When soft power can shape hard reality

When soft power can shape hard reality

Tuesday, 31 May 2016 | Sandhya Jain

Chabahar is a feather in the cap for the Modi Government because of its strategic importance. It adds sheen to Modi’s foreign policy manoeuvres, especially his dream to link India with the Asian and European landmass The India-Iran-Afghanistan trilateral will be a momentous development even if it did not coincide with...

Doctors not happy with retirement age hike to 65 yrs

Tuesday, 31 May 2016 | NIMAI CHARAN SAHU | SAMBALPUR

The doctors’ fraternity is not happy with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s declaration of hike in retirement age from 60 to 65 years. They dubbed it to be a punishment for those who are on the verge of retirement. Why a doctor wants early retirement is age factor and workload. Many senior...

Abolish high-value currency and existing taxes

Tuesday, 31 May 2016 | PNS

Dr Mohan Kumar Nanda, an eminent Chartered Accountant with innovative ideas and concepts was born in Mayurbhanj in 1961. He bristles with brilliant ideas and solves taxation conundrums to perfection by the slightest touch of his mental magic wand. He graduated from the Madras University and is also a qualified...

Briefs

Tuesday, 31 May 2016 | Pioneer

Elephant dies at Nandankanan Bhubaneswar: A seven-year-old elephant died at the Nandankanan Zoological Park near here on Monday morning. The pachyderm named Jagan was suffering from digestive problems, said an official of the zoo. A probe would be conducted to ascertain the reason behind the death of the animal, he added....

Govt to buy medicines worth Rs 239 cr

Tuesday, 31 May 2016 | PNS | Bhubaneswar

The Odisha State Medical Corporation ltd (OSMCl), an independent procurement agency of the Health and Family Welfare Department, would be procuring 426 types of medicines for 2016-17 at an estimated cost of Rs 239 crore, sources said on Monday.   Pharmaceutical companies having two years of experience in drug manufacturing can participate...

Defence agrees for air show in Cuttack for Biju centenary

Tuesday, 31 May 2016 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is understood to have considered favourably the Odisha Government’s proposal for conducting an air show as part of Biju Patnaik centenary celebrations. Sources in the State’s Sports and Youth Services and Information and Public Relations Department said a plan has been jointly chalked out to organise...

+2 Arts, Com, Vocational results tomorrow

Tuesday, 31 May 2016 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR

Results of the annual Plus II Arts, Commerce and Vocational Education would be announced on June 1. Higher Education minister Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy would announce the results at the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) office here at 3 pm. About 2.5 lakh students had appeared at the examination in the Arts...

Villagers trek 25 km to collect NFSA rations

Tuesday, 31 May 2016 | PNS | KENDRAPADA

Strong resentment is brewing among the Manikapatana villagers who were made to trek miles to collect monthly subsidised food grains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).  They alleged that they have to spend double the money spent for the subsidised ration just to reach at the retail centres. As many as...

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