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Bhubaneswar:  A seminar on “Environmental Change and Governance” was organised by the University of Waterloo, IIT- Kharagpur, and NIRMAN, a city-based NGO, at Yatri Nivas, Satapada, near Chilika lagoon. The theme of the Field School of the year was Governing Coastal Commons for Resilience and Wellbeing....

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has increased the fees of Class 10 and 12 board examinations for SC and ST students from `50 to `1,200, while the amount has been doubled for those from general category, who will now have to...

Bhubaneswar: The State Industries and Energy Minister Dibya Shankar Mishra, Sunday, said that the state government is committed towards providing power to all electricity consumers from the rural parts of the country. The minister said that the government is working hard to provide power to...

Bhubaneswar: Owners of the stone crushers from across the state, Sunday, urged the government to avail a stone quarry to each crusher unit so that they would not have to depend on anti-socials engaged in stone quarrying business. The members of the ‘All Orissa Stone...

Cuttack: Collector Bhabani Shankar Chayani, Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) commissioner Ananya Das and other senior officials of the district administration, Sunday, visited several localities of the Silver City here under the Grievances of the People At their Doorstep (Gopad) initiative. The government officials visited Kanika...

Khurda: Pregnant women are being forced to bribe the doctors to get healthcare facilities at the district headquarters hospital (DHH) here. Some doctors at the DHH often advise pregnant women to visit a few private nursing homes in the town here to get better healthcare,...

Washington: China's economy already is slowing amid the trade conflict with the United States, but if Washington were to ramp up tariffs even further it could cut Chinese growth sharply, the IMF warned Friday. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) trimmed its growth forecast for China...

Bhubaneswar: Vedanta Aluminium reinforced its commitment towards woman empowerment through the inauguration of a new turmeric processing machine for women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in Lanjigarh, Odisha. The company runs the Self-Help Group program, under the Sakhi Project with the rural women, which is one of...

New Delhi: The government gave a patient hearing to the suggestions coming from foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) on the new tax proposed in the Budget but is yet to take a call on either revoking or minimising the impact of the new surcharge that has...

New Delhi: Eyeing 20 million foreign tourists by 2020, the Union Tourism Ministry is out to actively woo foreign footfalls at major tourist destinations -- with new foreign language signage, plans to shorten the e-visa application form and slash the visa fees. The Ministry is...