This panchayat in Odisha in Gajapati becomes open defecation free – via The Better India
Five panchayats in Gajapati district of Odisha overcame all hurdles to get finally declared Open Defecation Free (ODF). Now, the aim is to make all 119 panchayats in the district ODF by 2016. Read how the administrators, volunteers and villagers themselves…
LV Prasad Eye Institute readies another centre in Rayagada Odisha
LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) is launching its rural (secondary) eye centre in Rayagada – the Naraindas & Morbai Budhrani Eye Centre today. An integral part of the eye centre in Rayagada is the JK Center for Tribal Eye Health. This…
Giant Rakhi in Bhubaneswar aiming for Record in Limca Book
Yannita Priyadarshini and Biswakant Panda, students of Utkal Culture University, attempted a place in Limca Book of World Records by drawing a 500-feet long and 50-feet wide rakhi in Indira Gandhi park in Bhubaneswar. This was made with 300 kilos of paddy…
Bhubaneswar residents can now apply for new LPG Gas connection Online : SAHAJ
Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today launched a scheme, “Sahaj”, enabling online release of new LPG connections. Portal www.mylpg.in will help customers register for new LPG connections online as well as make online payments for the same.The scheme was launched in…
Aducate notebook : A Startup trying to change usual Notebooks in Schools Colleges
Aducate has launched notebook brand in Odisha – Aducate at BMC Bhawani Mall on Saturday. The unique features of the notebooks are every notebook has a different discount coupon inside it from brands like ola, Dominos, pizza hut, Dfc , Garam…
Odisha Agri Scientist selected to head Indian Agricultural Research Institute Delhi
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) has appointed Trilochan Mohapatra, the former head of Odisha-based Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI), as its new director. The renowned agri scientist, who has been working in the area of molecular genetics and genomics, has…
Now Fill Online Applications for form filling for Odisha HSC Examinations
New era for the Board of Secondary Education started with the govt’s order of E-application form for HSC exam. The Government of Odisha introduces online system for filling up forms for HSC examination.This year, 6 lakh 3,578 students would take…
First ever Odisha Snooker Premier League starts this September 2nd
The First ever Odisha Snooker Premier League will see four franchises competing for the winning amount of Rs 60,000 from September 2 to 6. Jerseys with team logos and merchandise of the four teams were unveiled at Vintage Club, which is…
Google’s OCR brings hope for digitizing a lot of old text for all Indian languages.
Author: Subhasish Panigrahi Optical Character Recognition in a nutshell Optical Character Recognition (OCR) lets you convert images with text into text documents using automated computer algorithms. Images can be processed individually (.jpg, .png, and .gif files) or in multi-page PDF…