Author: Odisha News Tune

Bhubaneswar, Nov 23: Internationally acclaimed women’s rights activist and author Manasi Pradhan has become the first Indian to feature in the prestigious global list of World’s Top 20 feminist author and activist compiled by America’s highest read women magazine “Bustle”. The list includes seven Nobel Prize winners and several Pulitzerprize winners including Naomi Klein, MalalaYousafzai, […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 23: The State Government has enacted a land regulation to control the disposal of land, building and amenities under IDCO which will make it easy for companies to set up and operate in the State. As per the regulation, IDCO will allot land for establishment of industrial estates, industrial area and industrial units […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 22: Amid the prevailing cash crunch situation due to demonetisation of high value currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000, Bank of India (BoI), a premier public sector bank, on Tuesday introduced a special mobile automated teller machine (ATM) for the convenience of the people facing in getting new notes. Bank of […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 22: Odisha is gearing up to host the Make in Odisha Conclave at Bhubaneswar from November 30 December 2. Nearly 100 companies will participate in the event. The mega investor meet is expected to make the State a manufacturing hub of the East and to be the most preferred investment destination in India. […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 19: Appropriate policies are needed for accelerated and inclusive agricultural growth, said Dr T. Haque, Chairman of Special Cell on Land Policies, NITI Aayog here on Saturday. He was delivering the 10th Dr Verghese Kurien Foundation Day Lecture at the KIIT School of Rural Management (KSRM). “India’s agricultural sector is ailing for quite […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 19: Ahead of the 2nd edition of Konark International Cyclothon (KIC) and the ‘Let’s Pedal National Expedition 2016’which will kick off on December 17 in Odisha, a curtain-raiser event was inaugurated in New Delhi on Saturday. Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Meghawal flagged off the cyclothon where more than 100 […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 19: Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhai on Saturday directed Fisheries and Forests Departments and also the Marine police not to harass the traditional fishermen unnecessarily during the fishing ban period for the turtle nesting season. “Catch hold of the real criminals who cause damage to the life of turtles,” directed Padhi while chairing […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 19: With an aim to rekindle the love for skills of quizzing, DAV Public School, Pokhariput organised ‘Interschool Silver Jubilee Quiz’ in collaboration with Encyclopedia Britannica in the school premises on Saturday under the theme ‘knowledge without boundaries’. A total of 34 schools from across the State vied for honors in the quiz […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 18: Exactly a month after Member States of the United Nations met at Quito, Ecuador, to adopt the ‘New Urban Agenda’, the Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited has signed an MoU with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to take the agenda forward in Odisha.  The Quito declaration stresses upon readdressing the way cities […]

Bhubaneswar, Nov 18: The Fitment Committee constituted by the Odisha Government for preparing modalities for implementation of 7th Pay Commission recommendations for its employees and pensioners on Friday started holding discussion with different recognised Government employees’ associations here at the State Guest House. The committee will hear around 120 associations till November 23 in six […]