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“Break the glass ceiling and let others walk over the debris to realize your achievements,” exhorts Mr. Alok Verma, Director In-Charge to the women executives of Rourkela Steel Plant
“Break the glass ceiling and don't clean the debris, so that people walking over it will realize your achievements,” exhorted Mr. Alok Verma, Director In-Charge (Rourkela Steel Plant) with the additional charge of Durgapur Steel Plant and IISCO Steel Plant, while interacting with about 50 women executives of RSP at the Mathan conference hall.
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July 06, 2025
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Mass Tree Plantation Festival of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant commences with plantation of 800 saplings at Ispat Sabuja Van
Rourkela (PRO, (05-07-25)): More than 300 students from different schools of the Steel City along with senior officers and employees of Rourkela Steel Plant as well as CISF personnel enthusiastically took part in the Mass Environmental Awareness and Tree Plantation Festival of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) organized at Ispat Sabuja Van, Jagda, near CWS Hospital on 04th July, 2025. Mr. Alok Verma, Director In-Charge, Rourkela Steel Plant with additional charge of DIC (ISP & DSP) graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and inaugurated the programme. Dr. Anup Mallick, Regional Officer, OSPCB, Govt. of Odisha, Mr. Tarun Misra, ED (HR), Mr. Anil Kumar, ED (MM), Dr. J K Acharya, CMO In-Charge (M&HS), Mr. Rajesh Dasgupta, CGM (F&A), Mr. Vijay Kumar, Senior Commandant, CISF and several Chief
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July 06, 2025
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TRAI explores licensing framework for foreign M2M/IoT SIMs/eSIMs in India
(RNS, 05-07-25) The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a consultation paper seeking stakeholder views on the use and sale of foreign telecom service providers’ SIMs and eSIMs in India, specifically for integration into machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) devices that are meant for export.
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July 06, 2025
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Short-ball ploy exposes lack of game plans, allows England to prosper after 84/5
The third day began with a bang for India as Mohammed Siraj dismissed Joe Root and Ben Stokes off consecutive deliveries to send shock waves through the home team.
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July 06, 2025
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OpenAl announces week-long shutdown to combat burnout and talent poaching
OpenAl has initiated an unusual, company-wide shutdown for one full week beginning early July, citing severe employee burnout as the primary reason.
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July 06, 2025
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PNGRB simplifies gas tariff structure, unified reduces zones from three to two
(RNS, 05-07-25) In a bid to accelerate natural gas adoption in the country, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has simplified its tariff structure by reducing the number of unified tariff zones from three to two.
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July 06, 2025
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Five lakh depositors to get back chit fund money in three-four months: Odisha BJP president Samal
State BJP president Manmohan Samal on Friday announced that around five lakh depositors in chit fund companies will get refund within the next three to four months.
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July 06, 2025
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Spain beats Portugal 5-0 in Euro 2025
(RNS, 05-07-25) Esther González scored twice and world champion Spain delivered a strong statement by routing Portugal 5-0 in their Women's European Championship opener.
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July 06, 2025
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Amit Shah lays foundation of India's first national cooperative university in Gujarat
In a sharp move to overhaul the cooperative sector, Union Minister Amit Shah, during his two-day visit to Anand, Gujarat, laid the foundation of the ambitious Tribhuvan Cooperative University. At events held at NDDB and Amul, Shah vowed to end nepotism, promising jobs only for qualified graduates and pushing for full transparency. He also announced seven key reforms to fix deep-rooted flaws and accelerate cooperative sector growth.
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July 06, 2025
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Puri administration on toes for smooth Bahuda Yatra
In the eye of a storm over loss of three lives in a stampede near the Gundicha temple, the Puri administration is leaving no stone unturned to ensure an incident-free Bahuda Yatra of the Trinity on Saturday.
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July 06, 2025
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Odisha seeks WII help after FAC's Puri airport poser
The Odisha government on Friday said the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has been approached to formulate a site-specific wildlife conservation plan for the proposed airport at Puri after the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) flagged ecological concerns.
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July 06, 2025
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Puri to get municipal corporation tag under government's tourism hub push
In a major announcement ahead of the Bahuda Yatra of Lord Jagannath, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday said Puri municipality will be upgraded into a municipal corporation.
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July 06, 2025
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BJP MLA in soup over lewd remarks against BJD leader Lekhashree
Trouble seems to be mounting for BJP MLA from Nilagiri Santosh Khatua over his derogatory remarks against BJD leader and spokesperson Lekhashree Samantasinghar with police registering a case in the connection.
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July 06, 2025
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Bereft of cover, people face the elements at Redhills bus stand
The decision to hurriedly relocate the Redhills MTC bus stand to a vacant ground near a garbage dumping site opposite Puzhal lake along GNT Road to make way for the construction of a new bus stand, is inconveniencing hundreds of commuters.
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July 06, 2025
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Texas families plead for information on more than 20 girls missing from summer camp after floods
Texas parents frantically posted photos of their young daughters on social media with pleas for information as more than 20 campers from an all-girls summer camp were unaccounted for Friday after floods tore through the state's south-central region overnight.
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July 06, 2025
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I was hungry to get a hundred: Harry Brook
England batter Harry Brook said he was fired up to score a century in the ongoing second Test against India here after being dismissed for a duck in the second innings of their five-wicket win in the first game at Leeds.
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July 06, 2025
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The existentialist philosophy of Lana Del Rey
Speaking to Myspace as an upcoming artist in 2013, Lana Dey Rey said that the “vision of making [her] life a work of art” was what inspired her to create her music video for her breakthrough single, Video Games (2011).
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July 06, 2025
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Union Minister Pradhan launches 52 projects worth Rs 163.85 crore in Odisha's Deogarh
Union Education Minister and Sambalpur MP Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated 52 development projects worth Rs 163.85 crore and laid foundation stones for six others in Deogarh on Friday.
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July 06, 2025
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Woman dies in Kottayam medical college collapse, alleged delay in rescue sparks political row
A 52-year-old woman died and two others were injured when a portion of a decades-old and dilapidated building at the Government Medical College Hospital, Kottayam, collapsed on Thursday.
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July 05, 2025
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World champion Spain routs Portugal 5-0 in their Euro 2025 opener
Esther González scored twice and world champion Spain delivered a strong statement by routing Portugal 5-0 in their Women's European Championship opener on Thursday.
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July 05, 2025
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Kerala engineering entrance: New mark standardisation method faces flak
The \"haste\" in which the state government adopted a new method for standardising marks of various Plus Two boards, hours before publishing the engineering entrance results, has led to widespread complaints from students of national boards such as CBSE.
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July 05, 2025
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Crude oil Imports dip slightly in June; Russia remains top supplier
India imported 4.66 million barrels per day (mbd) of crude oil and condensates in June 2025, slightly down from 4.72 mbd in May, according to data from shipping analytics firm Vortexa. Russia continued to be India’s top crude supplier, followed by Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States.
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July 05, 2025
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Crude price can fall below $60 a barrel by 2025-end: S&P Global
(RNS, 04-07-25) Crude oil prices are expected to fall below $60 a barrel by the end of 2025, driven by robust supply and subdued global demand, according to S&P Global.
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July 05, 2025
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Kolkata gang rape case: Police reconstruct crime scene with arrested men
The Kolkata Police on Friday morning took the four persons arrested over the alleged gang-rape incident to the South Calcutta Law College and reconstructed the crime scene.
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July 05, 2025
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Gas station explodes in Rome, injuring at least nine first responders
A gas station exploded early on Friday in southeastern Rome, injuring at least nine people including eight police officers and a firefighter, police and rescuers said.
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July 05, 2025
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SC refuses to hear HDFC Bank CEO's plea to quash Lilavati FIR
In a big setback to HDFC Bank chief executive Sashidhar Jagdishan’s bid to come out of the legal mess he landed himself with the Lilavati Trust, the Supreme Court Friday declined to hear his plea against the FIR filed by the trust, as the petition is already pending before the Bombay High Court.
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July 05, 2025
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Bureaucrat Bishnupada Sethi gets protection from arrest till July 8
The Orissa High Court on Thursday granted interim protection from arrest to senior IAS officer Bishnupada Sethi in connection with the ongoing CBI investigation into an alleged corruption case.
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July 05, 2025
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Michael Madsen, 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Kill Bill' star, dies at 67
Michael Madsen, the actor best known for his coolly menacing, steely-eyed, often sadistic characters in the films of Quentin Tarantino including “Reservoir Dogs” and “Kill Bill: Vol. 2,” has died.
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July 05, 2025
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Extend deadline, purchase remaning paddy: Naveen Patnaik
Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik on Thursday demanded that the state government should purchase the remaining paddy from all registered farmers by extending the validity of the lapsed tokens and by increasing the procurement limit.
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July 05, 2025
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China fed Pakistan live intel in Operation Sindoor, turned war into weapons lab: Lt Gen Singh
India’s deputy chief of army staff (capability development and sustenance), Lt Gen Rahul R. Singh, on Friday said China fed live operational data to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, revealing a critical gap in India’s defences that must be closed fast.
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