Achievers

Bhubaneswar: Can an invasive weed be used for making particle boards? Well, that’s what two Class IX students of Odisha-based KiiT International School—Rishabh Suar and Shree Roy— have done. They...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha-born Spandan Mahapatra has found a place among the 10 Most Innovative Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) to watch in 2021. According to Analytics Insight, an influential platform dedicated to...

Bhubaneswar: Two Indians have made it to BBC's 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2021. They are human rights activist Manjula Pradeep and autism rights activist...

Bhubaneswar: Can anything flow faster and smoother than water? Well, an Odia physicist and professor at National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER, Bhubaneswar) along with his collaborators from...

Hyderabad:  Gattipally Shivpal, 42, has become the first dwarf in the country to obtain a driver's license. The Hyderabad man, only three feet tall, has beaten all odds to become...

Bhubaneswar: Here's a piece of news that will make every Odia proud. Nivedita Biswal of Odisha's Sambalpur has been selected for 2041 ClimateForce: Antarctica 2021, the expedition scheduled for November...

New Delhi: Parag Agarwal, the newly-appointed CEO of microblogging site Twitter showed signs of making it big early on in life. Not only was he one of the brightest, he...

Bhubaneswar: Matilda Kullu from Odisha's Sundargarh district rubs shoulders with actors Sanya Malhotra and Rasika Duggal, besides a host of other women achievers from the country who have featured in...

Indore: While some people, unfortunately, succumbed to COVID-19 induced vagaries during the 2020 lockdown, others, like 22-year-old Prafull Joshi, rose like the proverbial phoenix from its ashes and turned despair...

Berhampur: Seventeen-year-old Biranchi Badatya cannot use his hands, paralysed by polio since birth. Undeterred, Biranchi, who wants to be an artist, did not want his disability to come in the...