri sought the help of two priests (pujak) to conduct Grah Shanti puja to remove negative effects/doshas of the malefic planets…Continue Reading

Vigilance Nets Crorepati Odisha Supplies Official Who Owns A Kalyan Mandap, Paid Over Rs 1 Cr Insurance

The Odisha Vigilance officials on Tuesday detected property worth crores of rupees in the possession of an Assistant Civil Supplies Officer (ACSO) in Nuapada district. Simultaneous searches were carried out today by six teams of Vigilance comprising six DSPs, 12 inspectors and other officers in as many places associated with Ratnakar Sethy, ACSO at the Civil…Continue Reading

Veteran strategist David Roche warns markets could be at a ‘turning point’ toward a bear market

Veteran strategist David Roche warned the recent volatility could be pointing toward a bear market, rather than a temporary speed bump in a continued bull run.”What we’re in the process of seeing is not a minor interruption in a bull market but perhaps a turning point towards a bear market,” Roche, president and global strategist…Continue Reading

Young people are increasingly overwhelmed at work, survey shows

Gen Z and millennial workers are getting more and more stressed out and overwhelmed at work, a study shows.According to Bain & Company, young people — especially those from advanced economies — are most worried about money issues and how their careers will pan out.Generation Z workers are those between the ages of 18 and…Continue Reading

KCR questions ‘golmaal’ Budget

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao termed the Union Budget “golmaal” which has nothing to offer for any section of people. Rao said that the Budget had left SC, ST, BC people, minorities, farming community, the poor, those in hereditary professions, and employees in utter despair. Addressing a press conference at Pragathi Bhavan, the CM…Continue Reading

Spectrum auction, 5G services roll-out this year

New Delhi: The government will conduct a spectrum auction this year, which will facilitate the roll-out of 5G services by private telecom operators in 2022-23. The announcement was made by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget on Tuesday. The telecommunications sector in general and 5G, in particular, can enable growth and offer job…Continue Reading

Union Budget lists tele-mental health programme

NEW DELHI: With the pandemic affecting psychological and emotional health, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the roll-out of the national tele-mental health programme to improve access to quality mental health counselling. Presenting the Budget for 2022-23, Sitharaman also announced an open platform for the National Digital Health Ecosystem, which will consist of digital registries…Continue Reading

Education Bill for first time crosses Rs.1 lakh crore

New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed setting up a digital university on the ‘hub-and-spoke’ model and expansion of ’one class-one TV channel’ programme through 200 channels for providing supplementary education in regional languages in schools. The overall financial allocation for the education sector for 2022-23 has increased to Rs 1.04 lakh crore — said…Continue Reading