Bhubaneswar: To enhance edible oil production and drive agro-industrial development in the state, Odisha Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment, Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo, on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with three leading oil palm companies to initiate large-scale plantations across four districts. The agreement, formalized under the National…
Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the Kharif 2025 season, Deputy Chief Minister and Agriculture Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo on Wednesday emphasized the importance of ensuring a timely and affordable supply of quality seeds to farmers across Odisha. Chairing a high-level review meeting at Lok Seva Bhavan, Singh Deo asserted that no farmer in the state should…
Gandhinagar: The Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, marked World Homoeopathy Day 2025 with a grand two-day celebration at the Mahatma Mandir Convention and Exhibition Centre in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The event, organized by the Ministry through its premier institutions—the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH), National Commission for Homoeopathy (NCH), and National Institute of…
Wellington, Tamil Nadu: In a powerful address at the Convocation Ceremony of the 80th Staff Course at the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), Wellington, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh urged the Armed Forces to operate jointly and be future-ready in today’s rapidly evolving multi-domain environment. Highlighting cyber, space, and information warfare as equally potent as conventional…
New Delhi: The 4th Joint Working Group (JWG) Meeting on Tourism Cooperation between India and Japan was successfully held in New Delhi, bringing together senior officials, tourism stakeholders, and industry leaders from both countries to strengthen bilateral ties and explore new avenues for collaborative growth in the tourism sector. The meeting was co-chaired by Mugdha…
New Delhi: In a significant boost to India’s aviation safety infrastructure, Union Minister of Civil Aviation Ram Mohan Naidu on Friday inaugurated the state-of-the-art Digital Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder (DFDR & CVR) Laboratory—popularly known as the “Black Box Lab”—at the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) headquarters in Udaan Bhawan, New Delhi. The…
Bhubaneswar: A high-level review meeting was held on Tuesday at the Lok Seva Bhavan Conference Hall to assess the findings of the Data Capabilities Assessment conducted by the Data, Policy, and Innovation Centre (DPIC). The session was chaired by Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary Anu Garg. Opening the discussion, Anu Garg stressed the pivotal role that…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation Limited (OMFED) is gearing up to enter the chocolate market. OMFED Managing Director Vijay Amrut Kulange announced the development on Thursday, signaling a strategic expansion of the federation’s footprint in the dairy and food industry. According to Kulange, a unique chocolate design has already been developed in collaboration…
Bhubaneswar:m Bringing decades of administrative experience to the role, retired IAS officer Manoj Kumar Parida has been appointed as the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of Odisha. A former officer of the AGMUT cadre, Parida most recently served as the Insurance Ombudsman in Bhubaneswar, where he completed a three-year term handling public grievances and regulatory…
Kathmandu: Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, led the Indian delegation in a series of high-level bilateral meetings with Nepal and Bhutan, aimed at strengthening agricultural cooperation in the region. The meetings were held during his official visit to Kathmandu and included significant engagements with both Nepalese and…
