Bhubaneswar: Niti Aayog National Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) has revealed in a fresh report that there is one in every third person in Odisha is poor. In this report, Odisha is listed in the ninth position among all the other states in the country. It is also mentioned in the report that around 29.35 per…
Bhubaneswar: Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that it has successfully conducted India’s first 5G trial in the 700 MHz band in partnership with Nokia. Airtel has been allotted test spectrum in multiple bands by the government’s Department of Telecommunications for the validation of 5G technology and use cases. The demonstration, which…
NEW DELHI: KRAFTON, Inc., the South Korean video game developer is driving a ‘Game Responsibly’ campaign for BGMI (BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA). Starting with a series of films, the campaign encourages gamers to take a pledge of taking care of themselves and their squad mates’ mental health as they take on the Battlegrounds. It promotes safer…
Bhubaneswar: Post Covid-19 pandemic, children in rural Odisha are at a higher risk of dropping out of schools as children from the poorer sections are mostly deprived of the facilities the solvent has provided during the pandemic. Even though the State government has introduced an online mode education system and it is considered a successful…
BHUBANESWAR: Media is a watchdog and has a key role to play in the vibrant democracy of India. The government has focused on citizen-centric communication in a language they understand through various platforms they access, be it TV news, radio, social media or online digital media, said Governor of Odisha Prof. Ganeshi Lal on Tuesday. …
Bhubaneswar: Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) has always maintained that the mobile Average Revenue Per User(ARPU) needs to be at Rs200 and ultimately at Rs 300, so as to provide a reasonable return on capital that allows for a financially healthy business model. We also believe that this level of ARPU will enable the substantial investments required …
Bhubaneswar: Development is the most widely used word in modern times. The economists say there is a difference between economic growth and development. The political leaders are mostly unaware of this difference. In reality when it comes the development they speak economic growth. Some people understand the development in a more narrow way as construction…
Bhubaneswar: The School of Biotechnology at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has discovered a proprietary technology to treat wastewater discharged from toilets through layers of biological filters (bacteriophages, specific algae, bacterial consortia, different biological control agents against enteric pathogens and aquatic plants). The technology was developed with funding obtained from national and international funding agencies such as…
Bhubaneswar: Individual icons of different fields and corporate houses of the state are conferred with Think CSR and Think Odisha Leadership Awards today in an event organised at DN Vivant today. Bollywood Diva Sangita Bijlani has handed over awards to recepients. She also performed on stage. Among others singer Ruturaj, Sangita Das and Sand Artist…
Sundargarh (Odisha): In today’s era, consistent high-speed internet has become a necessity for almost everyone, be it a student or a working professional or an elderly person using it for watching favourite news and entertainment programmes. With JioFiber, the fastest and popular high-speed broadband service offered by Reliance Jio, affordable high-speed broadband connectivity has fuelled…