Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Hiraba passed away at the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre in Ahmedabad on Friday. She was 100.

 Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday. . He was 82.

Passengers arriving in India from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand will be mandatorily required to provide negative Covid-19 reports from January 1, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said Thursday.

Asserting that the Centre has sanctioned `5,600 crore for telecom services in Odisha this fiscal, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Thursday that 5G services will be launched in the eastern state before the Republic Day celebrations in 2023.

In a major move to increase voter participation, the Election Commission (EC) said Thursday it has developed a prototype of a remote electronic voting machine (RVM) for domestic migrant voters and has invited political parties for a technical demonstration here January 16. As per Census 2011, 45.36 crore or 37% of population are migrants

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched a development projects worth more than `1,805 crore in Angul district. The CM inaugurated 746 development projects worth `313 crore and laid foundation stones for another 795 worth `1,492 crore. Patnaik said that ` 242 crore will be provided as loan under Mission Shakti programme. It will benefit more than 75,000 women in the district.

The State Vigilance Academy (SVA), Bhubaneswar has been awarded with ISO certification 9001:2015 for three years – from December 14, 2022 to December 13, 2025.

The Orissa High Court has registered a disposal rate of 133.60 per cent as 1,36,599 cases were disposed of against 1,02,247 instituted between January 1 and December 23, 2022, an official said Thursday.

Aska police station in Ganjam district has stood first in state in overall performance ranking of the state’s police stations for the year 2022.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received the highest amount of donations from electoral trusts (ETs) in fiscal year 2021-22, at Rs 351.50 crore making up 72.17 per cent of the total donations received by all parties, as per a detailed report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).

A total of 16,397 persons were killed in road accidents in 2021 due to not wearing seat belt, of which 8,438 were drivers and remaining 7,959 were passengers, according to a report by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH)

The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has directed the makers of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer “Pathaan” to implement “changes” in the movie, including its songs, in accordance with board guidelines, chairperson Prasoon Joshi said Thursday

The CBI conducted searches at 91 locations across the country Thursday in connection with its investigation against several state medical councils and foreign medical graduates who were allowed to practise in India without qualifying a mandatory test, officials said.

The National Eligibility Test (NET) to determine the suitability of students to be recruited as assistant professors will be conducted from February 23 to March 10, 2023, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced Thursday. The exam will be a Computer Based Test (CBT) in 83 subjects

The Uttar Pradesh government Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Allahabad High Court order quashing its draft notification on the urban local body elections and directing the state to hold the polls without reservation for the Other Backward Classes.

Benjamin Netanyahu was Thursday sworn in as Israel's Prime Minister for a sixth time, leading the Jewish state's most right-wing government to date.

Jaishankar arrived here earlier in the day on his first official visit to Cyprus as the two countries celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations.

India on Thursday reported 268 new Covid cases, taking the total number of cases to 4,46,7.7,915. According to the Union Health Ministry, the death countstands at 5,30,698 with two fatalities in the last 24 hours.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday called upon Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra at Raj Bhavan in Jaipur and discussed several ongoing issues of the state.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said roads in India would be better than those in the United States of America by the end of 2024 under the Narendra Modi government.