Bhubaneswar: The state govt has issued fresh guidelines to prevent heatstroke among workers during the summer months. The Labour and Employees’ State Insurance department has directed all revenue commissioners, district collectors and the State Labour Commissioner to take necessary steps to protect workers from extreme heat. As per the directive, from April 1 to June…
NEW DELHI: With West Asia-bound cargo ships stranded in India due to conflict in the region, shipping ministry on Friday directed all 12 major ports to consider requests for reduction, waiver or remission of charges, including for storage rent, reefer plugging and change of vessel.The ministry said ports may permit storage of cargo destined for…
Koraput: Commuters at the Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) bus terminus in Jeypore were left stranded and fuming on Saturday after services on several routes were abruptly cancelled, reportedly because of the corporation’s failure to clear pending diesel bills.The disruption triggered chaos at the bus stand. Many of the passengers, who had arrived early…
BENGALURU: Swiggy shareholders have voted against proposed changes to the company’s Articles of Association, preventing the planned appointments of CFO Rahul Bothra and cofounder Phani Kishan Addepalli to the board. The special resolution received 72.4% shareholder support, falling short of the 75% threshold required for approval, according to an exchange filing on Thursday.Swiggy said the…
Rourkela: Odisha vigilance on Friday arrested an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Bargaon police station in Sundargarh district for taking Rs 25,000 bribe from a ‘dhaba’ owner on Thursday. During subsequent searches at the Bhubaneswar and Badagaon govt quarters of ASI Arupa Nanda Das (53), the vigilance officials recovered more than Rs 3 lakh cash on…
Hardeep Singh Puri speaks in Lok Sabha during Budget session of Parliament Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri told Lok Sabha on Thursday that India remains well prepared to manage disruptions in global energy supplies triggered by the ongoing West Asia conflict, assuring lawmakers that domestic fuel availability and power generation…
Gold price prediction today: Gold prices are likely to take cues from the US Federal Reserve stance on rate cuts in the near future, says Praveen Singh, Head Currencies and Commodities, Mirae Asset ShareKhan. Source link
महिला आरक्षण से संबंधित संविधान संशोधन विधेयक लोकसभा में गिर गया. शुक्रवार (17 अप्रैल) को लोकसभा में हुए वोटिंग में सरकार को दो तिहाई बहुमत नहीं मिला. इस पर सपा चीफ अखिलेश यादव ने कहा कि जो हमारा पक्ष तो उसको हमने बिल्कुल साफ रखा है. लगता तो है कि गाड़ी थमी रह गई, लगता…
Kendrapada: Tourism secretary Balwant Singh and principal secretary of commerce and transport, NBS Rajput, on Friday visited Bhitarkanika National Park to prepare a roadmap for boosting eco-tourism in the country’s second-largest mangrove forest. The officials inspected the crocodile breeding and rearing centre and the natural history museum at Dangamala. Source link
Berhampur: A three-year-old boy from Umerkote in Nabarangpur district has got a new lease of life after doctors at govt-run MKCG Medical College and Hospital here successfully removed a 8cm-long twig lodged in his brain in a four-hour surgery. Om Harijan is currently recovering at the paediatric intensive care unit of the hospital.A team, led…
