Odisha

“We no longer have to beg or steal from the men to pay tuition fee for our children,” says Samsa Begum, 34, as the women around her nod in agreement. The women, part of a Self Help Group (SHG) from Arakhapalli village in Khordha district, are elated that they have made Rs 1.7 lakh in profit this

After four years of heated debates on the origins of the rasagola, Odisha on Monday received a geographical indication (GI) tag for the Indian sweet. A certificate from the Geographical Indication Registry, Government of India, states that the GI tag has been registered in respect of “Odisha

In order to provide succor to those in immediate need of assistance at most affected villages around Puri in the aftermath of extreme severe cyclone FANI, Indian Navy continues the Relief Operation with 3 ships using their integral helicopters. The helicopters have been utilized for airdropping food

To provide primary healthcare in remote areas of Odisha that lack doctors, the state government on Tuesday signed an agreement with a private healthcare service provider to set up 102 “digital dispensaries” in 23 districts of the state. The dispensaries aim to provide primary healthcare services

Odisha government has come up with a support scheme whose primary targets are small farmers, cultivators and landless agricultural labourers. Called KALIA, the scheme involves payments to encourage cultivation and associated activities. Short for Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income

Conscious of the issues of slums and poverty, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has channelized its efforts in promoting equitable growth in urban areas through Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM). The Mission addresses major social challenges of

Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $85 million loan to improve the skill development eco-system in Odisha and establish an advanced skill training center, the World Skill Center (WSC), in the state capital Bhubaneswar. The project will help over 150,000 people learn skills in priority

Odisha Government on Wednesday announced to gift smartphones to six lakh women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) to make them digitally empowered.Emphasising on promotion of women entrepreneurship on the fourth day of Make-in-Odisha conclave 2018 on Wednesday, C M Naveen Patnaik said his dream is to see that

Odisha will ban the use of plastic in its five municipal corporation areas and the pilgrim town of Puri from October 2 this year. While speaking on environmental awareness during ‘Ama Mukhyamantri Ama Katha’ programme at the state secretariat on Tuesday, chief minister Naveen Patnaik said the ban on

With the aim of eliminating all unmanned Level Crossing Gates over Sambalpur Division, East Coast Railway launches highest ever 6 (six) Limited Height Subways (LHS) in Sambalpur Division and completed it in a single block of four and half hours on 5 th July, 2018. Launching of 6 Limited Height

Daitari Naik, a 70-year-old tribal man of Baitarani village under Banspal block of Keonjhar district in Odisha, has carved a kilometre-long canal out of a mountain stream to irrigate farmlands in the absence of such facilities in the region. Many villages in the forested, mountainous and tribal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday showered praises on D Prakash Rao, a tea seller from Cuttack, for his noble deed of educating poor slum kids of his locality. Modi narrated Rao’s story while addressing the nation during his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’. “Rao has been a tea vendor in