Appearing for Class X and XII board exams twice a year will not be mandatory and the concept is being introduced as an option to reduce students’ stress caused by the fear of single opportunity, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said

 “I believe India has the potential to win the Olympic gold medal in hockey. This team has the attitude and talent to make it happen,” says Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the man whose rock-solid support is behind the sport’s revival.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday announced `50 lakh cash award for Odisha’s hockey star Deep Grace Ekka for her stellar role in securing bronze medal for India at the 19th Asian Games in China’s Hangzhou.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday approved `30.58 crore for construction of a new building of Biswanath Pandit Library at Puri-Angul bus stand in Cuttack City.

In a major IAS reshuffle, the state government has appointed Bishnupada Sethi as the principal secretary of the Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (SSEPD) department, an official said, Sunday.

Powerful earthquakes killed at least 2,000 people in western Afghanistan, a Taliban government spokesman said Sunday. It’s one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the country in two decades. The magnitude-6.3 earthquake was followed by strong aftershocks, a spokesperson for the country’s national disaster management authority said.

The Territorial Army (TA) has inducted a batch of Mandarin language experts and posted them in forward areas, a step that seeks to enhance linguistic capabilities of the Indian side during border talks with the Chinese army.

The Simlipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district will reopen for common visitors and tourists from October 14, earlier than the usual date of November 1, a forest official said Sunday.

Work is underway on a war footing to develop Ayodhya as Uttar Pradesh’s first solar city ahead of the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple, likely to be in January.

The National Conference and the Congress together won 22 seats in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council-Kargil election, officials said Sunday.

Mobile phone exports from India almost doubled to $5.5 billion, about Rs 45,700 crore, till August this financial year, according to industry body ICEA’s estimates.

India’s coal imports declined 12.08 per cent to 18.26 million tonnes (MT) in August this year over the corresponding month of the previous fiscal.

CII’s business confidence index improved to 67.1 in the July-September quarter of FY24, reflecting robust macro fundamentals of India’s economy despite global headwinds, the industry body said Sunday

KL Rahul (97 n o, 115b, 8x4, 2x6) and Virat Kohli (85, 116b, 6x4) helped India overcome early jitters as the hosts began their ODI World Cup campaign here Sunday on a rousing note defeating Australia by six wickets.

India, with a record haul of 107 medals at the Hangzhou Asian Games, have written a glittering chapter in the country’s sporting history, while also giving a strong reason to start dreaming about a best-ever Olympic performance next year in Paris. The 660-strong Indian contingent bagged 28 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze medals at the continental showpiece, fetching 37 more medals than they did at the 2018 Jakarta Games.