The Odisha government has prepared a road map to attract fresh domestic and foreign investment of Rs 1.73 lakh crore ($27 billion) by 2019-20. The plan includes holding road shows in Asian and European nations to attract FDI. The road…
Citizen Bloggers: Odia poem ପ୍ରତିବାଦ by Dr Gobind Ch Dash
We are encouraging citizen bloggers to write by providing this platform open so as to get more visibility. Here is a nice poem in Odia by Dr Gobind Ch Dash. Have you liked us in Facebook yet?
Dhauli Light and Sound Show of King Asoka to go live this week
Its nice to see trial run of the light and sound show under way at the peace pagoda in Dhauli. Tricolor India Schauspiel Private Limited, a FDI venture of the UK-based projection studio is taking care of the project here. Transformation…
Bhubaneswar planetarium on its way to get rare Space Simulator added
Pathani Samanta planetarium in bhubaneswar plans to introduce a space simulator to bring the experience of space to science lovers. The simulator would be set up at the new information center building of the planetarium within the next few months. While the ground…
QS University Ranking: BRICS 2015 NIT Rourkela in Odisha only one to feature in top 200
QS University Rankings: BRICS 2015- NIT-Rourkela (113) is the only NIT to feature in top 200 universities in the BRICS region. IISc-Bangalore at no-5, IIT-Delhi at 13, IIT-Bombay at 16 and IIT-Kanpur at 18, are the four in top-20. QS…
Luxury Resort in Chilika Lake by Swosti Group to be ready by October 2016
Bhubaneswar-based Swosti Group will soon be expanding its hospitality portfolio with the launch of its high-end luxury resort – Swosti Chilika Resort on the banks of the Chilika Lake, the country’s largest coastal lagoon. Confirming the development, JK Mohanty, managing…
National Geographic Features Odisha Olive Ridley Turtles
On a stretch of beach where the Rushikulya River meets the Bay of Bengal, thousands of olive ridley turtles arrive to nest around February and March. The sandy beach disappears under glistening domes stretching as far as the eye can…
MySmartPrice Startup by Odisha based NIT Rourkela Engineers Raises $10M
India’s e-commerce boom continues unbounded. Beyond the top players such as Flipkart and Snapdeal raising billions to support their capital intensive businesses, startups in other parts of the online retail space are raising significant numbers too. One such company is MySmartPrice,…
NALCO signs R&D pact with Canadian behemoth Rio Tinto Alcan
National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco), a navratna PSU under the Ministry of Mines, has entered into a co-operation agreement for research & development with Aluminium Pechiney (AP) / Rio Tinto Alcan. The agreement was signed between B K Satpathy, Executive…
Right Time to attract Mobile Phone Manufacturers to have a base in Odisha
Odisha may emerge as the manufacturing hub of mobile handsets and associated components with its proposed electronics manufacturing cluster (EMC) drawing the attention of manufacturers. The Indian Cellular Association (ICA), the apex body of the mobile phone industry, is in…