Following is an excerpt from https://indianexpress.com/article/india/...s-9143976/

Quote:Odisha’s higher education department signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with JNU according to which the state government will provide a one-time corpus of Rs 10 crore for establishment of the special centre. It will offer a master’s programme covering various facets of Odia studies. The focus will also be on international teaching and research in Odia language and literature, exploring historical maritime linkages of ancient Kalinga (a region that encompassed modern-day Odisha) empire with South east Asia, diasporic connections and promoting contemporary Odia culture through publications and collaborative research.

The special centre will also facilitate research on the leadership, governance and contributions of Biju Patnaik and his role in the freedom struggle of Indonesia.

See https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/odishas-...ce-4986658 
and the twitter link https://twitter.com/wolc2024 for the details. 

Some of the key professors from abroad that were invited are (https://sambadepaper.com/imageview_32134..._1_sf.html):

• Herman Kulke https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/sai/pol/team/kulke.html
  
• Annette Schmiedchen https://dharma.hypotheses.org/people/sch...en-annette
  
• Mauricio Damian Aguilera Linde https://www.ugr.es/en/staff/mauricio-dam...lera-linde
  
• Arlo Griffiths https://www.efeo.fr/en/biographies/notic...ffiths.htm
  
• Uwe Skoda https://www.frobenius-institut.de/en/?vi...2&catid=85
  

Near Bhadrak - Satpathy goat farm

Barpali, Bargarh district

Following is an excerpt from https://krishijagran.com/news/strawberry...al-odisha/

Quote:The Kandamal district, which has now begun strawberry cultivation, is paving the way for economic empowerment for tribal farmers, particularly women in the district.

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These strawberries are sold under the brand name Daringbadi Strawberry

As per https://www.facebook.com/BBSRBuzz/posts/...xTJCW4Jsbl and the comments there in, following is a partial list of IT/Consulting companies that have presence in the Bhubaneswar area.

• Accenture (announcement)
  
• Cognizant (Naragoda, near Kalinga Vihar)
  
• Deloitte (ICOMC Tower, Bhoinagar)
  
• CapGemini (JSS STPI Park, Infocity)
  
• IBM (announcement, location: O-hub)
  
• PwC (iHUB, Infocity)
  
• ConcentriX (location)
  
• TCS (TCS Kalinga Park, expands)
  
• Infosys (Infocity and Info Valley)
  
• Wipro (Infocity)
  
• TechMahindra (Fortune Towers, and Chandrasekharpur)
  
• Mindtree (campus)
  
• E & Y (announcement; at O-Hub)
  
• HappiestMinds (Fortune Towers)
  
• Logile (announcement)
  
• Wolfram Alpha (DLF Cybercity)
  

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Following are some key points from https://sambadepaper.com/imageview_31903..._1_sf.html and https://sambadepaper.com/imageview_31887..._1_sf.html . See also https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/...r-railways and https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city...332498.cms 

• 10,536 crores for Odisha
  
• Vande Metro planned for Odisha: first phase - Cuttack-Bhubaneswar-Puri, Next phases - Sambalpur-Rourkela, Sambalpur-Jharsuguda, Talcher-Anugul, Baleswar-Bhadrak-Cuttack-Bhubaneswar
  
• Khurda road-Balangir project has received the maximum budgetary provision of Rs 1,599 crore, up by around 80 per cent than last year’s Rs 891 crore. Prioritising ongoing projects, Rs 300 crore has been allocated for 154 km Talcher-Bimlagarh railway line, Rs 200 crore for 98.7 km Angul-Sukinda line, Rs 115 crore for 130 km Jeypore-Malkangiri line, Rs 100 crore each for 38 km Jeypore-Nabarangpur line and Talcher-Angul line with Y connection at Talcher, Rs 50 crore each for 82 km Haridaspur-Paradip line and Nuapada-Gunupur new broad gauge line up to Theruvali.
  
• Rs 920 crore has been allocated for Vizianagaram to Sambalpur third line, Rs 560 crore for Jharsuguda-Bilaspur (fourth line), Rs 550 crore for Koraput-Singapur Road, Rs 505 crore for Narayangarh- Bhadrak (third line), Rs 410 crore each for Budhapank-Salegaon (third and fourth line) and Kothavalasa- Koraput line via Jagdalpur, Rs 330 crore for 80 km Bhadrak-Nergundi (third line), Rs 309 crore for Bondamunda-Ranchi line, Rs 225 crore for 180 km Banspani-Daitari- Tomka-Jakhapura line and Rs 212 crore for Jharapada-Budapank (third and fourth line).
  

See https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/...es-at-bpia and https://odishabytes.com/international-ai...r-airport/

cheers
Chitta

Following is an excerpt from https://odishabytes.com/acme-partners-wi...cm-naveen/

Quote:A delegation from IHI Corporation of Japan led by its President & CEO Hiroshi Ide along with their partners ACME Clean Energy Ltd, led by Chairman Manoj Upadhyay visited Odisha on Tuesday. ACME is all set to set up a green Ammonia plant in partnership with IHI with an investment of nearly Rs 60,000 crore at Gopalpur in the state.

... ACME Group is setting up a large-scale production facility of Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia at the Gopalpur Industrial Park with an investment of Rs 58,905 crore and employment of 3,700, an official release said.