Ravenshaw University in Cuttack as the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of University Grants Commission (UGC) has awarded A++ grade to the premier educational institution of the state.

 There seems to be no let-up in road accidents and fatalities as nine people died and seven sustained injuries in two separate road accidents in Malkangiri and Nayagarh districts, Saturday.

The National Disaster Management Authority Saturday said that rescue operations at the Silkyara tunnel may take time with the auger machine facing repeated troubles and the focus is now on vertical drilling to bring out the 41 trapped workers.

As rising heat and erratic rainfall provide favourable conditions for Aedes mosquitoes to breed, Dimapur, once a city with moderate temperatures, is now witnessing these phenomena due to climate change and has become one of the dengue hotspots.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Saturday launched the LAccMI scheme (Location Accessible Multi-modal Initiative) bus service in the tribal majority Rayagada district to boost the rural economy and improve connectivity.

President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to visit Odisha for two days from Sunday and will attend a function in Paradip, officials said.

Delhi’s air quality stood in the “severe” category Saturday morning with monitoring agencies pinning hopes on a western disturbance which may improve meteorological conditions starting Sunday

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act does not prohibit the transportation of beef.

Aditya L1 spacecraft, India’s first spacebased mission to study the Sun, is nearing its final phase and maneuvers to enter the L1 point are expected to be completed by January 7, 2024, according to ISRO chairman S Somanath.

More than 68 per cent voter turnout was recorded by 5 pm in the Rajasthan Assembly elections Saturday, with polling passing off peacefully barring a few stray incidents of violence.

The CBI has started a probe into allegations of corruption against Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra on a reference from anticorruption ombudsman Lokpal, officials said Saturday.

The government has convened an allparty meeting December 2 ahead of the Winter session of Parliament, sources said Saturday.

The armed wing of Hamas said it had decided to delay Saturday’s scheduled second round of hostage releases until Israel met conditions including committing to let aid trucks into northern Gaza, as mediators scrambled to keep a four-day truce on track.

Russia Saturday morning launched its most intense drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion in 2022, targeting the Ukrainian capital, military officials said.

Authorities at Nepal’s Pashupati Area Development Trust Saturday said that no permission has been given to anyone to build a replica of the worldfamous Pashupatinath temple here in India. A statement from the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) came in the wake of media reports stating that a replica of the Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu was being constructed in a village in Uttarakhanda.

India will assume the chairmanship of the International Sugar Organisation (ISO), an apex body for sugar and related products, for 2024, the government said Friday. India is the largest consumer and second largest producer of sugar in the world.

Markets watchdog Sebi Saturday approved a slew of proposals, including providing flexibility to Not for Profit Organisations (NPOs) in raising funds through the social stock exchange and also decided to introduce a regulatory framework for index providers.

At the state level conclave on skill enhancement of FPO & SHG members organised by NABARD, Odisha Gramya Bank disbursed `250 crore to SHG members of Khurda, Cuttack and Pipili Saturday. The bank also disbursed `2 crore to KCC beneficiaries, `1.7 lakh to street vendors and `10 lakh to PMSBY nominees.

 India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty dished out another attacking masterclass to outwit the Chinese duo of He Ji Ting and Ren Xiang Yu and storm into the men’s doubles final at the China Masters Super 750 badminton tournament here Saturday.

Hockey India (HI) was left red-faced Saturday after its all-powerful secretary general Bhola Nath Singh was accused of trying to ‘extort’ `25 lakh from Hockey Telangana unit president Saral Talwar, an allegation which the senior administrator termed ‘baseless’. The allegations by Talwar are based on Bhola Nath apparently demanding huge sum of money lieu of allowing the state hockey unit to conduct elections.