1999 Super Cyclone:  A Disaster That Crippled Odisha

OdishaBhubaneswarCuttackPuriSambalpurBerhampurRourkela JobsGovt Jobs EducationCBSEUGCCHSEBSE NationalEntertainmentHollywoodBollywoodTollywoodTelly VideosWeatherCOVID 19ExclusivePhotosPoliticsCrimeHealthMiscellaneousLong FormSportsBusinessFestivalsInternationalFeatures LIVE TV DARK MODE Home VideosMiscellaneous1999 Super Cyclone: A Disaster That Crippled Odisha Diptiranjita Patra India Published: Friday, 29 October 2021 Last updated: 29 October 2021, 05:40 PM IST On October 29 in 1999, a cyclone ripped through Odisha. Such was its intensity & extent of damage,…Continue Reading

Mamita Meher Agitations: BJYM Activists Pelt Eggs, Scuffle With Police In Berhampur; DSP Injured

Hundreds of activists belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha(BJYM) scuffled with the Police when they were stopped from gheraoing the SP office in Berhampur on Friday over demands of the ouster of Captain Dibyashankar Mishra, the MoS (Home) so as to ensure a fair probe in the Mamita Meher murder case.A Deputy Superintendent of Police…Continue Reading

Sun Fires Significant Solar Flare, Can Disrupt Earth’s GPS Signals: NASA

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has captured “significant solar flare” erupting from the Sun, which can likely result in disruptions in GPS signals on Earth as well as supercharge Earth’s northern lights.The Sun on Thursday emitted an X1-class flare, the most intense so far at 11.35 a.m., NASA said in a statement on Friday.”POW! The sun…Continue Reading

Facebook rebrands as Meta to emphasize ‘metaverse’ vision

Business Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces their new name, Meta, during a virtual event on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Eric Risberg / AP By BARBARA ORTUTAY, Associated Press updated on October 28, 2021 | 4:08 PM OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort…Continue Reading

Finding mental health help isn’t easy after events like the Boston Marathon bombing. Ayanna Pressley wants to change that.

Politics “All survivors need and deserve supportive resources in the immediate aftermath of these catastrophes.” Boston resident Manya Chylinski in 2017. Suzanne Kreiter / The Boston Globe Manya Chylinski didn’t have any physical wounds from the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. But after witnessing the explosions from the finish line bleachers across the street, Chylinski…Continue Reading

Pro-pharma Democrats kill bill to lower drug costs — advocates ask: “What did they get for that?”

It was the “ugliest night” the late Rep. Walter Jones, a North Carolina Republican, said he had witnessed in two decades in politics. That came when members of his party allied with Big Pharma orchestrated a daring late-night coup in 2003, ramming through a bill written by industry lobbyists that would shower hundreds of billions on drug companies. Health care advocates…Continue Reading

Why the Julian Assange case is the most important battle for press freedom of our time

COMMENTARY If Assange goes to prison for exposing war crimes, it will mean the death of real national security reporting Protesters holding placards demanding Julian Assange is freed march, during a protest ahead of Julian Assange’s extradition appeal on October 23, 2021 in London, England. Protesters marched from the BBC to the High Court, demanding…Continue Reading