The first Mega Food Park in the state of Odisha M/s MITS Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd. at Rayagada has been inaugurated today the 1st June, 2017 by Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Honble Minister of Food Processing Industries. This is…
Odisha boy caught attention of PMO India with generating electricity project from Demonitised Rs 500 Notes
According to an article in Times of India, With the country reeling from a cash crisis post-demonetisation, a 17-year-old science student from Odisha’s Nuapada district has devised a technique to generate electricity from scrapped Rs 500 notes. His innovation has now…
Consulting Giant PWC evaluates top 20 cities of India as part of concept of smart cities, Bhubaneswar one of them
The Indian Government has truly stepped on the accelerator with respect to smart cities by announcing an initiative to convert 100 cities to smart cities by 2018. This is imperative because cities are already bursting at the seams, and…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets 200 years old Paika Rebellion freedom fighters Kin
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met the descendants of historical Paika Rebellion martyrs, who undertook an armed rebellion against the British rulers in Odisha in 1817. He felicitated the families of freedom fighters at Raj Bhawan here in presence…
Special Baiya Korakhai near Lingaraj Temple all set to be presented to PM Narendra Modi, have you tried it yet?
According to a report in telegraph , Pramod Kumar Sahoo was delighted when he received an order from the Lingaraj Temple office to prepare the special “korakhai” for the Prime Minister during his visit to the temple on Sunday morning.…
Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari on her first trip to India plans to visit Odisha
Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari will be visiting India on a five-day tour from April 17th to 21st , at the invitation of President Pranab Mukherjee. This is the first State visit of the President of Nepal after assuming office in…
Piped City Gas Distribution project all set to be inaugurated in Bhubaneswar : Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga
• ‘Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga’ to arrive soon in Odisha • Rs 4,000 crores investment for pipeline project • Another Rs 1,750 crores to be invested in City Gas Distribution project • 5 lakh households, 1.5 lakh vehicles to benefit…
Budget 2017 Plans for India’s biggest Oil reserve to be set up at Chandikhol in Odisha
A strategic oil reserve with a capacity of 3.7 million metric tonne (MMT) will be set up at Chandikhol in Jajpur district to increase the storage capacity of petroleum products for use during emergency. The announcement was made by finance…
Budget 2017 : National recognition to 200 years old Paika Rebellion cheers Odisha
Finance minister Arun Jaitley, in his budget speech, announced to commemorate the Paika Rebellion, an armed uprising against the British East India company in Khurda area of Odisha in 1817 bringing cheers among people across the state. “Two-hundred years ago…
How 60,000 small borrowers from 6 villages in Odisha leading the way towards cashless transactions
In a first-of-its-kind initiative in micro-finance post-demonetisation, 60,000 small borrowers from six small villages in Odisha are leading the way towards cashless transactions. This was made possible thanks to a pilot done by Bharat Financial Inclusion (formerly SKS Microfinance) for…