Achievers

Stockholm: Three scientists — Briton Roger Penrose, German Reinhard Genzel and American Andrea Ghez — won the Nobel Prize in physics this year, which was announced on Tuesday. They received...

Rourkela: Kajal Pandey, a 21-year-old law student from Rourkela, has been smashing patriarchy and records at the same time by entering International Book of Records for the fastest elbow strikes...

Even after completing high school, neither did he realise that he has got talent in art nor did he know that art is taught as a subject in colleges. The...

New Delhi: Odisha's Prof. Jyotirmayee Dash has been given the “Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awad 2020” in Chemical Sciences, the highest Science and Technology award of India Prof. Dash, who is...

Bhubaneswar: The country celebrates the fourth Sunday of September as Daughters’ Day every year. To celebrate the special day, Odisha Bytes salutes some of the influential and inspirational daughters of India...

Nazare (Portugal): Maya Gabeira has surfed her way to the record books. It was on February 11, 2020, that the Brazilian surfer rode a monster wave, measuring 73.5 feet, at...

New Delhi: Google is celebrating the 80th birthday of India's trailblazing long-distance swimmer Arati Saha in its doodle today. Arati Saha was born in Kolkata on September 24, 1940, to...

Mumbai: Zendaya made history at the Emmy Awards, which were held virtually this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The 24-year-old Hollywood actress and singer became the youngest winner of the prestigious...

Mumbai: The 22-member-dance group 'X1X Crew' from Mumbai set the stage on fire during their semifinal performance at Britain's Got Talent 2020 show on Saturday. Their performance forced all the...

Indian-origin writer Avni Doshi’s debut novel 'Burnt Sugar' about love between mother and daughter, is among the six books shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize for Fiction. The winner will...