All stories by Nirmalya Behera
Ravaged by Cyclone Fani, Puri is staring at Rs 4,000-crore loss
Rediff.com15 May 2019With the green cover gone, the bald roads to Puri are now reigned by lorries laden with electric poles, ambulances, fire service vehicles and cranes, signalling the rebuilding effort is in the works.
Why US FDA is cracking down on India's shrimp shipments
Rediff.com12 Feb 2019US, the largest market for Indian shrimp exporters, is peeved over the use of banned antibiotics.
Indo-US bilateral trade rises 119% since 2007
Rediff.com9 Oct 2018In the imports bracket, India was the United States' 11th largest supplier of goods in 2017
Why students at this IIM are leaving
Rediff.com12 Sep 2018Institute says Sambalpur University, where it has been housed since April, is refusing to honour an MoU to provide two hostels to its students.
To protest low price farmers to distribute milk free of cost
Rediff.com30 May 2018With increasing animal prices, labour and transportation charges, production cost has gone up significantly.
Shrimp exporters hit by fresh US sanctions
Rediff.com16 May 2018India largely exports block frozen shrimp to Vietnam for reprocessing and forward shipment to its customer countries like China, EU, Japan and USA.
In a first, Odisha govt awards land rights to urban slum dwellers
Rediff.com8 May 2018As part of Slum Land Rights Act, the project will benefit a million people residing in 2,500 slums across the state over the next few years
An online platform that connects mom and child
Rediff.com18 Dec 2017Mumbai-based BabyChakra is among the four start-ups Google has shortlisted from India for the fifth batch of its mentorship programme
Could this be the English guru for 250 million non-English speaking Indians?
Rediff.com21 Sep 2017Enguru app's 40-hour programme teaches general spoken English & employability-focused English.
OMCs to invest Rs 90,000 cr on fuel upgrade by 2020
Rediff.com3 Apr 2017There are about 23 oil refineries in India with a combined capacity of 230 million tonnes per annum.
Nilekani's start-up Drishti offers affordable eye care
Rediff.com1 Aug 2016Drishti, an affordable eye care chain has lit up the lives of scores of people in rural areas.
How Bhubaneswar will transform into a smart city
Rediff.com15 Jun 2016IFC will act as a transaction advisor for the projects to be developed in the public-private partnership mode.
Wipro again fails to meet deadline on Bhubaneswar unit, Govt peeved
Rediff.com18 May 2015The Odisha govt is annoyed with Wipro's lackadaisical attitude.