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India is considered to be a water-stressed country. The situation is getting worse. The annual per capita availability of water in India was 6008 cubic metres when the country achieved independence in 1947. It came down drastically during…

Did you know that you don't have to carry physical ID cards such as driving licence, PAN, Aadhaar, and others even to the airport? Digital certificates of these ID cards are valid legal documents, Road Transport & Highways Ministry has…

“You look like a gunda.” “No one from a decent home has so much hair on his face.” “You look like a terrorist.” “Chi, you look filthy. Doesn't it itch?” “Why have you kept so much beard (which by the way is barely 4-5 mm)?” And a…

Former Supreme Court lawyer and former Union Minister Ram Jethmalani died on Sunday morning. He breathed his last at 7.45 am at his official residence here, four days short from his 96th birthday. According to sources, his health had…

There were no all correct entries for the Last Edition of the quiz contest. If you are regularly following Odishabytes, you will be able to answer most of the questions in the "Sunday Quiz". Keep enhancing your knowledge and test your…

Bhubaneswar: City-based SAI International School has decided to set foot outside Odisha, managing as many as 25-30 schools in various states over the next five years. The schools will run under the SAI International brand and will be…

Bhubaneswar: Odissi dancer and choreographer Saswat Joshi has landed in a soup after a girl student accused him of sexual harassment on Friday. It started with a Facebook post in which another student had alleged that he used to thrash and…

Puri: The Jagannath Temple Managing Committee in a meeting here on Friday decided to form a sub-committee for construction and renovation of the mutts in Puri. This was announced by chief administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple…

When I came to Ravenshaw in the end of 2006, as the Vice Chancellor, all that greeted me in the front area were two badly made cement statues, asymmetrically placed along side a cobbled tennis court with potholes, which had long fallen into…