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Friday, August 22, 2025
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Topic: Odisha

Nearly half of 136 coastal cities yet to implement policies to fight climate change: Study

Six Indian cities — Chennai, Cochin, Mumbai, Surat, Visakhapatnam and Kolkata — were included in the analysis that covered 136 coastal cities worldwide.

DRDO and SFC to look into why nuclear-capable Agni night test failed

The Strategic Forces Command conducted India’s first night trial of the missile as part of its training, and the DRDO provided logistic support.

World’s largest eagle ‘rescued’ in Odisha, but experts say ‘doesn’t look like it’

The Odisha forest department has identified rescued eagle as Philippine eagle. Experts say it looks like a crested serpent eagle.

Konark, the TV that came with its own stand, and put Odisha on the map

Like the Konark Temple in Odisha, Konark TV too faced its ruin at the hand of foreign 'invaders' post-liberalisation.

Odisha ‘rasagola’ gets GI tag after 4-year fight with Bengal’s version of ‘rasogolla’

Odisha had been embroiled in a bitter battle since 2015 over the origin of rasagola with West Bengal, which had in 2017 secured the GI tag for 'Banglar Rasogolla'.

Modi govt calls its model village scheme path-breaking, but 35% projects yet to start

Sharp dip in participation of MPs in Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana recorded — from 703 MPs in first phase to 283 in third.

How mangrove nurseries are changing the lives of Odisha women & the forest around them

For years, these women lost income, their health and nutrition suffered, and they found themselves ever more marginalised.

Religious conversion is like seeking sex in return for a favour, says new minister Sarangi

Pratap Chandra Sarangi, MoS in the Modi govt, says conversions through fraud, force or allure should be treated as a crime, an inhuman act.

Cycle-riding Pratap Sarangi is ‘Odisha’s Modi’ who took New Delhi by storm

Austere Sarangi, an old RSS hand, is now a junior minister in Modi’s cabinet.

Pratap Sarangi — the new entrant in Modi govt who stands out for his simplicity

BJP leader Pratap Sarangi continues to live in a mud and bamboo house & rides a bicycle to most places.

On Camera

Banning RMGs could end up like Bihar’s prohibition. Poor will suffer most

India should build on regulatory architecture instead of driving consumers into the shadows. The real choice is not between prohibition and inaction, but between regulation and chaos.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?