Bansidhar & Ila Panda Foundation and FICCI Successfully Conclude IDEATE 2025, Driving Women’s Leadership Transformation from the Margins to the Mainstream

~14th edition of annual thought leadership platform brought together influential voices to address gender inequity in leadership roles New Delhi: Bansidhar & Ila Panda Foundation (BIPF), in partnership with FICCI, successfully concluded the 14th edition of its annual flagship conference, IDEATE 2025 at the FICCI Commission Hall. This year's theme, 'Margin to Mainstream: Empowering Women…

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Vedanta Aluminium Lauds GoI’s Sardega-Bhalumuda Rail Line for Advancing Sustainable Coal Transportation

has welcomed the Government of India’s decision to facilitate the Sardega-Bhalumuda rail line connectivity project between Odisha and Chhattisgarh, an initiative aimed at streamlining coal transportation sustainably and efficiently. The project is sanctioned by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). By replacing road transport with 100% rail- based coal evacuation from Vedanta's Jamkhani and…

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India-EU trade deal: Tariffs on BMW, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz may be slashed to 40% soon

New Delhi, 26/1:India plans to slash tariffs on cars imported ​from the European Union to 40 per cent from the present 110 per cent, in the biggest opening yet of the country’s ‌vast market as the two sides close in on a free trade pact Prime Minister Narendra ‌Modi’s government has agreed to immediately reduce…

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Journalists denied mobile phones into Assembly, staged protest near Gandhi statue

Bhubaneswar: Restrictions have been put in the user of mobile phones by journalists at the press gallery of Odisha Assembly. They have been denied mobile phones into the Assembly. As per reports, journalists cannot take mobile phones with them to the press gallery of Assembly. This restrictions was put today. However, the journalists who were present…

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Achyuta Samanta Honoured with First PIO Excellence Award

Bhubaneswar, Jan 7: With the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas kicking off tomorrow here,  the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) has honoured the Founder of KIIT and KISS Dr Achyuta Samanta with the first-ever PIO Excellence Award in recognition of his unparalleled contributions to education and tribal empowerment. The award was given away during the…

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Amazon boss Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez tie the knot

Washington DC, 28/6: The wedding celebration of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez culminated Friday night when Sánchez confirmed that the couple had tied the knot with an Instagram post, showing herself, looking ecstatic, in a lacy white wedding gown alongside a tuxedoed Bezos.She posted under the name Lauren Sánchez Bezos. The ceremony, marking the second…

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