Sameer Pradhan News Today

The Black Basta ransomware gang is behind the major hack that has hit about 200 Australian organisations and federal government agencies, cybersecurity experts say.

ZircoDATA and the federal government have begun the process of working out what data was compromised from more than 200 Australian organisations impacted by the February breach.

Berhampur: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik will kick off his election campaign for the forthcoming Lok Sabha and assembly polls with a rally in his home.

Patnaik had been elected to the state assembly for the first time in 2000 from Hinjili with a winning margin of 29,826 votes. The margin had increased to 76,586 in the 2014 assembly elections, but the same dropped to 60,160 five years ago.

Residents of Aska in Ganjam district, especially sugarcane farmers, are in panic after a herd of 12 elephants strayed near the town. A man was injured after he dashed his motorcycle into one of the elephants. Learn more about the incident and the impact on the crops.

Berhampur: The Aska Cooperative Sugar Industries Limited (ASCIL) started operations this year from Tuesday, after conducting rituals.

Berhampur: The IMD forecast of heavy rainfall in coastal districts for the next four days under the influence of cyclone Michaung has left the farmers.

Farmers advised to sow medium-duration paddy seeds, instead of long-duration seeds by experts

Dry June led to late paddy transplantation; More than half of targetted acreage lie uncultivated