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Can PUBG addiction damage your spine, cause paralysis?
ARE you addicted to playing online games like PUBG? Prolonged gaming addiction can lead to spinal deformity and paralysis, said doctors here, who treated a 19-year-old boy suffering from the condition.
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May 03, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
ECB bars transgender players from women's cricket with immediate effect
THE England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Friday banned trans genders from competing in women's and girls' match es with immediate effect, complying with a recent Supreme Court ruling that excludes them from the legal definition of women.
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May 03, 2025
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India, Denmark sign pact to accelerate drive for clean energy
INDIA and Denmark signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Friday to reinforce their long-standing cooperation in the energy sector.
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May 03, 2025
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India nurturing over a million entrepreneurs: Jayant Chaudhary
THE government is nurturing over a million entrepreneurs through its ambitious programmes like Startup India, Skill India and Atal Innovation Mission, Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary has stressed.
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May 03, 2025
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No clear strategy from govt on dealing with Pahalgam attack aftermath: Kharge
CONGRESS president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said the government had not come out with any clear strategy to deal with the situation arising out of the Pahalgam terror attack, even as he asserted that the entire opposition was with the Centre on the issue.
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May 03, 2025
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Over 96 pc of candidates pass BSE Class 10 exams
MORE than 96 per cent of the students who appeared for the Matriculation (Class-10) examinations-2025 under the Odisha Board of Secondary Education (BSE) cleared the exams, School Mass Education Minister Nityananda Ganda said on Friday.
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May 03, 2025
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India, EU agree to seal free trade pact by end of 2025
COMMERCE and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Maros Sefcovic, have reaffirmed their shared resolve to conclude the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by the end of 2025.
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May 03, 2025
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Traffic jams in many parts of Delhi due to heavy rain
TRAFFIC was disrupted as roads in many parts of the national capital were flooded with water and blocked by uprooted trees after rains and dust storm early morning on Friday.
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May 03, 2025
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Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to join 'Cycling with Teachers' event in Delhi
UNION Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Mansukh Mandaviya, will participate in a special edition of the Fit India Sundays on Cycle initiative, titled 'Cycling with Teachers', alongside teachers from across the country.
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May 03, 2025
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Pluralism suppressed by colonialism, need to give voice to traditions: EAM
EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said pluralism has been in the past suppressed by colonialism and big power dominance, and it was essential to give voice to traditions, heritage and ideas amid attempts to democratise the world order.
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May 03, 2025
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Japan's speaker expresses his country's cooperation to India in fighting terror
THE Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan, Nukaga Fukushiro, conveyed his country's full cooperation to India in fighting terrorism as he condemned the Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 civilians, mostly tourists, dead.
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May 03, 2025
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Eight members of Muslim family convert to Hinduism, call it 'ghar wapsi'
IN a religious ceremony conducted with Vedic rituals at an ashram in Vrindavan, eight members of a Muslim family in the Jamunapar area of Mathura embraced Hinduism on Friday.
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May 03, 2025
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KISS students shine in BSE Class 10 Exam, achieve 100pc results for 18 consecutive yrs
KALINGA Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) has posted a 100% result in the 10th Board Examination conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, results of which were declared today.
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May 03, 2025
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Kalinga Super Cup final: Goa and Jamshedpur face off for golden ticket to Asia
AFTER 13 days of relentless action, 15 contenders have been reduced to two, come the final day of the Kalinga Super Cup 2025. The 2019 champions FC Goa will take on first-time finalists Jamshedpur FC in the summit clash on Saturday.
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May 03, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Instagram accounts of Babar Azam, Rizwan, and Shaheen blocked in India
TOP Pakistani cricketers, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, and Shaheen Shah Afridi, have had their Instagram accounts blocked in India in the aftermath of the deadly Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives.
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May 03, 2025
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Nagarjuna reflects on the success of larger than life films like 'Pushpa' & 'KGF' in Hindi
HOLLYWOOD heartthrob Nagarjuna feels there is only one ingredient of the success of a film: Stay rooted to your native language.
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May 03, 2025
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Entire nation awaits accountability, justice: CWC
THE Congress on Friday urged the Centre to act with firmness in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack to penalise Pakistan for its continued export of terror, and pressed for time-bound accountability into the \"serious lapses” in security and intelligence in one of the most heavily-guarded regions of the country.
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May 03, 2025
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Two arrested for killing 17-year-old girl in Ganjam Dist
POLICE on Wednesday arrested two persons for the murder of a 17-year-old girl in Odisha's Ganjam district, an official said.
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May 03, 2025
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Robbers loot Rs 60 lakh at gunpoint in Old Delhi, nabbed after 400-km run across Punjab and Haryana
TWO men, including a Delhi University graduate, were arrested in Haryana's Panipat for allegedly robbing a businessman's employee of Rs 60 lakh at gunpoint in central Delhi's Hauz Qazi area, police said on Friday.
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May 03, 2025
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Together, we sail towards a stronger, bolder India, says Gautam Adani
GAUTAM Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, on Friday said he is grateful to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for their support towards building India’s first deep-sea automated port which is a future global transshipment hub, adding that together, “we sail towards a stronger, bolder India’.
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May 03, 2025
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Coal production from captive, commercial mines shows robust growth in April
NEW DELHI, MAY 2
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May 03, 2025
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Admission to Global Skill courses at WSC Bhubaneswar, last date May 3
THE online application process for admission to the June 2025-26 Session at the World Skill Center (WSC) in Bhubaneswar is underway.
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May 03, 2025
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Devotees and priests demand removal of “Jagannath Dham" label from Digha temple
Pressure mounts on WB CM Banerjee to withdraw label, tender apology
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May 03, 2025
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Right now, China occupies Bagram air base in Afghanistan: President Trump
US President Donald Trump has claimed that China now occupies the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, which was vacated by America in 2021.
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May 03, 2025
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US-led effort to end war in Ukraine looks favourable to Russia, but mixed signals emerge
THE discussions have taken place in an ornate Kremlin hall, on the polished marble of St Peter's Basilica and in a famously contentious session in the Oval Office of the White House.
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May 03, 2025
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SC rejects JSW Steel's resolution plan for Bhushan Steel & Power, orders liquidation
THE Supreme Court on Friday set aside the resolution plan submitted by JSW Steel Ltd for the Bhushan Steel and Power Ltd (BSPL), holding it illegal and in violation of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).
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May 03, 2025
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Odisha govt approves 19 projects worth ₹3,898 cr
THE Odisha government on Friday approved 19 projects worth Rs 3,898 crore, which are expected to generate employment for over 7,400 people.
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May 03, 2025
The Political and Business Daily
Panchayati Raj in Name Only
Permanent bureaucracies out-manoeuvring elected officials under fig-leaf of democracy, government \"Of the people, By the People, For the People’, as Abraham Lincoln paraphrased famously, writes Maj Gen AtanuPattanaik (R)
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May 03, 2025
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Majority of iPhones sold in US in June quarter to come from India: Tim Cook
INDIA will be the country of origin for a majority of iPhones sold in the US in the June quarter, the company's CEO Tim Cook has said, as Apple rejigs its supply chain away from China.
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May 03, 2025
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Nepal launches diplomatic initiatives to probe death of another student at Odisha's KIIT
CONCERNED about the safety of Nepalese students at KIIT in Odisha, the government of the neighbouring country on Friday initiated diplomatic efforts to ensure a high-level probe into the death of the 18-year-old girl studying here, a day after she was found hanging in the technology institute.
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