India is unlocking. This is when COVID-19 cases are on the threshold of two lakh, the seventh maximum in the world. And experts say we are still nowhere near the...
COVID-19 has ground the world to a halt, both physically and metaphorically. Governments around the world, having rightly prioritised the physical wellbeing of its citizens and based on their capacity...
Tobacco was first discovered by the native people of early America and South America and later introduced to Europe and the rest of the world. It was already in use...
What should social media platforms be -- passive bulletin boards or arbiters of truth? Mired in unresolved debates on ethicality and public morality for long, the question gets a fresh...
Poverty is not dated. Homeless people have looked the same since the 13th century. Go back to the times of Dickens, Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Look at the photographs. It’s amazing....
Who can ever forget India’s tryst with destiny on April 3, 1984, when a young and gallant Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma orbited mother Earth in his Soyuz T-11 spacecraft and...
‘Bande Utkala Janani’, the de facto anthem of Odisha, has drawn fresh attention following Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik exhortation to the people of Odisha and Odias across the world to sing...
Bhubaneswar: Recently inmates of a quarantine centre in Keonjhar district organised a booze party apparently to keep their spirits up. The matter came to light when pictures of their Bacchus-inspired high...
It's summer. The sun is in a pernicious mood. Hot air hits your face in rude blasts. When it stops, searing heat takes over, trying to bake you alive. The...