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Lionel Messi’s once-in-a-generation career is complete. The Argentina superstar is finally a World Cup champion.

India’s Sargam Koushal was named Mrs. World 2022, beating contestants from 63 countries to bring the title back to India after 21 years. Mrs. Polynesia was named the first runnerup, followed by Mrs. Canada as the second runner-up.

Stealth guided missile destroyer Mormugao, the second of the four ‘Visakhapatnam’ class destroyers, was commissioned into the Indian Navy Sunday.

A nationwide change will take place in the higher education system, especially in undergraduate courses as language will cease to be a barrier in BA, B Com and B Sc courses. Students will now be able to graduate in their mother tongue.

In view of the same, preparations have begun to make the course books available in languages like Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Tamil and Telugu among others .

 As the City is preparing to host the Hockey World Cup with all fanfare and pomp, multiple cultural events are being organised on the sidelines to further amplify the excitement. One such event is the Bhubaneswar Festival of Storytelling, (BhuFeSto)- 2023, which in its second edition is going to be held from January 14 to 17.

The First National Human Rights Moot Court Competition was organised by Xavier Law School, XIM University, from December 16 to 18. The competition was organised in collaboration with National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and in association with Abhinav Mishra, Solicitors and Chambers Law Firm. Imperial investors and beverage partners Hybrint Food and Retail and Nescafe sponsored the competition.

The Congress has called a meeting of all its general secretaries, state in-charges, state chiefs and Legislative party leaders December 23 to prepare for the ‘haath jodo abhiyaan’ and the plenary session of the party slated to be held in February.

A teenage girl was allegedly raped by eight men at a village in Palghar district of Maharashtra, following which the police have arrested all the accused, an official said Sunday.

The political temperature in Madhya Pradesh is expected to rise over the probe into the Professional Examination Board (Vyapam) scam which is expected to affect many BJP leaders and former ministers. The Vyapam scam has been in the limelight for the last decade with the death of more than 50 people linked to it and more than 2,000 being jailed.

The gross direct tax collections have grown 26 per cent to over Rs 13.63 lakh crore so far this fiscal, aided by TDS deductions and healthy corporate advance tax mop-up, as per an official statement.

About 59 per cent of Indians surveyed said they do not have any Chinese app on their phone while 29 per cent still have one or more, according to data compiled by social community engagement platform LocalCircles. The survey received over 40,000 responses from consumers located in 319 districts

Microfinance loans in the country grew by nearly 11 per cent to Rs 71,916 crore during the second quarter of the current fiscal, industry data showed. Microfinance loans worth Rs 64,899 crore were disbursed during the same period a year ago.

Microfinance loans in the country grew by nearly 11 per cent to Rs 71,916 crore during the second quarter of the current fiscal, industry data showed. Microfinance loans worth Rs 64,899 crore were disbursed during the same period a year ago.

 Popular Ollywood music director Goodly Rath and singer Pummy Mishra joined Congress. Both the artistes joined the Congress during a programme in presence of Odisha Congress in-charge A. Chellakumar and OPCC President Sarat Pattanayak at Congress Bhawan in Bhubaneswar.

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has revoked the suspension of members of Sambalpur Bar Association who were allegedly involved in vandalism on the premises of the district court on December 12. However, the 54 lawyers, whose practice licenses were suspended for 18 months, remain suspended.

Ashok Pradhan, ASI of Baranga police station, was found hanging inside his house at Padasahi village near Nandankanan under mysterious circumstances.

The sale of offline tickets for FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup-2023 is all set to begin on December 19.

Maoists killed a young businessman today afternoon at a place near Bondapipili village under Kotagarh block in Kandhamal district suspecting him to be a police informer.The deceased, who was shot at by ultras, has been identified as 43-year-old Ramesh Nayak.

Odia movie ‘Pratikshya’, running successfully in theatres since its release on Dec 2, has been selected for screening at this year’s Chennai International Film Festival (CIFF) on December 20.