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Bhubaneswar: The Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) has recommended the ambitious Rs 1,140-crore Odisha Skill Development Project (OSDP) Phase-II — aimed at training at least 60,000 youths annually in advanced and emerging technologies — for financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), according to a notification on Saturday.The proposal, discussed at the 164th meeting of the DEA screening committee in May, has been approved for submission to the ADB for a Rs 570-crore loan, with the remaining amount to be borne by the state govt. The five-year project is proposed to be implemented from Oct 2026 to Nov 2031…

Udupi: Delays in payment of compensation to SC/ST victims and alleged fake caste certificates were some of the issues raised at the district-level SC/ST grievance redressal meeting chaired by Udupi SP Hariram Shankar on Saturday.Around 53 SC/ST community leaders and representatives from across the district participated in the meeting, along with senior police officials.Community members said the police department in Udupi district has been responding well to issues concerning the community, and requested that other departments also respond in a similar manner. A request was submitted to change the members of the vigilance committee, which is chaired by the deputy…

Ground Opposition: Activists representing farmers’, environmental, Dalit and other progressive organisations stage a protest against the proposed introduction of Kambala as part of the Mysuru Dasara celebrations at Sathagalli in Mysuru on Saturday Mysuru: Activists from farmers’, environmental, Dalit and progressive organisations staged a protest on Saturday near the proposed kambala venue at Sattagalli, opposing plans to hold the sport during Mysuru Dasara.The demonstration was organised under a joint action committee comprising Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS), Dalit Sangharsha Samiti, Parisarakkagi Naavu, Team Mysuru, and various Kannada and progressive organisations. Members of the Karnataka Rashtra Samithi Party also took part.The…

Araria: District education officer (DEO) Saheb Alam suspended a teacher and the headmistress of Govt Primary School, Khajurbari, for allegedly making students place benches across a waterlogged campus so she could reach the classroom without stepping into floodwater. The action followed after a video of the incident sparked outrage on social media.The video showed teacher Afsana Praveen asking children to arrange benches as a makeshift walkway. After examining her explanation, the DEO found it unsatisfactory and ordered her immediate suspension. She has been directed to report to the Block Resource Centre in Forbesganj during the suspension period.The school’s headmistress, Nilima…

Doctors at Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital successfully performed two rare and complex surgeries, underscoring the advanced surgical capabilities of the hospital’s General Surgery Dept Jaipur: Doctors at Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital successfully performed two rare and complex surgeries, underscoring the advanced surgical capabilities of the hospital’s General Surgery Dept.In one case, surgeons removed 15 benign lumps from the breasts of an 18-year-old woman from Tonk district. Seven lumps were removed from one breast and eight from the other through small incisions. Doctors said breast lumps are usually few in number, making the case highly unusual.The patient ignored the…

Bokaro: A Class IX student of DPS Bokaro has developed an artificial intelligence-based weather warning system that could predict the possibility of cloudbursts and provide crucial time for disaster management agencies to act in case of such events. Shrestha Chaturvedi’s project was selected under the Centre’s INSPIRE-MANAK award scheme.Cloudbursts, which bring extremely heavy rainfall over a small area within a short period, have caused massive destruction in Himalayan states like Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.The system analyses real-time atmospheric conditions by studying parameters such as temperature fluctuation, humidity levels, air pressure changes, wind speed and direction. It then integrates weather radar…

So far, the port has been focusing only ship-to-ship transshipment T’puram: Vizhinjam International Port will start export-import (EXIM) services from Aug 18. Chief minister V D Satheesan will flag off the first export container to be loaded into a ship. So far, the port has been focusing only ship-to-ship transshipment.Though the development comes two years after the port started receiving container ships, the EXIM movement is considered to be a milestone for Kerala’s economic growth and India’s maritime sector.With this, Vizhinjam will evolve from a transshipment port into a fully operational international cargo gateway, said a statement from state govt.Govt…

The blast occurred between 8.40pm and 9pm while employees were on duty inside the plant Jamuria: At least four workers were injured after a powerful furnace explosion at a private sponge iron factory in the Sekhpur area of the Jamuria industrial belt on Friday night.The blast occurred between 8.40 pm and 9 pm while employees were on duty inside the plant. The sudden explosion triggered widespread panic inside the facility, prompting nearby workers to rush to the site and pull the victims out of the debris. All four injured were immediately evacuated and shifted to two separate private hospitals for…

An Indian-origin woman has been jailed for more than two years after fraudulently securing over £216,000 in government-backed COVID-19 loans by exaggerating the turnover of her companies and using much of the money for personal expenses and investments.Rupali Wagh, 50, was sentenced to two years and three months in prison by Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court in Wales on Friday after admitting five counts of fraud linked to the UK’s Bounce Back Loan Scheme, which was introduced to help businesses survive the pandemic, PTI reported.Investigators found that Wagh obtained a total of £216,250 (Rs 2,80,75,521) in loans for four businesses between…

Great Britain’s Josh Kerr smashed the long-standing men’s mile world record with a spectacular performance at the London Diamond League.Having announced his intention to break Hicham El Guerrouj’s 27-year record in London back in March, Kerr delivered in emphatic fashion as he crossed the line in three minutes 42.66 seconds.Roared on by a sell-out crowd of 60,000 at London Stadium, the five-time global medallist bettered the Moroccan’s mark – untouched since 1999, when Kerr was aged one – by nearly half a second.The 28-year-old became the seventh British athlete to claim the mile record, and first since Steve Cram in…