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New Delhi: Amid a downward trend in COVID-19 active cases and surge in recoveries in the country, states and union territories (UTs) are gearing up to inoculate their people once a vaccine is approved by the Centre. Here is a look at how…

Bhubaneswar: India will emerge as one of the few countries in the world when the Real Time Gross Settlement System (RTGS) will be available 24x7 from Sunday midnight. In a release, the Reserve Bank of India stated that the RTGS has come…

New Delhi: The last solar eclipse of 2020 is set to occur on December 14 (Monday). However, the eclipse will not be visible in India as it will occur over the country on Monday evening. It will start at 7.03 pm and is scheduled to end at…

Mumbai: Republic Media Network’s CEO Vikas Khanchandani was arrested by Mumbai police following a raid at his residence here on Sunday morning. Khanchandani was arrested in connection with the fake TRP rating scam case against Republic TV.…

New Delhi: Farmers protesting at the Singhu border here opened up a gymnasium and invited others as well to use the facility. “We have brought all the gym equipment and till the time central government does not agree on our demand, will do…

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Science Centre (RSC) here will make the spectacle of rare movement of Jupiter and Saturn captured with the telescope available on its social media handles on December 21. The giant outer planets Jupiter and Saturn…

Mumbai: The Maharashtra cabinet has approved a draft bill called the ‘Shakti Act’ that has provisions for death penalty, life sentence and hefty fines against culprits committing crimes against women and children in the state. Chied…

Bhubaneswar: National spokesman of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Rajya Sabha member Sasmit Patra on Saturday rebutted the allegations of BJP leader Daggubati Purandeswari by stating that she was not aware of the facts about Odisha. Hours after…

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh has made 10 years of government service mandatory for PG medicos studying in the state. Anyone failing to do so will have to pay a fine of Rs 1 crore. "The UP Government mandates 10 years of service in the department…

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said Odisha is set to achieve its goal of becoming a world-class industrial destination due to effective governance mechanism. Addressing the 93rd Annual general meeting of Federation…