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Central University Of Odisha Opens Centre To Impart Digital Literacy To Tribal Students
The Central University of Odisha launched a tribal digital literacy programme at its campus in collaboration with the Forum for Integrated Development and Research to improve digital skills and literacy among the tribal youth.
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Odisha Central University Ties Up With Research Entity To Set Up Tribal Digital Literacy Centre
Acting Vice-Chancellor S K Palita said the university in Koraput district would offer a digital literacy programme to students belonging to tribal and marginalised communities of the region with the support of the Research and Development institute.
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Train Through Naxal Area Is Second To Have Sanitary Pad Vending Machine
The Hirakhand Express, running through Naxal-affected tribal areas of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, will be the second train after the premium Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express to have a sanitary pad vending machine onboard.
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Italian tourists abducted: Maoists talk tough; Odisha govt open to negotiations
There is no word yet on the kidnapped Italians who are being held hostage by the Maoists in Odisha's Kandhamal district. One of the two abducted men, Boscusco Paolo, has been visiting Odisha since 1999 and runs a travel agency in Puri that takes foreign tourists on tribal tours. The other, Clandio Colangilo, is a tourist. The two were kidnapped fro...
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Children in Maoist-hit district appear for school admissions
Over 600 tribal children, many from primitive tribes, trekked long distances to appear at a screening test for admission to schools in Orissa's Maoist-hit Malkangiri district.
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Fate of POSCO steel project to be decided today?
The fate of the POSCO's Rs 51,000 crore integrated steel plant project in Orissa may be decided today after the Forest Advisory Council takes a view on the split report submitted by a four member Central panel headed by former Union Environment Secretary Meena Gupta.The panel was to examine whether Central Acts were violated by the project. T...
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Orissa: Narayanpatna on the boil again over land grabbing
Narayanpatna, a tribal dominated area in Orissa's Koratpur district, is once again on the boil.It was just in 2009, that Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh, an organisation believed to be a frontal body of Maoists, was involved in a land-grab movement that shocked the rest of the state. In July 2009, the organisation had forcibly taken over 2000 acres of la...
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Protests at Vedanta site after 5000 contract workers sacked
Days after the environment ministry cancelled its clearance to the Vedanta mining project in Orissa and put its refinery on notice, workers are protesting at the plant site in Lanjigarh.More than 5000 workers were suddenly retrenched on Tuesday by Larsen & Turbo, the contractor for carrying out Vedanta's construction work.After protests by the ...
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Will Central team clear POSCO project?
A four-member Central panel is on a two-day visit to Orissa to probe if any forest laws have been violated at the proposed site for POSCO Steel plant near Paradeep Port.This is the second Central panel after Ashish Kothari committee to have visited the area.The earlier panel reported that the rights of tribals in the area had been ignored, somethin...
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Rahul Gandhi to Orissa tribals: You have saved Niyamgiri
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is celebrating "victory" in Orissa's Kalahandi, saying the rejection of environment clearance to a big bauxite mining project in the Niyamgiri Hills is a victory of the local tribal people."Your voice reached Delhi and you saved your land. I did what I could, but this is your victory," Rahul said in Lanjigarh on Thursda...
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Central University Of Odisha Opens Centre To Impart Digital Literacy To Tribal Students
The Central University of Odisha launched a tribal digital literacy programme at its campus in collaboration with the Forum for Integrated Development and Research to improve digital skills and literacy among the tribal youth.
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Odisha Central University Ties Up With Research Entity To Set Up Tribal Digital Literacy Centre
Acting Vice-Chancellor S K Palita said the university in Koraput district would offer a digital literacy programme to students belonging to tribal and marginalised communities of the region with the support of the Research and Development institute.
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Train Through Naxal Area Is Second To Have Sanitary Pad Vending Machine
The Hirakhand Express, running through Naxal-affected tribal areas of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, will be the second train after the premium Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express to have a sanitary pad vending machine onboard.
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Italian tourists abducted: Maoists talk tough; Odisha govt open to negotiations
There is no word yet on the kidnapped Italians who are being held hostage by the Maoists in Odisha's Kandhamal district. One of the two abducted men, Boscusco Paolo, has been visiting Odisha since 1999 and runs a travel agency in Puri that takes foreign tourists on tribal tours. The other, Clandio Colangilo, is a tourist. The two were kidnapped fro...
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Children in Maoist-hit district appear for school admissions
Over 600 tribal children, many from primitive tribes, trekked long distances to appear at a screening test for admission to schools in Orissa's Maoist-hit Malkangiri district.
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Fate of POSCO steel project to be decided today?
The fate of the POSCO's Rs 51,000 crore integrated steel plant project in Orissa may be decided today after the Forest Advisory Council takes a view on the split report submitted by a four member Central panel headed by former Union Environment Secretary Meena Gupta.The panel was to examine whether Central Acts were violated by the project. T...
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Orissa: Narayanpatna on the boil again over land grabbing
Narayanpatna, a tribal dominated area in Orissa's Koratpur district, is once again on the boil.It was just in 2009, that Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh, an organisation believed to be a frontal body of Maoists, was involved in a land-grab movement that shocked the rest of the state. In July 2009, the organisation had forcibly taken over 2000 acres of la...
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Protests at Vedanta site after 5000 contract workers sacked
Days after the environment ministry cancelled its clearance to the Vedanta mining project in Orissa and put its refinery on notice, workers are protesting at the plant site in Lanjigarh.More than 5000 workers were suddenly retrenched on Tuesday by Larsen & Turbo, the contractor for carrying out Vedanta's construction work.After protests by the ...
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Will Central team clear POSCO project?
A four-member Central panel is on a two-day visit to Orissa to probe if any forest laws have been violated at the proposed site for POSCO Steel plant near Paradeep Port.This is the second Central panel after Ashish Kothari committee to have visited the area.The earlier panel reported that the rights of tribals in the area had been ignored, somethin...
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Rahul Gandhi to Orissa tribals: You have saved Niyamgiri
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is celebrating "victory" in Orissa's Kalahandi, saying the rejection of environment clearance to a big bauxite mining project in the Niyamgiri Hills is a victory of the local tribal people."Your voice reached Delhi and you saved your land. I did what I could, but this is your victory," Rahul said in Lanjigarh on Thursda...
