Industry Odisha Bureau, Sept 21: Microsoft has launched its India South Central cloud region in Hyderabad as part of its previously announced $20.5 billion investment commitment in India’s cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company announced the launch at its AI infrastructure Summit in New Delhi on Monday. The Hyderabad facility is Microsoft’s fourth cloud region in India after Pune, Chennai and Mumbai. The company said the new region is designed to support advanced AI workloads. It will also serve as a strategic hub for Asia and the Global South. India South Central is already operational and features a three-zone architecture…
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Industry Odisha Bureau, Sept 21: Odisha and Andhra Pradesh are likely to experience heavy to extremely heavy rainfall this week as a well-marked low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the system lay over the east central and adjoining west central Bay of Bengal at 5:30 am on September 21. It is likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a depression within the next 24 hours. The system may further strengthen into a deep depression over the west central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal during the following 24…
Industry Odisha Bureau, Sept 21: Gold rates today have dropped in India on September 21, 2026. Prices have dropped by Rs 160 in the last 24 hours. On Monday, 24 carat gold (10 grams) has been priced at Rs 1,55,680. Meanwhile, 22 carat gold (10 grams) costs Rs 1,42,700. Further, 18 carat gold (10 grams) today costs Rs 1,16,760. 10-gram gold prices across major cities of India look like this on September 21, 2026: Bhubaneswar: Rs 1,55,680 for 24 carat gold. Rs 1,42,700 for 22 carat gold. Cuttack: Rs 1,55,680 for 24 carat gold. Rs 1,42,700 for 22 carat gold. New Delhi:…
Industry Odisha Bureau, Sept 21: In a latest update in Asian Games 2026, India clinched the silver medal in the men’s 10m air rifle team event in Nagoya, Japan, on Monday morning. Shooters Rudrankksh Patil and Himanshu Dhillon have also qualified for the individual final. Notably, Rudrankksh, Himanshu, and Parth Mane finished with a team total of 1890.1. Meanwhile, China claimed the gold medal with a world record team total of 1899.0 points. Notably, they crossed their previous mark by 0.6 points. While South Korea gave a tough competition to both India and China, they had to settle for bronze after…
Industry Odisha Bureau, Sept 21: Reliance Jio is offering eligible JioHome users a free one-year Amazon Prime Lite subscription as part of its 10th anniversary celebrations. The offer is available on select JioHome plans with 30 Mbps and 100 Mbps internet speeds. Amazon Prime Lite provides access to Prime Video and fast, free delivery on eligible Amazon purchases. Eligible new and existing customers can activate the benefit through the MyJio app. A banner will appear on the JioHome account homepage. This will allow users to claim the subscription. The rollout, notably, began on September 19 and will take place in phases…
Industry Odisha Bureau, Sept 19: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued an advisory to all States and Union Territories directing authorities and clinical establishments to strictly follow the regulatory framework following the regulatory framework governing stem cell research and therapy. The advisory, dated Sept 16, 2026, states that stem cell therapy can be offered as standard care in routine clinical practice only. This too, only for disease conditions and indications included in the list approved by the Health ministry. The government has also specifically addressed the use of stem cell therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). As…
Industry Odisha Bureau, Sept 19: Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker has urged Indian athletes to look beyond organisational challenges at the Asian Games and focus on giving their best in competition. The Asian games began in Japan’s Aichi-Nagoya on Saturday amid complaints over accommodation, transportation and travel arrangements. Indian athletes and officials have reported difficulties, including long journeys to training venues. In a video message shared by the Indian Olympic Association, Manu Bhaker acknowledged the issues but asked athletes to focus on the opportunity before them. She said, “Regardless of whatever the issues we have, this is probably once in a…
Industry Odisha Bureau, Sept 19: The Odisha government has allocated new responsibilities for the 14 senior Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers inducted into the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). The General Administration & Public Grievance Department issued the orders on September 18, following the Department of Personnel and Training’s (DoPT) promotion notification dated September 3, 2026. The promotions were made against vacancies identified for the 2025 Select List and approved by President Droupadi Murmu. Among the officers receiving new assignments, Surya Narayan Dash, Soudamini Sethi and Subhra Mohanty have been appointed Joint Secretaries in the Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department. Jyotirmayee…
Industry Odisha Bureau, Sept 19: Odisha is likely to receive heavy rainfall over the next six days. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that a low pressure area is expected to form over the north Andaman Sea on Saturday. Further, the system may intensify into a depression over the east central Bay of Bengal next week. Post which, it will move west-northwestwards towards the south Odisha-north Andhra coasts over the coming three to four days. Heavy rainfall is likely in parts of Odisha till Tuesday. Koraput and Malkangiri may experience heavy to very heavy rainfall at multiple locations on Wednesday.…
Industry Odisha Bureau, Sept 19: In a latest update, Google has confirmed that its Gemini AI model hacked the systems of three real companies during a cybersecurity test back in May. However, it also mentioned that the activity was stopped after they recognised that the targets were real. Notably, the incidents occurred during a “capture the flag” exercise conducted by AI security testing company Irregular. Gemini was instructed to retrieve information from software belonging to a fictional company. However, the fictional company shared a name with a real business. The testing environment also unintentionally allowed Gemini to access the internet. In…