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Bhubaneswar: Around 10 metric tonnes of Amrapali mangoes from Dhenkanal were exported to European markets, including UK and Italy, last week. With over 100 women mango farmers trained on export standards, the development is poised to transform local livelihood options through global trade, official sources said.”Five metric tonnes of Amrapali mangoes were shipped from Dhenkanal to England in the last three days. Odisha’s fruits and vegetables exports are gaining global momentum. New destinations — Rome, Venice, Birmingham — and products such as jackfruit, drumstick, wood apple and ice apple are growing the export basket,” said Arabinda Padhee, secretary, agriculture and…

Aizawl: The central committee of the Young Mizo Association (YMA), the largest community-based organisation among the Mizos, and the Mizoram State AIDS Control Society (MSACS) have agreed to work closely together in combating the spread of HIV and addressing drug addiction.In a ‘consultative deliberation’ held at the central YMA hall in Aizawl on Friday, MSACS project director Jane R Ralte said 32,544 people have been infected since Oct 1990 till March end this year, while the number of HIV infected people during the 2024-2025 financial year (April 2024 to March 2025) was 2,021.Ralte said 1,302 infected people (68.13% of 2,021)…

Belagavi: A three-year-old boy was brutally murdered by his stepfather and his friends near Harugoppa village in Savadatti taluk on Friday night. The deceased boy, Kartik Mukesh Manji, hailed from Bihar.His stepfather, Maheshwar Manji, is the accused in the murder. Some migrant workers, hailing from Bihar, were working at a ginning mill near Harugoppa. They lived in a shed near the mill.DySP Dr Veeraiah Hiremath, Murgod CPI, and senior officers visited the scene and conducted an inspection. Superintendent of police Dr Bhimashankar Guled informed mediapersons on Saturday that the three-year-old was killed by his stepfather and his friends. The boy’s…

Image used for representative purpose only KANPUR: At least three people, including a six-year-old girl, were seriously injured in a case of drunk driving in Kidwai Nagar late on Friday night.The incident occurred when a speeding car, allegedly driven by an intoxicated Mohak Kayal, hit a rickshaw carrying a family, injuring them critically. The car then collided with a parked WagonR before crashing into the shutter of a snack shop.Dharmendra, who was closing the shop owned by Ankit, was also injured when the car rammed into the shutter. The shop is located in a property owned by Rajesh Gupta near…

The Election Commission of India has announced by-elections for the 64-Ludhiana West assembly seat in Punjab. Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C stated that notification will be issued on May 26, with nominations due by June 2. LUDHIANA: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced by-elections for 64-Ludhiana West assembly seat in Punjab. Divulging the details, Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C stated that, as per the program issued for by-elections, the notification will be issued on 26 May. The last date for filing nominations is 2 June and the scrutiny of nomination papers will be conducted on 3 Jun, while…

Image used is for representational purposes only UDUPI: Deputy Commissioner Vidya Kumari K stressed that every birth, death, and stillbirth in the district must be mandatorily registered with the appropriate authority within 21 days.She was speaking at the quarterly meeting of the district-level Birth and Death Coordination Committee held recently.The district currently has a total of 326 registration units including 313 in rural areas and 13 in urban areas. According to available data, last year, 11,161 births were registered in the district, of which 1,185 were from rural areas and 9,976 from urban areas. A total of 12,269 deaths were…

PUNE: Police unearthed an illegal call centre operating out of a commercial complex in Kharadi for almost a year and extorting American citizens of million of dollars after threatening them with “digital arrest” in fake cases, and arrested five out of its eight key operators on the night intervening Friday and Saturday.Joint commissioner of police, Pune city, Ranjan Kumar Sharma said, “We acted on a tip-off and a team raided the call centre on the night between Friday and Saturday. The search for the arrested people’s three accomplices, including the prime suspect, is under way. The call centre was allegedly…

Panaji: In the peak summer month that witnessed sweltering heat for 12 days, anomalously high rainfall for just four days logged an incredible surplus of almost 1,000%, as the unseasonal total soared to a record of third highest in six decades.On Saturday, with a week remaining for the summer to end, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Panaji, recorded a mammoth total of 436.1mm since March 1.In the past, the pre-monsoon total of 662.2mm recorded in the summer of 1961 was the highest, followed by 591.9mm of pre-monsoon rain recorded in 2006.While an extremely severe storm, Cyclone Tauktae, turned the summer…

Bathinda: With only a week left for the start of paddy transplantation in the first zone of Punjab, comprising five districts, farmers are eagerly awaiting the arrival of migrant labourers.Labourers from various states, including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, and West Bengal, arrive in Punjab for paddy transplantation. Railway junctions in towns such as Ludhiana, Bathinda, Sangrur, Rajpura, Patiala, and Mansa become hubs as thousands of migrants alight at these stations. From the railway stations, they are either taken to various villages by waiting farmers or reach their destinations by buses. In most cases, farmers hire the labourers much…

Lucknow: Groundswell for the BJP-backed One Nation One Election (ONOE) campaign may well be building up. Over 5,000 organisations, including local bodies, lent their support to the campaign, prompting the saffron outfit to step up its feedback-gaining exercise. UP BJP state general secretary and co-convener of the ONOE committee, Anup Gupta said that nearly 5,300 local bodies, including nagar panchayats, nagar palika parishads, nagar nigams, kshetra panchayats, gram panchayats and even cooperative societies, sent their letters of support to the President.”We also collected the copies of their support proposals. This clearly shows that the issue found significant resonance at the…