Rourkela: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday inaugurated four major projects in Rourkela, with a combined investment of ₹158 crore, underscoring the Centre and state’s focus on urban infrastructure, tribal heritage and technology-driven governance.The President inaugurated the Planetarium and Science Centre and the Nirmal Munda Parivesh Path at a public function here. She later unveiled the…
A chart from A16Z titled “Apple on Capex: ‘Nah, we’re good’” might be the most humbling visual Wall Street has seen in a while. Sourced from FactSet data as of February 9, 2026, it shows Apple’s quarterly capex sitting nearly flat since 2016—down 19% year-over-year—while Amazon (+42%), Microsoft (+89%), Alphabet (+95%), and Meta (+48%) have…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a rare moment involving the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) as it began breaking apart. Events like this are not often seen, mainly because comet fragmentation is difficult to anticipate and even harder to observe at the right time. The results were later published in the journal Icarus.Interestingly, the comet…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the India-US trade deal, accusing the Centre of striking a “deal for Adani’s release.”Continuing his sharp attack on the PM Modi-led Centre, Rahul posted on X: “Compromised PM negotiated not a trade deal, but a…
NEW DELHI: INS Aridaman, India’s indigenous nuclear-powered submarine, will be commissioned into the Indian Navy on Friday by defence minister Rajnath Singh, news agency ANI reported.Meanhile, Rajnath Singh in a post on X hinting at the launch of the submarine said, “”It is not just words, it is power, ‘Aridaman’!”” INS Aridhaman: All about Navy’s…
Bhubaneswar: To unlock commercial potential of public digital infrastructure, Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) has decided to lease out its unused optical fibre network to licensed telecom and internet service providers.BSCL has floated a tender to lease out 480 km of citywide fibre network that is currently lying idle. The aim here is to generate…
Expired Driving License Rules: अगर आप गाड़ी चलाते हैं तो ड्राइविंग लाइसेंस आपके सबसे जरूरी डॉक्यूमेंट में से एक है. बिना वैलिड ड्राइविंग लाइसेंस के सड़क पर गाड़ी चलाना कानूनन अपराध माना जाता है. कई लोग लाइसेंस एक्सपायर होने के बाद भी लंबे समय तक इसे रिन्यू नहीं कराते हैं, लेकिन ऐसा करना भी भारी…
Berhampur: Amid shortage of cooking gas supply, Berhampur University has switched to traditional firewood to run the messes to cater food to around 1,500 hostel inmates. The authorities have allowed the mess managers to cook food outside the hostel buildings.“We have allowed the mess managers to prepare the food for hostel inmates by using firewood…
Indian Railways refund and cancellation rules New refund rules 2026: Indian Railways has announced a new set of refund rules for confirmed train tickets. As per the new rules, if a passenger chooses to cancel a confirmed train ticket within 24 to 72 hours of the scheduled departure, there will be 25% deduction in the…
New Delhi: Oil marketing companies are under-recovering Rs 750 crore a day on the sale of petrol, diesel and domestic LPG cylinders below market prices, govt said on Monday.Before the price of petrol and diesel was raised by Rs 3 per litre late last week, the under-recoveries incurred by OMCs were estimated at Rs 1,000…
