India stares at win at Lords against England on back of Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah heroics
London: Pacers Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah on Monday elevated India’s position in the second Test match of the series at Lords in England.
The two tailenders helped India post a respectable total in the second innings with an unbeaten ninth-wicket partnership of 89 runs.
Shami scored an unbeaten 56 runs while Bumrah scored 34 runs to take India to 298-8 before declaring.
The duo struck once again in England’s second innings with both striking wickets in the first two overs of the innings. Bumrah got Rory Burns in the first over as Siraj caught him inside the thirty yards circle followed by Mohammed Shami bagging the wicket of Dominic Sibley in the second over.
England, chasing a target of 272 runs is currently struggling at 10-2 with captain Joe Root and Haseeb Hameed at the crease at the time of posting this report.
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Padma awardees in Odisha to receive monthly honorarium of Rs 30,000
Bhubaneswar, Jan 16 (PTI): The Odisha government will provide a monthly honorarium of Rs 30,000 to each of the Padma awardees of the state from the current month.
The Odia Language Literature and Culture Department issued a notification to this effect on Thursday.
In view of their outstanding contribution to society in various fields, the state government has decided to provide an honorarium of Rs 30,000 to the Padma awardees, the notification said.
All the Padma awardees of the state, who are alive, will receive the honorarium through direct benefit transfer (DBT) mode from January 2025, it said.
The government has asked collectors and culture officers of all districts to submit details of the Padma award winners (who are alive) including the district collector's certificate, bank account details, IFSC code to the Directorate of Odia, Language, Literature and Culture as soon as possible.
In March last year, the previous BJD government had announced a monthly honorarium of Rs 25,000 for the Padma awardees from Odisha. However, it was not implemented yet, an official of the department said.
In November last year, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi had decided to provide Rs 30,000 to the Padma awardees of the state. Accordingly, the formal notification was published on Thursday, he said.
The Padma Award was introduced in 1954. The award is given to personalities for their outstanding contribution in the fields of arts, education, science, sports, social work, public service, medicine, literature, etc.
As per the Padma Awards website of the Ministry of Home Affairs, till now, the President has conferred Padma awards on 105 eminent personalities from Odisha, which includes 90 Padma Shri, 11 Padma Bhushan and four Padma Vibhushan.
