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Landesa provides blankets, clothes to cyclone victims in Ganjam
OST Bureau
Bhubaneswar, Nov 7:
The Odisha regional office Landesa, which is working with the state government to ensure land to all landless, reached out to 720 families in Ganjam district which was battered by Cyclone Phailin on…
‘Women need more livelihood opportunities’
OST Bureau
Bhubaneswar, Nov 5:
With an aim to explore livelihood opportunities for women in organized and unorganized sectors, a consultation on women and livelihood issues was organized by Odisha Livelihood Mission (OLM) as part…
Save the Children to raise Rs 21 cr for cyclone relief
OST Bureau
Bhubaneswar, October 21:
Save the Children has launched an initial appeal for Rs 21 crore to support the government -- while working with NGO partners -- to provide timely relief to those affected in Cyclone Phailin.…
ASSRA distributes fodder for cyclone hit cattle
OST Bureau
Bhubaneswar, Oct 20:
New Delhi-based voluntary organisation Association for Social Service and Rehabilitation of the Aged (ASSRA) on Sunday distributed fodder for cattle in Denga village in Balipatna block.
Cyclone…
Poverty exacerbates climate shocks
Johannesburg, Oct 18:
As climatic shocks worsen, disaster-affected populations will be driven deeper into poverty, exacerbating their vulnerability, in as soon as two decades - unless policymakers start to address the issue now, according…
Rajan Report, You & I
By Chharudutta Panigrahi*
The link between peace and stability on the one hand, and social and economic growth on the other, is dialectic. Peace, poverty, and backwardness cannot mix in one region……
- King Hussein I
“The farther…
Bakul’s ‘Joy of Giving Week’ celebrations
Bhubaneswar,Oct 3:
Noted NGO, Bakul has sent this press release :
Thousand Volunteers Celebrate Joy among thousands of Children
About 1200 youth of Odisha participated in 28 cities of India in the Day of Service on the occasion of…
Kalahandi deserves HC bench, activist writes to Union Law Minister
Bhubaneswar, Oct 2 :
Loknath Nayak, a concerned citizen and activist has written to the Union Law minister to apprise him of the great need to set up a high court Bench in Bhawanipatna, the headquarters of Kalahandi district.…
Vote for those who care for your rivers and water bodies, urges Water Warrior Ranjan
AN APPEAL FROM WATER WARRIOR RANJAN PANDA
Vote for those who care for your Rivers and water bodies!
Water Initiatives Odisha (WIO) appeals to all voters in the urban Odisha to vote for candidates, contesting in the upcoming Urban…
Determined to continue struggle against POSCO : PPSS
Press Release sent by Prashant Paikaray, Spokesperson, POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samiti
Notwithstanding consistent villainous efforts made by POSCO to trap and divide the people, the agitation on the ground still remains as determined as…