New OPOlFED Chicken Fresh Outlet opened
Bhubaneswar: A new OPOlFED Chicken Fresh Outlet, fourth in the series in the city, was launched by Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development Minister Pradeep Maharathy at Chandrasekharpur in front of the IOCl petrol pump on Sunday. The capacity of the poultry processing outlet is 2,000 broiler birds per day. ARD Commissioner-cum-Secretary Bishnupada Sethi informed that steps have already been taken to establish three more OPOlFED Chicken Fresh Outlets across the State on PPP mode. The consumers of BMC area have been availing online facilities for doorstep delivery of OPOlFED poultry and poultry products (through the web portal www.chickenfresh.in).
Samantara wins Goldman Environmental Prize
Bhubaneswar: Social activist Prafulla Samantara has won the Goldman Environmental Prize for the campaign that halted mining operation for Vedanta at the Niyamgiri Hills in Odisha. Samantara had led the agitation of Dongria tribals. He is among six winners of the award in the United States.
GIFT celebrates 10th annual function
Bhubaneswar: The Gandhi Institute For Technology (GIFT) celebrated its 10th annual day here on Tuesday. Noted cine artist Er Aswin Tripathy gracing as chief guest congratulated all GIFTians for achieving 38th rank in the list of Top Engineering College of India in the CSR survey. Director Er Patita Paban Panda, Principal Dr S Krishna Mohan Rao, Dean(Academics) Dr Pravat Subudhi, Dean (Student Welfare) Dr Ajaya Kumar Swain, Dean (Admn) M K Rout, Prof Gopikant Panigrahi and Prof Dr Sasmita Nayak were present. Staff and students who had fetched Roorkee IIT Robotics 2nd and 3rd prizes and Hackatholon Champion trophy were felicitated.
Mswipe cashless training programme held
Bhubaneswar: An Mswipe sales training programme for Odisha region was organised by its authorised distributor Shri Achyuta Services hereon Monday. Mswipe ASM Samir Singh and Odisha head Nausad Shaikh were present. Quoting Mswipe director Manish Patel, CEO Srinivas Rao and COP Head Sanjay Singh, ASM Singh said every village would be cashless and digitalises by 2018. The Mswipe is a leading POS company in India. Shri Achyta Services’s Banoj Pradhan, Sujit Mohapatra and Pradeep Sarangi were present.