Events
The official language fortnightly Rajbhasha Pakhwada was inaugurated at ECoR headquarters recently in Bhubaneswar. Attenting the occasion, General Manager (I/C) Sharad Kumar Srivastava inaugurated the fortnightly in presence of Mukhya Rajbhasa Adhikari Rabi Shankar Mitra and all Principal Heads of Departments of East Coast Railway. General Manager/East Coast Railway administered oath of official language to…
Bhubaneswar: The first of its kind, an automated Take Home Rations (THR) Unit was launched in Titilagarh, Balangir. For setting up the THR unit, the construction of the building was led by the district administration of Balangir. The THR Unit has the capacity of producing 1.6 MT of product in 8 hours and the unit…
Bhubaneswar: Doyens of veterinary science were felicitated on the Teachers’ Day at a function organised by the upcoming Institute of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, proposed faculty of veterinary sciences of SOA, here on Monday. The veteran professors of the discipline were delighted at the SOA decision to set up the institute saying Odisha needed…
Bhubaneswar: The conflict in Ukraine, women’s participation in public life and drug abuse are among the subjects that will be discussed at the three-day 5th edition of SOA International Model United Nations (SOAMUN) which kicked off at SOA here on Friday. Around 500 students from across the country and also other countries are participating in…
Bhubaneswar: Athamalik NAC was felicitated by Odisha Urban Housing Mission (OUHM) for being awarded the second-best performing NAC in India under the PMAY (Urban) Awards 2019. MLA Athamalik, Ramesh Chandra Sai was the chief guest at the event. Debasis Singh, Additional Secretary to Govt H&UD department-cum-Mission Director OUHM welcomed the guests and briefed about the…
East Coast Railway (ECoR) observed National Sports Day on Monday at its headquarters at Rail Sadan to spread awareness of the importance of sports and also to commemorate the 117th birth anniversary of hockey legend, Major Dhyan Chand. ECoR General Manager (I/C) Sharad Kumar Srivastava said that National Sports Day is dedicated to the nation’s…
Balasore: Fakir Mohan University should lead a knowledge oriented lightning resilience programme for Odisha, urged Ashwini Kumar Patra, Minister for Tourism, Language and Literature while inaugurating a two-day national workshop. It is for the first time that a tribal lightning resilience programme has been undertaken by an university in India. He said that with the…
Minister Housing and Urban Development Usha Devi had visited State Urban Development Agency recently. During her visit she interacted with the officials to get a picture of the various initiatives being implemented across 115 ULBs to improve the livelihood of the urban poor in the state. Project Director, SUDA Sarada Prasad Panda made a detail…
Bhubaneswar: A new accommodation of OSCB Cuttack Road Branch in ESSEN City Centre was inaugurated on Sunday by Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Minister FS&CW Cooperation. The OSCB came into existence in the year 1948 licenced by RBI and is a scheduled Bank. Presently it has 14 branches, of which 7 are in Bhubaneswar, 2 in Cuttack…
Bhubaneswar: A programme to create awareness about the harmful effects of Parthenium hysterophorus, a noxious weed which invades farmlands causing huge loss to crop yield, was organised by the Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS), faculty of agricultural sciences of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), on Saturday. The programme was jointly organised by IAS, the NSS wing…
