Odisha removes six-attempt cap for Civil Services exam, general candidates can now appear till age 42

Odisha has removed the six-attempt ceiling for candidates appearing for the Odisha Civil Services examination. Under the revised rules, eligible unreserved-category aspirants can now take the exam repeatedly until they reach the upper age limit of 42 years. The state has also expanded free textbooks to Classes IX and X and announced plans to strengthen…

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‘Working with her was like staying at a 7-star hotel, you were spoilt for life’

Ram Gopal Varma opens up on directing Sridevi (Image Credits Instagram) Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has opened up about his contribution to Sridevi‘s upcoming biography, ‘The Empress’, while recalling his experience of directing the legendary actress in ‘Kshanam Kshanam’. In a recent conversation with Variety India, Varma revealed that he has contributed a chapter to…

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His own image, his worst enemy

With each passing day, Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha is sinking deeper and deeper into the hole he dug for himself. He doesn’t even realize that he is sinking into a quagmire. In the process, his behaviour is becoming extremely reckless and uncontrollable. From a psychological point of view,…

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18-year-old Belgian student thought he found a €1 coin during his summer construction job; he then uncovered gold worth €9 million

An 18-year-old Belgian student working a summer construction job made an extraordinary discovery while helping excavate a sewer at a former brewery site in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, about 30km north-west of Brussels. What initially looked like ordinary €1 coins turned out to be part of a hidden gold hoard estimated at around €9 million. The stash included…

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At 11, Payton Herres received a donated heart; at 26, she needed viral posts, advocates and Mark Cuban’s pharmacy to keep accessing her anti-rejection drug

Cuban responded to one of Herres’ posts on LinkedIn Payton Herres was 11 when she received a donated heart in 2012. Fifteen years later, at 26, she was fighting to access the anti-rejection medicine that helps keep her donor heart working, with her case eventually reaching billionaire Mark Cuban.Herres, now 26, was born with Ebstein’s…

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