Millet food tasting festival held for Jharpada Jail inmates

Bhubaneawar, January 11: Odisha on Wednesday created history by introducing nutri-cereals in food list of jail inmates. A Millet food tasting festival was held today at the Jharpada Special Jail in Bhubaneswar as part of the “Piloting of Millets in Directorate of Prisons and Correctional Services” initiative. Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment Department Principal Secretary, Dr. […]

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Mathkhai Samman for noted essayist Chandrasekhar Hota 

Bolangir, January 9: Noted essayist, critic and Kendra Sahitya Akademi Yuva Purashkar award winner Chandrasekhar Hota was awarded the prestigious Mathkhai Samman-2023 at the Mathakhai Mahotsav and All India Multi-Lingual Drama festival organised by Mathakhai Mahotsav committee and Bhumika here on Monday. Bolangir MP Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Bolangir MLA Narasingha Mishra felicitated Hota with […]

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Odisha: Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates world’s longest hockey stick sand sculpture 

Cuttack, January 10: Ahead of the opening ceremony of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup on Wednesday at Barabati Stadium here, noted artist Sudarsan Pattnaik and his team on Tuesday created hockey stick of 1,05ft long, with installation of more than 5,000 hockey balls on Mahanadi river bank to mark the start of the mega […]

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Odisha: CM disburses interest subvention benefits worth Rs 125 crore to over 2.5 lakh SHGs

Bhubaneawar, January 9: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday disbursed interest subvention benefits for the first two quarters of FY 2022-23 worth Rs 125 crore to more than 2,50,000 SHGs. “Over the next five years, Mission Shakti has provisioned to provide interest subvention benefits amounting to Rs 1,200 cr to SHGs. This was done through […]

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Deloitte Tech Talent Hub opened in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, January 6: Deloitte, a leading global professional services firm, established its footprint in Odisha with the inauguration of its Capability Enhancement Centre (CEC) at ICOMC Tower here on Friday. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the firm’s state-of-the-art 55,000 sq. ft. facility centre. Union Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, State IT […]

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Mission Olympic Cell meeting to be held in Bhubaneswar on Jan 20 on sidelines of Hockey World Cup

Bhubaneawar/New Delhi, January 6: The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) will host the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) meeting in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on January 20. This will be the first time that the MOC members, who usually meet in Delhi for their monthly meetings for selection of TOPS athletes, monitoring and evaluation of their […]

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High-speed 5G services launched in Odisha

Bhubaneawar, January 5: Union Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan jointly on Thursday launched high-speed 5G telecom services. “The 5G services are unveiled in Odisha in the first phase of national launch. By August 2024, the entire State of Odisha will be covered with telecom towers, and fibre will reach in […]

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Odisha: CM inaugurates Sundergarh Govt Medical College & Hospital

Sundergarh, January 5: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated the Government Medical College and Hospital at Sundargarh and interacted with the first batch of UG students of the Medical College. The Government Medical College & Hospital at Sundargarh has been set up in joint collaboration with NTPC which will give a boost to availability […]

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Odisha CM announces Rs 1 crore award for each player if Team India lifts the World Cup 

Rourkela, January 5: Ahead of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday inaugurated the World Cup Village at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium Complex in Rourkela and announced Rs 1 crore for each player if Team India lifts the World Cup. The World Cup Village has been developed […]

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Chile Team arrives in Bhubaneswar for FIH Odisha Men’s Hockey World Cup-2023

Bhubaneswar, January 5: Ahead of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela, the Chile Men’s Hockey Team reached Odisha on Thursday and received a warm welcome at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here. Playing in their first ever Men’s Hockey World Cup, the team led by Fernando Renz, will go through their final […]

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