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Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
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With 27 years of journalistic experience at Deccan Chronicle and The Asian Age. His expertise spans politics, government, business, culture, tribal affairs, gender issues, and more.
    Vizianagaram–Malkangiri Bus Driver Saves Passengers Before Succumbing to Heart AttackCurrent Affairs
    Vizianagaram–Malkangiri Bus Driver Saves Passengers Before Succumbing...

    Despite the sudden distress, the driver steered the vehicle to safety and handed over the wheel to his co-driver — an...

    20 Nov 2025 5:15 PM IST

    Odisha Likely to Raise Snakebite Death Compensation To ₹10 LakhNation
    Odisha Likely to Raise Snakebite Death Compensation To ₹10 Lakh

    Snakebite remains a major public health concern in Odisha, which consistently reports one of the highest snakebite...

    19 Nov 2025 10:49 PM IST

    Odisha Builds India’s Second-Longest Rail Bridge in NayagarhCurrent Affairs
    Odisha Builds India’s Second-Longest Rail Bridge in Nayagarh

    Gigantic pillars are taking shape across the Nayagarh and Daspalla regions, with the East Coast Railway (ECoR) releasing...

    19 Nov 2025 11:56 AM IST

    Odisha: BJP Confident of Winning 3 RS Seats After Nuapada Bypoll WinPolitics
    Odisha: BJP Confident of Winning 3 RS Seats After Nuapada Bypoll Win

    The electoral arithmetic strongly favours the BJP, which now holds 82 MLAs in the 147-member Odisha Assembly

    19 Nov 2025 11:28 AM IST

    Odisha Launches State-wide Crackdown On Suspected Bangladeshi Infiltrators; Several DetainedCurrent Affairs
    Odisha Launches State-wide Crackdown On Suspected Bangladeshi...

    Keonjhar district saw an unusual administrative step: a 12-hour bandh was enforced to facilitate the crackdown

    18 Nov 2025 4:59 PM IST

    New EMRS in Odisha Ignited Hopes Of A Brighter Future For Tribal StudentsEducation
    New EMRS in Odisha Ignited Hopes Of A Brighter Future For Tribal...

    For many families in Kundra block, the modern school campus, with its spacious classrooms, residential wings and...

    17 Nov 2025 4:53 PM IST

    Bulldozer Razes Illegal Houses Of Suspected Bangladeshi National To Ground In Odisha’s JagatsinghpurCurrent Affairs
    Bulldozer Razes Illegal Houses Of Suspected Bangladeshi National To...

    The demolished houses, standing for the past four years, were reportedly built illegally by the prime accused, Sikandar...

    17 Nov 2025 4:34 PM IST

    Tragedy at Odisha’s Balasore Hospital: Doctor Dies While Attending PatientsNation
    Tragedy at Odisha’s Balasore Hospital: Doctor Dies While Attending...

    He was rushed in a 108 ambulance to the Balasore District Headquarters Hospital, where attending doctors declared him...

    16 Nov 2025 9:22 PM IST

    BJD Faces Open Revolt After Nuapada DefeatNation
    BJD Faces Open Revolt After Nuapada Defeat

    Reiterating long-standing suspicions within the party, Behera alleged that Pandian continued to play a decisive role in...

    16 Nov 2025 8:16 PM IST

    Odisha Ports To Get Major Security Boost As Coast Guard Plans Expansion, New Drone UnitCurrent Affairs
    Odisha Ports To Get Major Security Boost As Coast Guard Plans...

    Coast Guard Inspector General Iqbal Singh Chauhan said these proposals have already been placed before the Chief...

    15 Nov 2025 6:09 PM IST

    BJP’s Nuapada Bypoll Sweep Leaves BJD, Congress Scrambling; Blame Game IntensifiesPolitics
    BJP’s Nuapada Bypoll Sweep Leaves BJD, Congress Scrambling; Blame Game...

    BJP candidate Jay Dholakia’s landslide win by over 80,000 votes—one of the highest recorded margins in Nuapada—triggered...

    15 Nov 2025 5:01 PM IST

    Humane Sagar On Ventilator As Liver Failure Worsens; Family Appeals For Govt SupportCurrent Affairs
    Humane Sagar On Ventilator As Liver Failure Worsens; Family Appeals...

    Doctors said the singer is suffering from acute liver complications, and multiple organs have already begun to...

    15 Nov 2025 4:52 PM IST

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