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La Liga: Real beat Las Palmas 4-1

WITH Kylian Mbappe putting on a show again, Real Madrid returned to the top of the Spanish league.

Tax sops likely for brownfield projects

FACED with slow uptake in private investment, the government may announce some tax sops in the Budget this year for encouraging new investments by companies.

SEBI May Extend Time to Fix MF NAV

To ease the implementation of directions on upstreaming of client funds, the markets watchdog is planning to extend time to stock brokers/clearing members to un-pledge units of overnight mutual fund schemes and place redemption request with funds houses, after the close of market hours.

Zomato Reports 57% Decline in Net Profit, Revenue Rises 64%

Food delivery company Zomato on Monday reported a 57% fall in its consolidated net profit for Q3FY25 to ₹59 crore as against ₹138 crore in Q3FY24.

Admin bans community feasts in village hit by mysterious deaths

EVEN as the high-level inter-ministerial team visited remote Budhal village in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Monday to ascertain the cause of the 17 deaths in three families due to a mysterious illness, the administration sealed the spring in the affected village after water samples from it tested positive for a few pesticides and insecticides and also banned community feasts in the village.

Skywatch time as seven planets to align in March

IN a rare celestial event, seven planets of the Solar System will align by March this year.

Billionaires' wealth grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before

THE wealth of billionaires grew three times faster in 2024 than the year before, a top anti-poverty group said on Monday as some of the world's political and financial heavy-weights prepared for an annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland.

43-Yr-Old Man Rapes Minor Step-Daughter

In a shocking incident, a 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her step-father at Bartoli under Bondamunda police station here in Sundargarh district.

5.2K birds of 117 species in Uttarakhand's Asan wetland

IN a significant citizen science effort, a bird counting campaign at the Asan Wetland in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand has yielded impressive results, with volunteers identifying 5,225 birds across 117 different species.

Hope beckons as blood cancer therapy launched

OFFERING new hope to patients facing aggressive blood cancers, India launched the first global CAR T-cell therapy for adult B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (B-NHL), a kind of blood cancer that affects the lymphatic system.

NEP: Odisha Govt Mandates Formal Schooling Age at 6

The move is said to be aimed at improving academic outcomes

Gift to US: Surat bizman creates Trump replica in lab-grown diamond

A Surat-based diamond businessman has created a replica of Donald Trump using a 4.30-carat lab-grown diamond.

IMD issues dense fog warning for parts of Odisha for two days

THE India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a fog warning for many parts of Odisha from Tuesday to Thursday morning.

5 Held for Mangrove Roots Smuggling in Bhitarkanika

FOREST officials seized five quintals of roots and stems of a mangrove species during a raid in Bhitarkanika National Park on Monday, arresting five smugglers during the operation.

SA20: Sunrisers enter play-offs

SUNRISERS Eastern Cape defeated Durban Super Giants by six wickets to enter the playoffs of the SA20 here.

Robbers strike at businessman's house, loot ornaments & cash worth ₹80 lakh

ARMED robbers raided the house of a businessman in Hemgir and decamped with cash and gold ornaments worth over ₹80 lakh after overpowering his family members during the wee hours on Monday.

Sinner beats dizziness, Rune in round four

JANNIK Sinner battled dizzy spells on Monday to reach an Australian Open quarter-final against Alex de Minaur, admitting a long interruption when he accidentally broke the net was \"big, big luck\".

Biden pardons Fauci, Milley to guard against Don's 'revenge'

Pope Francis calls Trump's proposal of deporting immigrants a disgrace

OREDA and Tata Power tie up to give a push to rooftop solar power shift in state

TATA Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL), a subsidiary of Tata Power, has signed an MoU with the Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (OREDA), the state's nodal agency for renewable energy, to accelerate rooftop solar power adoption among residential customers under PM Surya Ghar programme.

IT cos see revival in discretionary demand, deal wins

IT services companies have now started witnessing early signs of revival in discretionary spending and CEOs of top IT companies are optimistic about strong deal wins in coming quarters.

Karur Vysya Bank profit jumps over 20% on loan growth

Robust loan growth and better asset quality helped the Tamil Nadu-based old-generation private sector lender Karur Vysya Bank to report an over 20% jump in net income at ₹496 crore in the December quarter, up from ₹412 crore in the year ago period.

Odisha aims to be global leader in mining: Majhi

\"The Mission announced in the Union budget is shortly going to get cabinet approval. It aims to increase domestic production, recycling, and overseas acquisitions of critical minerals.

3 Nabbed, Hunt On For Prime Accused

POLICE on Monday arrested three persons for the alleged involvement in the assault of a 24-year-old woman who was found severely injured in a forest in Kurla last week.

From drought prone village to WHIL: Rutuja Pisal story

IF you wish to visit Rutuja Pisal's village from Pune and opt to use the public vehicle, you have to get to Phaltan, a town in the northeast part of Satara district, first.

Three players from KISS University shine bright at the Kho Kho World Cup 2025

HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT

MRPL Reports 28% Decline in Net Profit to ₹304 Crore

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) reported a 28% decline in its net profit to ₹304 crore for the third quarter of FY25.

IMD Issues Dense Fog Warning for Parts of Odisha for Two Days

THE India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a fog warning for many parts of Odisha from Tuesday to Thursday morning.

Govt Selects 24 Cos Under PLI Scheme For White Goods

The government has selected 24 companies under the third round of the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for white goods.

Vedanta Rolls Out Digital Dashboard At Jamkhani Mines

India's largest aluminium producer Vedanta Aluminium has launched an innovative operational dashboard at Jamkhani coal mine in Sundargarh, its first greenfield coal mine in the state.

Infighting among BJD corporators reaches cops

EVEN as the internal conflict in BJD paralyses service delivery in the silk city, a fight between two corporators of Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) owing allegiance to the regional party reached the police on Sunday.