Two coastal villages Venkatraipur (Boxipalli) village of Rangeilunda block in Ganjam district and Noliasahi village of Ersama block in Jagatsinghpur district have been recognised as being “Tsunami Ready” by UNESCO for their overall preparedness to face the Tsunami disaster. This…
Vishal K Dev, Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs, strongly feels that Odisha, now has one of the best climbing facilities in the country. The Climbing Wall at the Stadium, today, offers opportunity of international level climbing.Training in Sports Climbing at the Sport…
The Centre has identified six cities — Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Jodhpur, Pune, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad — for development as City Knowledge and Innovation Clusters. These clusters are being planned to provide a connect between the existing research and knowledge at an…
The Puri sea beach has received the Blue Flag certification. The stretch of the beach from Gandhi Ghat to Hotel Mayfair has been identified to be developed as per the Blue Flag standards, as per reports. The Puri sea beach,…
Kerala and Odisha have become trophy states for India which is showcasing them at the United Nations global platform for disaster risk reduction (DRR). Both the states have become best case studies on disaster mitigation: Odisha for evacuating more than…
Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) in Bhubaneswar has won the prestigious Airport Service Quality (ASQ) award for being the best airport in size and region for the year 2018. Chandigarh Airport, Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport in Indore, SM Badaruddin II…
In view of huge consumption of electricity in the Smart City Bhubaneswar, the State Government has decided to make rooftop solar panels mandatory for new building plan approval. The move came at the first Executive Council meeting of the Odisha…
Rapido says its aim is to provide economical, cost-effective, fuel-efficient and time-saving transport to the people. It also intends to address issues like traffic congestion during peak hours by offering an alternative option to conventional taxis. To utilise the facility,…
From Monday, people need not run around the regional transport offices (RTOs) across Odisha to get learner’s licence (LL), vehicle fitness certificate and goods carriage permit. They can download the three kinds of original documents from www.parivahan.gov.in, a website of…
The two-day Maritime Conclave 2019 will be held in Bhubaneswar between February 14-15 in the East Coast Railway Stadium said Visakhapatnam Port Chairman MT Krishnababu. While speaking at a road show here, he requested the local stake-holders to participate in…