A crack of lightning can illuminate the sky for an instant, but it often has a deadly impact here on earth. In Odisha, for example, lightning claims about 400 lives every year — more than that by any other natural…
World’s largest Contract Manufacturer Foxconn revives Odisha plan for mobile manufacturing after two-year gap
According to this article in Business Standard, Taiwanese multinational Foxconn has restarted discussions, after a gap of two years, with the Odisha government for setting up a mobile manufacturing facility in the state. The world’s largest electronics contract manufacturing firm,…
StarGSM Cellular mulls setting up mobile manufacturing facility in Odisha
Leading distributor of mobile phones and accessories, StarGSM Cellular India Pvt Ltd, has evinced interest in setting up a mobile manufacturing unit in Odisha. “They are a known name in the distribution of mobile phones and are planning to foray…
Odisha has emerged as India’s most digitally backward State as it has 10,060 villages out of mobile communication network
According to this report in Daily Pioneer, Odisha has emerged as the country’s most digitally backward State by virtue of having around 10,060 villages out of mobile communication network. The red herring for the State is the overall mobile tele-density for…
Before Make In Odisha, state already getting proposals from Gionee Mobile and Electric Car Manufacturing
As per this report in telegraph, Odisha government has already started receiving proposals from industrial houses to set up their units ahead of its Make in Odisha Conclave to be held in November. A senior official of the industries department said:…
Mobile Tower Players Association urges other states to learn from Odisha and implement similar policy
The new mobile tower policy of Odisha, which prescribes time-bound approvals and minimum charges for erection, is a comprehensive framework that will help address telecom infrastructure issues in the state for next 15-20 years, an industry body said. The Tower…
Soumya Mukherji of Bhubaneswar wins Rs 1 crore in the contest from One Plus 5 launch
One Plus 5 phone was finally unveiled in Mumbai on Thursday which is considered to be one of the biggest smart phone launches of this year. There were contests conducted as part of this launch and one One Plus fan from…
Ame Prahari : The Mobile App from Transport Department catching traffic violators via citizens
Ame Prahari (we the custodians), a newly launched mobile application of the state transport department, seems to be yielding result with the department getting flooded with photographs and video evidence against people violating traffic rules. Most of the sendors are…
Awesome to see Odia become First Indic language Wikipedia to have offline app of Wiki project Medicine
Medical Wikipedia is a mobile app which provides offline access to health information on Wikipedia. It is an instance of the Wikipedia arm of Kiwix. On June 10th, 2015 Wiki Project Med Foundation and Wikimedia Switzerland launched an android app…
Now Electronic ticket mandatory in all OSRTC buses to bring in transparency
Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) has made electronic ticketing system mandatory in its buses plying on different routes of the state to usher in transparency. Now bus conductors have to use hand-held machines to sell tickets to passengers. Some…