‘Understand airport customers’ psyche in a better fashion’

Bhubaneswar, Aug 22: The Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA), Bhubaneswar on Friday organised a workshop on ‘Soft skills and better communication, in order to make all the concessionaries and stakeholders associated with Bhubaneswar airport to help them understand the customer psyche in a better fashion. Inaugurating the workshop BPIA Director Sharad Kumar said the workshop […]

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‘Indian charted accountants are in good demand in foreign countries’

Bhubaneswar, Aug 22: Indian charted accountants are in good demand in Gulf countries, besides in the West Asian countries, Australia and Singapore. Nearly 50 per cent of the charted accountants working in Gulf regions are Indian, said Institute of Charted Accountants of India (ICAI) president K Raghu here on Friday.  Speaking at the inaugural function […]

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Free laptops for 15,000 meritorious Plus II students this year in Odisha

CM Naveen Patnaik presenting free laptops. (File Photo) Bhubaneswar, Aug 22: Around 15,000 meritorious Plus Two pass students, including 5,000 belonging to tribal and Dalit category, would get free laptops under the Biju Yuva Sashaktikaran Yojana this year, sources said. The Higher Education Department has asked the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) to give […]

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All fields need good leaders, says Odisha Minister

Bhubaneswar, Aug. 21: Odisha Panchayati raj and Law Minister Arun Sahu on Wednesday called upon the students of SOA University here to be good leaders in all fields including politics and business. “Able leadership is the need of the hour in all fields including politics and business. It’s time that students should realize the importance […]

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Awareness drive at Bhubaneswar Rly station held

Volunteers staging street play at Bhubaneswar Railway station Bhubaneswar, Aug-21: In a bid to create awareness among passengers about the need to keep the stations clean, the East Coast Railway recently organised a cleanliness awareness programme at Bhubaneswar railway station to maintain clean and hygienic atmosphere in train and station premises. Volunteers taking out rally at […]

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Odisha seeks foreign help to produce more potato

Chief Minister with CIP officials  Bhubaneswar: With an attempt to overcome the frequent potato crisis, the Odisha Government on Wednesday sought the support of the International Potato Center (CIP), headquartered in Lima, Peru in helping the State to become self sufficient in tuber production. The CIP would provide the technical support to the State under […]

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Complete Konark tourist facility project by April next: Union Min

Dharmendra Pradhan Interpretation Centre by Sept this year Bhubaneswar: Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday directed the concerned officials to complete the tourist facilities and peripheral development project at Sun Temple complex at Konark latest by April 2015 in view of the ensuing Nabakalebara festival of Lord Jagannath. While reviewing […]

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All state-owned universities, colleges to be digitized in Odisha

Courtesy-OCAC  Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government is all set to digitise all the universities and colleges in a phased manner as a part of its initiatives to reform the higher education. Initially, all the State-owned universities will be digitized while the service will be available at colleges later. The Odisha Computer Application Centre (OCAC), the nodal […]

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KLF identifies 5 areas to foster Odisha-Sri Lanka relationship

Bhubaneswar: A delegation of Kalinga Lanka Foundation (KLF), on the first-ever meeting with its new ex-officio Patron-in-Chief, Prof Sudharshan Seneviratne, High Commisioner of Sri Lanka in India, raised five key issues of mutual cooperation between Odisha and Sri Lanka. The delegation led by former Odisha Chief Secretary Mr Debi Prasad Bagchi, apprised the High Commissioner […]

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