Venturesity, a startup that creates challenges specific to a job description provided by the company, has raised its first funding round of Rs 1.6 crore ($250,000) from angels such as RedBus co-founder Phanindra Sama, Jay Sethuram, partner at California-based Crestlight…
Ajaya Dash has accompanied several stalwarts and has made a name for himself as a harmonium player. Though only in his late 20s, Bhubaneswar-based acclaimed harmonium player Ajaya Dash has earned laurels to his state and for himself. Winner of…
A group of 20 children defied the morning heat to display their skating skills on the streets of Bhubaneswar for a cause. The school-going kids glided and twirled on their roller skates as they carried out eye-catching feats in front of…
Orioz Inc., the Odia community of Australia celebrated with some cheerful moments at its biennial “PhulaBaula Beni” event that marked its third edition. This year’s event took place at Doonside Community Centre, NSW, on 25 April. The galleria was given an…
Started by two bibliophiles, Akshay and Satabdi, ‘Walking Book Fair’ is a unique initiative under which the duo is covering several districts of Odisha taking books of various genres to people across the state to inculcate reading habit among them. While…
Let us state that this beautiful compilation of facts about Odisha is from an answer to a question in Quora by Ananya Parida. We have just shared her facts. Our beautiful state, Odisha (formerly Orissa): I would start by…
Explara, an event solutions platform, has acquired events ticketing company IndianStage.in. The acquisition will help the Bengaluru-based firm tap the entertainment market. Explara founder and chief executive Santosh Panda declined to reveal the value of the deal, which…
Sri Madhusudan Das was the house teacher of Janakinath Bose, father of Subhash Chandra Bose at Ravenshaw College. The birth anniversary of Sri Madhusudan Das is observed as Lawyers’ Day in the state of Odisha. Because of Sri Madhusudan Dash,…
Italy-born danseuse Ileana Citaristi, who has spent years in India learning classical dance forms and has now made the country her home, says she is tough and likens herself to a mountaineer. “In Bergamo, in Italy, where I was born…