The Odisha Express

Baahubali 2 is a juggernaut and as the Monday box office collection of SS Rajamouli film prove, it is in no mood to stop or take a break. With Monday’s estimated numbers in, we can confirm that Baahubali: The Conclusion has crossed Rs 600 crore worldwide gross mark and also emerged as the highest number-winner on a Monday for any Hindi film. Trade tracker Ramesh Bala said, “#Baahubali2 4 Days WW BO – Estimates: India Gross – ₹ 490 Crs, Overseas – ₹ 135 Crs, Total – ₹ 625 Crs.” Talking about Monday records, Taran Adarsh shared, “The *Hindi version* of #Baahubali2 BULLDOZES *all* records with KNOCKOUT biz on Monday… *Early est*: ₹ 35 cr+… Await final numbers!” Talking about the film’s Hindi biz, “#Baahubali2 is the new yardstick… Crossed ₹ 50 cr: Day 2, Crossed ₹ 100 cr: Day 3, Crossed ₹ 150 cr: Day 4, Nett biz… HINDI… India biz.” Baahubali 2 box office collection day 4: With over Rs 600 crore as its worldwide gross, Prabhas and Rana Daggubati fi...

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere scaled another psychologically important — and immensely worrying — peak, going past 410 parts per million (ppm). Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations are now at the highest levels they have been in at least 3 million years. More importantly, over the past couple of years, they have increased faster than probably ever before. While the rate of growth of CO2 in the atmosphere has shown regular ups and downs, the levels grew less than 1 ppm every year between 1959 — when one of the most important sites for taking these measurements, the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, started keeping records — and 1964. Photo shows the Mauna Loa Observatory atmospheric research facility on the island of Hawaii. The volcano of Mauna Kea is seen in the background. The station sits on the north flank of Mauna Loa volcano at an elevation of 3396 meters or 11,141 feet above sea level and has been studying atmospheric change since the 1950’s There was a gen...

Reliance Jio is currently looking to source 4G VoLTE feature phones from manufacturers in China Reliance Jio is supposed to be working on 4G VoLTE feature phones, and various leaks have taken place around these devices in the past. Now a new report in the Financial Express has said the company is currently looking to source these phones from manufacturers in China. The Financial Express report says Reliance Jio is in talks with companies like “Techchain, FortuneShip and Uniscope,” although it adds these talks are all in a very early stage. The report quotes sources, though Jio has not officially commented on the same. According to the report, Jio is looking at some samples from these Chinese players, and only once these are “tested and verified” will the company place any final commercial order. For Reliance Jio, a 4G VoLTE feature phone could be a game changer. Unlike other players like Airtel or Vodafone or Idea, Jio is an entirely 4G VoLTE network, this means even calls ar...