Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the new 1000-seat gigantic air-conditioned auditorium at the Rama Devi Women’s University here today. Faculty members and students of Rama Devi Women’s University thanked the Chief Minister for the new state-of-the-art auditorium. Vice-Chancellor of the University Prof Aparajita Chowdhury has called it a historic day.
Chennai: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Wednesday hiked the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.50 per cent. Wednesday’s MPC meeting is the last one for this fiscal. The repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends to the banks. Announcing the hike, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the MPC decided to hike the policy rate by 25 bps to 6.5 per cent. As expected, there was a split in the rate hike decision with four members voting for the hike…
Damascus: A pregnant mother who was trapped under a collapsed building in Aleppo, Syria, after Monday’s devastating earthquake gave birth to her child under the rubble but died before rescue workers could reach her, local activists reported. Her newborn was saved by rescue workers. The dramatic scene unfolded just hours after a Syrian volunteer organisation shared a video showing a young child being pulled alive from the earthquake rubble in the village of Qatma. Deaths in both Syria and Turkey from Monday’s massive 7.8 earthquake and multiple aftershocks topped 8,000…
Berhampur: A team of the Odisha Crime Branch, which is investigating the murder of Odisha Health Minister Naba Kisore Das in Jharsuguda on January 29, reached Berhampur on Tuesday night to interrogate accused ASI Gopal Krushna Das’ wife Jayanthi Das. Lady inspector Anila Anand interrogated Jayanthi at Gopal’s ancestral house in Jaleshwarkhandi. She was assisted by lady DSP Sathini Oram of Berhampur police. Jayanthi and her children are currently staying with her parents in Berhampur. It is worth mentioning here that soon after the crime on January 29, Jayanthi had…