Tribal women collecting water from a stream Kendrapada: Every morning, 38-year-old Malati Marandi from Balipada village in Jajpur district’s Sukinda block treks over a kilometre to fetch water from a stream to quench the thirst of four members of her family.Like Malati, many women from the tribal-dominated villages of Balipada, Kumada, Ostapal, Sarubil, Talangi and…
The rupee staged a sharp rebound on Thursday, rising 156 paise or 1.6 per cent to settle at 93.14 (provisional) against the US dollar, logging one of its steepest single-day gains in many years after regulatory measures by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), according to PTI.The surge followed a series of steps by the…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is very likely to witness more number of heatwave days during summer this year, mostly in April and May, said IMD director general Mrutyunjay Mohapatra on Saturday. Mohapatra’s remark on Odisha to TOI came after he released IMD’s all India hot weather season forecast from March to May and monthly forecast for March…
NEW DELHI: A US Navy MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone, estimated to cost over $200 million per aircraft, disappeared from tracking systems after declaring an in-flight emergency over the Strait of Hormuz, raising questions about its fate amid heightened regional tensions.According to data from Flightradar24, the unmanned aircraft had completed nearly three hours of surveillance over…
आईसीसी टी20 वर्ल्ड कप 2026 का पहला सेमीफाइनल मुकाबला न्यूजीलैंड और साउथ अफ्रीका के बीच बीती रात यानी 4 मार्च को खेला गया. कोलकाता के ईडन गार्डन्स में खेले गए इस मुकाबले को कीवी टीम ने 9 विकेट से अपने नाम किया, जिसमें फिन एलन के शतक का रोल काफी अहम रहा. उन्होंने इस मैच…
NASHIK: The accused in the alleged TCS Nashik sexual harassment and religious coercion case are in the process of moving a Nashik court for bail and anticipatory bail, according to a report by Bar and Bench.Lawyers Baba Sayyed and Rahul Kasliwal, representing some of the accused, said they are preparing anticipatory bail application for one…
NEW DELHI: Showcasing synergy among different wings of the armed forces, the Army’s combat engineering arm in collaboration with the Air Force has deployed a pontoon assault bridge using the Chinook heavy-lift helicopter during a joint exercise along the western sector.The Army’s Western Command on X said Kharga Sappers and IAF “successfully validated rapid air…
NEW DELHI: As geopolitical tensions escalate in the Middle East, India is exploring alternative energy sources to strengthen its energy security, with countries such as Australia and Canada offering additional gas supplies, according to official sources cited by PTI on Saturday.With ships and oil tankers avoiding the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf amid…
