Eminent Odia musician and Padma Shri awardee Prafulla Kar passed away on Sunday night. He was 83. Kar was an eminent musician, singer, lyricist, writer and columnist. He received the prestigious Padma Shri award in 2015.

World Liver Day is celebrated on 19 April to raise awareness about liver and liver-related diseases. The liver is the most complex and largest organ of the body after the brain. It plays a significant role in the process of detoxification and digestion. The liver is the second largest ...

Every year on April 18, the United Nations commemorates World Heritage Day. The Day is observed to preserve the human heritage and recognize the efforts of the organizations working for it. Monuments and ancient buildings are an asset to the world. They make for the rich ...

Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi stepped down under pressure from Saudi Arabia and is now under de-facto house arrest, The Wall Street Journal reports. Hadi has also handed over his power to the newly created presidential council, which consists of eight political leaders led by ...

Lieutenant General Manoj Pande was appointed the new Chief of Army Staff. He will succeed General M M Naravane on May 1. Lt Gen Pande is the incumbent Vice-Chief of the Army. He will take over from General MM Naravane, who is set to retire on April 30, 2022. Lt Gen Manoj Pande is the ...

The Border Roads Organisation will construct the world's highest tunnel at Shinku La Pass at 16,580 feet to connect Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh, BRO Director General Lieutenant General Rajeev Chaudhary said here on Saturday. BRO will execute this ambitious project ...

India has been elected to four key United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN-ECOSOC) Bodies in April 2022. To the Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Ambassador Preeti Saran has been re-elected. In 2018, she was first elected to the Asia Pacific ...

New Zealand pacer Hamish Bennett has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket ending his 17-year old career. The 35-year-old Bennett has made 31 appearances for New Zealand across all three formats and took 43 wickets and most recently he featured in the T20Is versus Bangladesh last ...

Extreme poverty has gone down by 12.3 percentage points between 2011-2019, a rate significantly lower than that of the 2004-2011 period. Poverty headcount rate dropped from 22.5 per cent in 2011 to 10.2 per cent in 2019 with more pronounced deductions in rural areas compared to urban areas, ...

Author Prem Rawat has launched his book 'Hear Yourself' for the Indian subcontinent in Mumbai. This is the New York Times bestseller book which is already available in 58 countries and five languages. This book assists people to understand their own potential, develop better ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated to the nation, a 200-bed KK Patel Super Speciality Hospital in Bhuj in the Kutch district of Gujarat, via video-conferencing. This hospital has been built by Shree Kutchi Leva Patel Samaj, Bhuj and is the first charitable ...

World Hemophilia Day is observed every year on April 17. The day is aimed to raise awareness about the bleeding disorder of patients suffering from this particular disease. The day is being held since 1989, which marks the birthday of Frank Schnabel, founder of the World Federation of ...