Odisha Bytes

25/05/2024

Are Hardik Pandya And Natasa Stankovic Getting Separated? https://odishabytes.com/are-hardik-pandya-and-natasa-stankovic-getting-separated/

New Delhi: Natasa Stankovic’s removing her famous cricketer husband Hardik Pandya’s surname on her Instagram handle has triggered rumours of the couple’s possible separation. The couple got married in May 2020 and are parents to a 3-year-old son named Agastya Pandya. The speculations further i...

25/05/2024

One Out Of Every Two Children In India Will Be Suffering From Myopia In The Next 25 Years, Warn Experts https://odishabytes.com/one-out-of-every-two-children-in-india-will-be-suffering-from-myopia-in-the-next-25-years-warn-experts/

New Delhi: Half of all children will be afflicted with myopia or nearsightedness by 2050. This means they can see nearby objects clearly but struggle with those farther away. According to the data-based predictions undertaken by experts at Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital, an eyecare chain, “as many as on...

25/05/2024

Netflix’s Indian Content Clocks Over A Billion Views; Here’s What People Watched Most https://odishabytes.com/netflixs-indian-content-clocks-over-a-billion-views-heres-what-people-watched-most/

New Delhi: Series and movies from India clocked over 1 billion views on Netflix in 2023, the streaming service said on Friday in its second engagement report. The report, titled “What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report”, presented the streaming service’s viewership data from July to Decem...

25/05/2024

Anasuya Sengupta Becomes First Indian To Win Best Actress At Cannes For ‘Shameless’ https://odishabytes.com/anasuya-sengupta-becomes-first-indian-to-win-best-actress-at-cannes-for-shameless/

New Delhi: Actor Anasuya Sengupta has become the first Indian to win the Best Actress award at the Un Certain Regard segment of the Cannes Film Festival for her role in the film ‘Shameless,’ directed by Bulgarian filmmaker Constantin Bojanov. The film portrays the journey of a s*x worker who esc...

25/05/2024

Mysuru’s Radisson Blu Plaza May Go To Court Over PM Modi’s Rs 80.6 Lakh Unpaid Bill https://odishabytes.com/mysurus-radisson-blu-plaza-may-go-to-court-over-pm-modis-rs-80-6-lakh-unpaid-bill/

New Delhi: Radisson Blu Plaza in Mysuru, the hotel where Prime Minister Narendra Modi stayed in April 2023, is considering legal action because his bills of Rs 80.6 lakh have not been paid, The Hindu reported. PM Modi was in Mysuru to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Project Tiger, organized by the...

25/05/2024

General Elections Phase Six: 25.76% Turnout Till 11 AM, West Bengal Records Maximum Voting https://odishabytes.com/general-elections-phase-six-25-76-turnout-till-11-am-west-bengal-records-maximum-voting/

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were among the voters who exercised their franchise on Saturday in the sixth and penultimate phase-6 of General Elections 2024 that kicked off across...

24/05/2024

Kabosu, The Iconic Japanese Dog Who Inspired Dogecoin Dies At 18 https://odishabytes.com/kabosu-the-iconic-japanese-dog-who-inspired-dogecoin-dies-at-18/

New Delhi: Kabosu, the iconic Shiba Inu dog who inspired the viral “doge meme” and the cryptocurrency Dogecoin, passed away on Friday at the age of 18. The Japanese dog had been suffering from leukaemia and liver disease, after enjoying a decade of internet fame as the face of the viral “Doge....

24/05/2024

Turning A New Leaf, These Odisha Women Make Eco-Friendly Practices A Habit https://odishabytes.com/turning-a-new-leaf-these-odisha-women-make-eco-friendly-practices-a-habit/

By Prativa Ghosh Nayagarh, Odisha: Men and women sit cross-legged on the ground enjoying a scrumptious meal of rice, dal (lentil) and chicken on a sultry afternoon at Sanakameti in Bhogabadi panchayat of Odisha’s Nayagarh district. A quaint charm abounds the whole affair — the trees with wide ca...

24/05/2024

Urbanisation Alone Has Led To 60% Enhancement In Warming Of Indian Cities: IIT Bhubaneswar Study https://odishabytes.com/urbanisation-alone-has-led-to-60-enhancement-in-warming-of-indian-cities-iit-bhubaneswar-study/

Bhubaneswar: An innovative study by researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar reveals that urbanisation alone has caused up to 60% additional warming in Indian cities, with significant variability among different cities. This research provides a science-based quantitative...

24/05/2024

Delhi University Walls Sprayed With ‘Boycott Elections’ Slogans A Day Before Polling In Capital https://odishabytes.com/delhi-university-walls-sprayed-with-boycott-elections-slogans-a-day-before-polling-in-capital/

24/05/2024

[Watch] Chopper Goes Into Tailspin Near Kedarnath, Makes Emergency Landing https://odishabytes.com/watch-chopper-goes-into-tailspin-near-kedarnath-makes-emergency-landing/

New Delhi: A helicopter, carrying seven people, made an emergency landing due to a technical fault, approximately 100 metres away from the Kedarnath helipad. All the 6 passengers and the pilot are safe. The video shows the helicopter tail spinning just before making an emergency landing, while peopl...

24/05/2024

Fliers On Turbulent Singapore Airlines Plane Sustained Spinal, Brain Injuries https://odishabytes.com/fliers-on-turbulent-singapore-airlines-plane-sustained-spinal-brain-injuries/

New Delhi: Twenty people on board a Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence and was diverted to Bangkok for an emergency landing on Tuesday remain in intensive care, Reuters reported quoting a hospital official. “The number of patients in ICU remains the same,” Adinun Kittiratanapai...