The countdown to the 2026 edition of the prestigious Academy Awards has already begun. The nominations for the 98th Oscars will be announced on January 22, 2026, with the awards ceremony scheduled to take place on March 15, 2026. Earlier, Neeraj Ghaywan’s emotionally resonant drama Homebound made headlines after advancing to the next round of […]
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For more than 2,500 years, ginger has been used as a medicinal remedy, particularly for digestive problems. Today, modern research supports some of those traditional uses—especially for nausea—while also clarifying ginger’s limits. Ginger, commonly found in grocery stores and used as a spice, is not actually a root. It is a rhizome, a horizontal stem […]
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By Harihar Tripathy The city was loud, filled with the grinding sounds of machinery and the dust of “progress.” Nanda Baba sat wearily under the sprawling shade of an old banyan tree, right next to a massive pile of construction debris and rubble. His monastery, his matha, which had been his entire world for fifty years, […]
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Bhubaneswar, 12/1 : A day of soaring ambition for Odisha’s scientific community ended in somber reflection on Monday as the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) PSLV-C62 mission, carrying the state’s first indigenous satellite, failed to reach its intended orbit. The mission, which lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 10:18 AM, […]
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Bhubaneswar, 12/1 : In a significant political development that could reshape the opposition landscape in Odisha, senior leader and former Cuttack-Barabati MLA Mohammed Moquim led a massive youth demonstration and convention in the capital city today. The event, billed as a “Yuva Samavesh” (Youth Convention), saw the participation of over 1,200 emerging youth leaders from […]
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Bhubaneswar, 12/1 : The anticipated legal showdown involving renowned Odia Jatra actor Piyush Tripathy, popularly known to his fans as ‘Piyu’, took a dramatic turn today at the Bhubaneswar Civil Judge (Junior Division) Court. While the capital city buzzed with expectation regarding the actor’s scheduled personal appearance, Tripathy chose to skip the proceedings, opting instead […]
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Rourkela, 12/1 : Odisha Commerce and Transport Minister Bibhuti Bhusan Jena visited the site of the recent emergency aircraft landing near Rourkela on Monday to personally monitor the ongoing investigation and assess the condition of the survivors. The Minister’s visit comes just days after the IndiaOne Air flight (VT-KSS) executed a forced landing in an […]
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Bhubaneswar, 12/1 : In a landmark move to overhaul the state’s governance infrastructure, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday laid the foundation stone for a new Legislative Assembly building and a state-of-the-art Lok Seva Bhavan (Secretariat). The ambitious integrated project, estimated to cost ₹3,623 crore, is poised to replace the existing 70-year-old structures […]
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New Delhi witnessed a moment of significant concern on Monday as former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) following two episodes of unconsciousness over the weekend. The development has drawn widespread attention, given Dhankhar’s prominent public life and his earlier resignation from the Vice Presidency citing […]
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Bengaluru, India’s tech hub, has been shaken by a shocking turn of events in the death of a 34-year-old software engineer, Sharmila D.K., whose demise was initially believed to be a tragic fire accident. Police investigations have now conclusively revealed that Sharmila was brutally murdered in her Ramamurthy Nagar apartment on January 3, 2026, by […]
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