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India-UK Economic & Financial Dialogue

Global economy and policy  We welcome the strength of the economic outlook for both countries. Whilst economic confidence has increased and global growth is forecast to rise in 2017, we recognise that political risk and policy uncertainty in some parts of the world remain heightened and share concerns around policy space to respond to future shocks. The UK and India ...

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Ministry of Steel Organise National Conference of Secondary Steel

New Deli(4/4/17)The Ministry of Steel @SteelMinIndia is organizing a National Conference of #SecondarySteel Producers on the theme #MakeinSteel for #MakeinIndia in New Delhi tomorrow i.e. 5 April 2017. On the eve of the conference the Minister of Steel Chaudhary Birender Singh @ChBirenderSingh said, “@SteelMinIndia places all steel producers on equal footing and we are working to provide them enabling environment for growth. Secondary Steel sector ...

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Padmalaya Nanda has Grand Finale of Junior Model International beauty pageant

  Cuttack:4/4/17:Odisha girl Padmalaya Nanda has made the state proud as she entered into the Grand Finale of Junior Model International beauty pageant held at Hotel Malabar Inn at Calicut in Kerala yesterday. As many as 40 contestants were participating in the qualifying round of the beauty contest – which began from April 3 and to be concluded on April 5. Hailing from ...

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Odia Girl Eeshanee Tripathy won top award at National Aeronautics and Space Administration

An Odisha girl has brought laurels for the state as she has won top award at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Rourkela:4/4/17:The Class-XI student of Delhi Public School in Rourkela, Eeshanee Tripathy, has won the first prize in Grade 11 category for Ames Space Settlement Design Contest. She bagged the honour for Aura Space Settlement.The annual contest is conducted ...

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Farmers staged demonstration in front of the OMFED

Bhubaneswar:3/4/17: Demanding a hike in price of milk, the farmers today staged demonstration in front of the OMFED office here at Saheed Nagar by pouring down complete food. Their demands include Rs 30 per /litre . They also demanded the cattle food should be provided to them at Rs 18/kg. Inclusion of milk in mid-day meal scheme and loan at ...

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Paradip Port Trusthas begun coastal trade operation with Bangladesh.

Jagatsinghpur:3/4/17: Paradip Port Trust (PPT) has begun coastal trade operation with Bangladesh. The port linkage improved the bilateral sea-route trade and commerce activities adding to the annual revenue of the major port. Paradip port trust has gone ahead with coastal trade with Bangladesh. Shipments of three containerized cargoes have already taken place recently. In coming months, the coastal shipments with ...

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Matriculation result is expected to be in early May

Bhubaneswar: 3/4/17:Evaluation of answer sheets of matriculation examination, which started on March 20, has been concluded following which early result announcement can be expected for this year. Odisha is trying hard to publish results ahead of other 10th boards in the State, said controller of examination Nihar Ranjan Mohanty. While answer sheet numbers of objective papers have been transferred online to ...

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Naveen clarifying to media that Gita will not join politics.

Bhubaneswar:3/4/17: The speculations that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s sister Gita Mehta could be BJD’s new Rajya Sabha member ended today with Naveen clarifying to media that she will not join politics. When asked by journalists today if Gita, who lives in the USA, will take up any major role in BJD, Naveen said that she has no plans to become a ...

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SOA is ranked20 in the table that show top 100 Universities of India

Bhubaneswar:3/4/17: The India Rankings 2017 of National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) were released today by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The lists show ranking of 100 institutes under various categories. Among universities, only Siksha O Anusandhan (SOA) and KIIT feature in the top 100 list. While SOA is ranked at 20, KIIT is paced at 49 in the table that show ...

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Naveen Patnaik has decided to continue the ongoing party review post panchayat polls till April 24.

Bhubaneswar:3/3/17: BJD Supremo Naveen Patnaik has decided to continue the ongoing party review post panchayat polls till April 24. After the Sunday meeting Jajpur and Koraput members elected with support from the party in panchayat elections, today he met Mayurbhanj representatives. The BJD chief is conducting the review at grassroots level by meeting sarpanch and panchayat committee members from each district ...

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