JioNews arrives on JioFiber Set Top Box in Odisha

Mumbai/Bhubaneswar: The popular news app, JioNews is now made available on the Jio Set-Top-Box for JioFiber users. JioNews app is the one-stop solution for Breaking News, Videos, Magazines, Newspapers, and Photo Galleries and more, said a release. In Odisha, JioNews, through JioFiber is available in over 13 cities that includes, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur, Rourkela, Bolangir, […]

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OSRTC bags Digital Technology Award

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) has bagged the prestigious Indian Express Technology Sabha Award 2020. The Depot Management System of the OSRTC has been chosen under Enterprise Applications Category for the award. Indian Express Technology Sabha Awards are given to the Government departments that demonstrate an innovative use of a particular technology […]

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Work on 13.2-MTPA steel project in Jagatsinghpur will commence soon: Sajjan Jindal

Bubaneswar: The Integrated Steel Plant Project of JSW with a capacity of 13.2 MTPA at Jatadhar in Jagatsinghpur district will come up soon. This was revealed during a meeting of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik with JSW CMD Sajjan Jindal through Video Conference on Monday. The State Government has allocated land, water and power for the project. The […]

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Vidyadhan Scholarship Applications invited

Bhubaneswar: The Sarojini Damodaran Foundation set up by SD Shibulal, Co-founder of Infosys, is inviting applications for its Vidyadhan Scholarship programme. Students who have passed their SSLC/10th examination this year from Odisha with more than 80% (60% for students with disability) are eligible to apply for the scholarship. Applications can be done online by logging […]

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Odisha’s Cuttack surpasses Khurda in daily COVID-19 case count, reports 589 fresh ones

Bhubaneswar: Cuttack surpassed Covid hotspot Khurda by reporting the highest daily spike in positive cases among all other districts on Monday, said the Information and Public Relations Department. The district reported 589 fresh cases in the last 24 hours whereas Khurda detected 474 cases during the period. Of the 2949 cases reported today in the […]

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Govt deploys 65 Secretariat staff at BMC for COVID-19 duty

Bhubaneswar: The Home Department in a notification issued yesterday, has asked 50 Assistant Section Officers (ASO) and 15 data entry operators (DEOs) to report at BMC and join the duty and deployed at the civic body’s COVID-19 Control Room and remain there till September 19 in order to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The Home Department […]

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PM greets people on Nuakhai, lauds farmers

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted people on the occasion of Nuakhai, which is one of the most ancient festivals celebrated in Odisha. The Prime Minister also lauded farmers, saying it is due to their efforts that our nation is fed. “The special occasion of Nuakhai is about celebrating the hard work […]

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65 ASOs, DEOs roped in for Coronavirus work in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: The State Government on Saturday directed 50 Assistant Section Officers (ASOs) and 15 Data Entry Operators of various administrative departments to report joining in Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) forthwith to work with the BMC team for COVID-19 pandemic. The move follows sharp rise in Coronavirus cases in the State capital city. Now, Bhubaneswar is […]

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Bhubaneswar crosses 1 lakh-Mark in COVID-19 testing

Bhubaneswar: Tests for COVID-19 in Bhubaneswar has crossed 1 lakh mark, said the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation. With 2,812 tests done on Thursday and 2,642 the day before, the State capital city has, so far, conducted 1,04,390 tests both by the Government and private facilities. Out of this while the Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests […]

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Jan Dhan has benefitted over 1.5 crore poor people in Odisha: Pradhan

Bhubaneswar: Jan Dhan has benefitted more than 1.5 crore poor people in Odisha covering more than 74 lakh households, said Union Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday. Highlighting various initiatives being taken by the Narendra Modi Government for financial inclusion with a vision to provide banking to the unbanked, funding […]

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