Puri Lok Sabha Elections: Denied party funding, Congress candidate Sucharita Mohanty returns ticketCongress candidate Sucharita Mohanty has withdrawn from the Puri Lok Sabha elections, citing a lack of funding from the party. Mohanty, dau...
04 May, 2024, 04.14 PM IST
'My son will live in them': Mother of 8-year-old Odisha boy whose organs were donated after deathAfter the cremation of her eight-year-old son, a mother in Bhubaneshwar found solace in the belief that he would live on through others by ...
06 Mar, 2024, 11.27 AM IST
In Odisha, organ donors' funeral to be held with full state honoursOdisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announces an initiative granting full state honors at the funeral of organ donors, aiming to raise awa...
16 Feb, 2024, 01.48 PM IST
Bollywood Aamir Khan donates Rs 25 lakh towards Himachal Pradesh state disaster fundBollywood actor Aamir Khan has donated Rs 25 lakh to the Aapada Rahat Kosh, a relief fund for families affected by recent rains in Himachal...
24 Sep, 2023, 02.15 PM IST
18-year-old, Dibya Disha Nanda thrives in Odisha after groundbreaking dual organ transplantBiswambhar Nanda, Dibya Disha's father, shared that while her mother was willing to donate a portion of her liver, doctors deemed it too sm...
19 Jul, 2023, 12.01 PM IST
Ratan Tata sets up a new endowment trustAn endowment fund is usually set up to earn revenue to fund some type of charitable activity. Unlike a typical investment fund, the benefic...
13 Jan, 2023, 12.07 AM IST
Over 30,000 children orphaned, lost a parent or abandoned due to COVID-19, NCPCR tells SCThe commission further said that the state-wise data received regarding children who have lost either their mother or father or both parent...
07 Jun, 2021, 05.39 PM IST
How actor Sonu Sood emerged as an unlikely real-life hero for thousands of migrants in India's lockdownSood and restaurateur Neeti Goel have sent around 20,000 people home by buses, trains and even flights.
07 Jun, 2020, 06.33 PM IST
Nykaa employees turn Covid warriors, raise Rs 1 cr towards PM CARES fund; Fortis Healthcare, Amazon follow suitNykaa has also extended their support by donating personal protection to the police.
19 May, 2020, 08.09 PM IST
Tamil Nadu tops in organ donation: C Vijaya Bhaskar, Health ministerC Vijaya Bhaskar said the organ transplantations include 144 heart transplants,69 lung transplants, 636 liver, 1233 kidney and 618 heart va...
17 Aug, 2015, 04.02 PM IST
How two low-cost, made-in-India innovations MiraCradle & Embrace Nest are helping save the lives of newbornsThe machines — MiraCradle & Embrace Nest — that would help cool the newborns cost over Rs 15 lakh and most hospitals in India do not have t...
02 Aug, 2015, 11.16 AM IST
Kailash Satyarthi: Electrical engineer, child rights activist & now Nobel winnerSatyarthi has always been concerned about the plight of child labourers and it finally prompted him to start an organised movement.
10 Oct, 2014, 09.57 PM IST
Why corporate honchos like Mukesh Ambani, Baba Kalyani and Munjals are keen to set up universitiesAlong with funds, pedigree and a track record too matter, and even more over the long term. After all, good universities outlive their bene...
13 Jul, 2014, 06.42 AM IST
32 newly elected under-35 MPs & what they intend to do for their constituenciesET Magazine profiles this youth brigade of winners to see how they got here and what they intend to do for their constituencies. Read on
25 May, 2014, 11.54 AM IST
UK society donates Rs 8.24 lakh to Odisha CMRFThe fund was raised through a charity show organized in London to aid of the people affected by cyclone Phailin.
09 May, 2014, 04.47 PM IST
Odisha Gramya Bank to open 500 new branchesOdisha Gramya Bank plans to open 500 new branches in 13 districts of the state to extend banking facilities in rural areas.
07 Sep, 2013, 10.25 PM IST