Eeshanee Tripathy, a Class-XI student of Delhi Public School in Rourkela, has bagged the first prize in Grade 11 category in the prestigious Nasa Ames Space Settlement Design Contest hosted by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) and National Space…
Last-mile air connectivity could soon become a reality, with the first bunch of flights under the ‘Udan’ scheme set to get operational by next month. The scheme UDAN – acronym for Ude Desh Ki Aam Naagrik (May the Common Man…
Former Director of CSIR – Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology (IMMT), Bhubaneswar Prof. Barada Kanta Mishra has taken charge as the Founding Director of newly established IIT-Goa. Earlier, Prof. Mishra was teaching in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur…
Soma Mondal has taken charge as Director (Commercial) of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). Ms Mondal has broken the glass ceiling at the state owned steel major, by becoming the first ever woman functional director on the board of…
Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram on Saturday inaugurated a Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) on the premises of Rourkela Head Post Office, solving the problem of long wait for passport. Jual said he, along with Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and…
The Pitamahal dam in Sundargarh can now boast of its adventure water sports facilities, with thousands thronging the dam to enjoy boat rides, water scooter trips and kayak journeys in the reservoir. The project, which was launched by scuba diver…
Sports enthusiasts in the state have a reason to cheer — the chief minister’s office has cleared a proposal for a water sports facility at Pitamahal Reservoir in Sundargarh district. The new facility will provide people with an opportunity to…
Nissan India has appointed Abhishek Mahapatra as the Head of Communication and CSR, effective immediately. Mahapatra will be responsible for all of Nissan’s communications in India, including product, corporate and plant communications, and CSR activities, the carmaker said in a…
The Plate Mill of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) created a new record by rolling 502 number of slabs into plates yesterday, which is its best ever performance since inception. This achievement was made possible because of the meticulous planning and…
Former hockey captain Dilip Tirkey is organising the world’s largest hockey tournament, with 1,458 teams from Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand at 32 venues. When did you conceive the idea of this tournament? Talks started six-seven months ago. We organised a…