Samikhsya Bureau Trans fats may help increase the shelf life of food items but evidence shows they are like slow poison for human beings. According to studies, over five lakh …
Campaigns to eliminate trans fats that are killing people in India by thousands Read More
By DN Singh For a while it appeared that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has suddenly discovered, how, through political exigency, a loyal devotee can be made out of an …
Role reversal by an officer and the soap opera that ensued to camouflage the bottom reality Read More
Samikhsya Bureau By June 8 last year, much before diamond marchants Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi fled the country after defrauding a public sector bank of thousands of crores of …
IT department red-flagged Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi six months before they fled, but did not share it with other Read More
The malady of mental fixation over girl child knows no boundaries. When Nargis Taraki became the fifth girl born to her parents in Afghanistan, her parents were told they should …
‘My parents were told to swap me for a boy’ Read More
By D.N. Singh – The protracted brawl between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the disgruntled duo Bijay Mohapatra and Dillip Ray has at last reached the point of culmination. Both …
Bijay Mohapatra in readiness to join BJD, and BJP must learn to accept dissent Read More
By Litali Das – In a historic move, the Odisha Assembly unanimously passed a resolution for 33% reservation of assembly and Parliament seats for women. As per procedure, a request …
Why it makes a lot of sense to reserve seats for women in assemblies and Parliament Read More
By Priya Ranjan Sahu – As the inaugurations of sporting events go, the ceremonies at Bhubaneswar and Cuttack for the Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018 were undoubtedly world class with …
The Men’s Hockey World Cup 2018 is Odisha’s pride. It’s better politicians stop cribbing about it Read More
By B.K. Rath – It is a barely noticed remnant of yesteryear that lies in the clutches of neglect like many such forgotten heritages in the country. The Ganjam or …
Let an archaeological marvel and a majestic remain of past glory not be allowed to slip into the footnotes Read More
By D N Singh – BJP legislator Dillip Ray wants to quit his party and Bijay Mohapatra has reportedly admitted that his disenchantment with the saffron brigade is no more …
Political collage in Odisha can convulse the whole chemistry to favour a fight between Patnaik and Pradhan only Read More
By Priya Ranjan Sahu – On March 31 last year, Swalia Bibi, a poor woman working as a maid servant in several urban homes, was part of an important milestone …
Why Swalia Bibi, India’s 20,000,000th Ujjwala Yojana beneficiary, may not afford to buy refill anymore Read More