New Delhi1/6/23: Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of India Meteorological Department (IMD), has been elected as the third Vice President of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). This has been informed by the WMO through a tweet. Apart from the IMD DG, two other persons were also elected to the position of Vice President of the WMO. They are Eoin Moran, Director ...

Berhampur:1/6/23: TP Southern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPSODL), a joint venture between Tata Power and the Government of Odisha, appointed Mr. Amit Garg as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company, effective from June 1, 2023. In a recent meeting held on 25th March, 2023 the Board of Directors of TPSODL passed a resolution appointing Mr. Amit Garg as the ...

Bhubaneswar: 31/5/23:The performance & achievements of Energy Department during the last 4 years was reviewed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today. The CM appreciated various initiatives undertaken by the Department in power generation, transmission, distribution and rural electrification sectors. After the Review meeting, addressing the Media at Geeta Gobinda Sadan, Pratap Kehsari Deb, Minister, Energy highlighted the major achievements of ...

Bhubaneswar:31/5/23: The Government of Odisha launched Odisha Millets Mission (OMM) in 2017 to revive millets in farms and plates for a period of 5 years. It was further extended till 2026-27 by the Cabinet of Odisha in 2022. Odisha is home to 62 tribal communities. Tribal communities have a rich tradition of conserving local varieties of millets. Tribal farmers of ...

Bhubaneswar:  31/5/23:In yet another significant development for the sports ecosystem in Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated three Football Training Centres in Bhubaneswar ahead of the upcoming Intercontinental Cup 2023, thus marking the establishment of Odisha Football Academy, Bhubaneswar Football Academy and Capital Arena Football.Adding to the significance and grandeur of the occasion, the Indian Men’s Football Teamwork including ...

Sambalpur:31/5/23:The construction work for Super Critical Doubling work of Talcher-Sambalpur line is in full swing and ahead of completion, soon. More than 96% of construction works of this project have been completed, till now.A patch of 9 Kms between Maneswar and Sambalpur City Stations has been completed and commissioned yesterday for both Goods and Passenger Traffic. Shri A.M.Chowdhary, Commissioner of ...

Bhubaneswar:30/5/23: After huge success of FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela, Odisha is all set to host an international football event here in the capital city. With countdown began for the upcoming Intercontinental Cup 2023 scheduled from June 9 to 18 in Bhubaneswar, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik bought the first ticket for marquee event to be held at the ...

Bhubaneswar:30/5/23: The guidelines of the Mukhya Mantri Krushi Udyog Yojana have been revised to promote agricultural entrepreneurship in the state and for attracting adequate capital investment in the sector of agricultural enterprises and for the successful implementation of the scheme. The capital investment subsidy amount for agricultural enterprises has been increased from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 1 crore. Similarly, keeping ...

Bhubaneswar:30/5/23: There has been a 98% increase in the number of High Schools under the ST&SC Development Department in Odisha in the last 20 years. This was revealed during a review of the achievements of the ST & SC Development, Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare (SSD & MBCW) Department by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the  Loka Seva Bhawan here today. ...

Bhubaneswar: 30/5/23:The Odisha government has taken steps to provide 4G mobile connectivity to all unconnected villages of the state in a year, said Principal Secretary of E&IT Department Manoj Kumar Mishra here on Tuesday. On completion of the fourth year of the fifth tenure of his government, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday took a review of the Electronics ...