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Hockey World Cup 2023: India's squad, schedule and live streaming details

Here's a look at India's squad, its schedule till the group stage and beyond, depending on how it finishes in the groups and the options of live streaming and TV broadcast for the Indian audiences

Jio Platforms inks pact with SOA University to set up 5G lab in Bhubaneswar

Digital services company Jio Platforms on Thursday said it has signed an agreement with SOA University to set up a 5G lab in Bhubaneswar. The proposed lab will help in meeting the growing requirements of research and training in the latest 5G standards, including 5G standalone (SA), Jio Platforms said in a statement. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) also includes facilitation for the development of use-cases on the 5G platform as well as other associated technology domains such as Beyond 5G (B5G) and optical fiber, it added. Jio Platforms is a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL).

CM Patnaik inaugurates postgraduate medical college in Odisha's Bhubaneswar

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday inaugurated the new Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Bhubaneswar

Odisha fast emerging as a technology resource hub of India: CM Patnaik

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said the state is now "fast emerging as a technology resource hub" of the country and creating jobs for youths. During the inauguration of Happiest Minds IT development centre here, he stated that the new facility will further strengthen the state's position in the sector. Patnaik claimed that the state has been taking giant strides in the IT sector in recent years and the growth momentum is "accelerating". "Odisha is now fast emerging as a technology resource hub of India and creating jobs for youths," he said. The centre at Fortune Towers here will accommodate more than 1,000 people and the company is looking to expand its capacity to serve global clients abroad. Highlighting the IT friendly ecosystem available in Bhubaneswar, Patnaik said most of the companies in the sector have set foot in the state capital. The enabling environment, facilitation service and huge talent pool available here have turned Odisha into a coveted ...

Buddhist monks across the globe participate in peace march to Dhauli

A large number of Buddhist monks from across the globe participated in a march in Bhubaneswar on Thursday as part of the golden jubilee celebration of the Peace Pagoda at Dhauli. Spreading Lord Buddha's messages, the monks walked from Special Circuit House to AG Square, from where they were taken in a bus to Dhauli Junction. From Dhauli Junction, they again walked to the Peace Pagoda, which is located 8 km south of Bhubaneswar. The monks came from the US, Japan, Ukraine and Sri Lanka, among other countries, to participate in the two-day celebration of the golden jubilee of the Shanti Stupa, an official said. On Friday, rituals and a mass peace prayer will be held. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is scheduled to attend the functions.

Veteran Congress leader Jayanti Patnaik passes away at 90 in Bhubaneswar

Senior Congress leader and first chairperson of National Commission for Women Jayanti Patnaik died here on Wednesday. She was 90. Jayanti Patnaik, a four-time MP and wife of late Odisha chief minister J B Patnaik, was declared dead by doctors at a hospital here, her son Pritiv Ballav Patnaik said. Her husband and former Odisha chief minister and ex-Governor of Assam J B Patnaik had passed away in 2015. She is survived by a son and two daughters. Jayanti Patnaik, who was married to J B Patnaik in 1953, was elected to the Lok Sabha from both Cuttack and Berhampur. Jayanti Patnaik, who was suffering from old-age related aliment, was taken to the hospital as she did not respond in the evening, her son said, adding they were yet to decide on her funeral. Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal condoled Jayanti Patnaik's death. "Odisha Governor expressed his grief over the demise of former MP, senior politician and a noted writer Jayanti Patnaik. Her contribution to the field of literature will b

4 injured after bus catches fire in Bhubaneswar; admitted to hospital

Four passengers were injured after a bus caught fire near the Baramunda bus stand in Bhubaneswar on Monday

Fire breaks out at Bhubaneswar's Keshari shopping mall, no casualties

A minor fire broke out at Keshari shopping mall in the heart of Bhubaneswar on Sunday but no casualties have been reported so far, a fire officer said

ED raids premises of former Odisha MLA Jitendra Patnaik, seizes Rs 70 lakh

Patnaik has allegedly derived undue pecuniary advantage by way of illegal mining without necessary statutory approvals

Indian Grand Prix 3, 4 drive out of Madurai to better-equipped Bhubaneswar

The Indian Grand Prix 3 and 4, which were originally scheduled to be held in Madurai, will now be organised here on May 21 and 24, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) said on Sunday.

Odisha reels under intense heat, Bhubaneswar records 43.3 degree Celsius

Twenty-eight places in the coastal state recorded temperatures of more than 40 degrees Celsius

Heatwave sears Odisha, Bhubaneswar records season's highest of 41.7 deg C

Baripada, Bolangir and Parlakhemundi also registered a maximum of 41 degrees Celsius, while Deogarh, Boudh and Dhenkanal reported 41.5 degrees Celsius

No Covid-19 deaths in Odisha for five straight days; positivity at 0.07%

The daily positivity rate was 0.07 per cent and the infections were detected out of 43,419 sample tests

Union minister calls for turning Odisha's WW2 airstrip to modern airport

Bishweswar Tudu said he is hopeful that the Centre will give its nod for turning the now-defunct Armada Road Airstrip in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district into a modern airport

Passengers deboarding at Bhubaneswar airport have to undergo RT-PCR test

The passengers whose destination is Bhubaneswar will have to isolate themselves at home till the result is out

GPS tracking of ambulances for quick transfer of Covid patients to hospital

Putting technology to use for better Covid management and quick transfer of patients to the Dedicated COVID Hospitals (DCH) and Covid Care Centres (CCC), the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC)

Odisha coronavirus update: 1,540 Covid-19 cases, 12 fatalities reported

Odisha's COVID-19 caseload rose to 2,85,482 on Wednesday as 1,540 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said.

9 injured in Bhubaneswar petrol pump fire; Dharmendra Pradhan orders probe

Nine people were injured, two of them critically, in a major fire that broke out at an IOCL petrol pump near the Raj Bhavan here on Wednesday, police said.

Govt offices in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack to function with 50% staff in Oct

All departments of the state government and sub-ordinate offices in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack will function with 50% staff strength of employees during October in the view of Covid-19

IIIT-Bhubaneswar students make ventilation device to ease breathing issues

IIIT Bhubaneswar students developed a new low-cost device to aid COVID-19 patients. They have designed a hyperbaric chamber, first of its kind ventilation device to ease breathing. 'Swasner', the device to let patients breathe more conveniently.Developers believe 'Swasner' will reduce deaths due to a lack of ventilators in the country. Shaped as a bubble enclosure for the head, the device works on the principle of hyperbaric oxygen therapy which is mainly used for treating diving-related illness and other medical complications."Every patient walking out of the hospital, healthy and alive adds a feather to our cap and blesses us with ability to do more than we are doing now, and hence we are looking forward to improvising the conditions of all the patients & health warriors out there with or resolute and wavering methodologies," said Dr Pranab Nanda Patra, MD. Medicine.The team has developed a prototype and tested in a hospital in Cuttack, and working towards a more improved and .