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Training can be Engaging, but…
Training can be Engaging, but…

Training and Development (T&D) is a vital Organisation Development (OD) intervention. Without T&D, the human resources in an organisation will become irrelevant and obsolete.

  • Saturday, 16 March 2024
ED raids in Odisha chit fund scam eclipsed by BJD-BJP alliance talks  
ED raids in Odisha chit fund scam eclipsed by BJD-BJP alliance talks  

The Chit Fund investigation will complete 10 years by the time Odisha goes to polls and the wait for duped investors continues.

BJP and BJD
BJP would be better off without an alliance with BJD

Alliance with BJD will stall Odisha's aspiration for a BJP government

Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited
Living in Bhubaneswar – no kidding

Parents prefer to take children to malls and not to public parks. A culture that is keeping kids from exercising their right to play seems to be spreading.

Farmers Protest
Our Farmers Must Have Fair Income

By and large, MSP arrangement leading to Government purchase has been implemented in varying degrees among states and it has been mostly limited to rice and wheat.

Climate Change
Climate Voters, Climate Manifesto & Odisha Elections

Farmers know that they need healthy land and reliable weather patterns to sustain their livelihoods; and that temperatures are rising and the growing seasons are shifting. Natural disasters are becoming a regular calendar phenomenon and more frequent and unmanageably severe.

Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra: Imprint On National Politics & Impact On Odisha 
Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra: Imprint On National Politics & Impact On Odisha 

Notwithstanding the lofty aims of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra (BJNY) parroted by Mr. Gandhi and his followers, the inspirations behind undertaking this arduous political march from the east of India (Manipur) to the west (Maharashtra) are many.

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
‘Vaishnaw for RS’ is part of larger deal for Odisha polls

Vaishnaw had never been in parliament when he was named as the BJP candidate in 2019 despite the party lacking the numbers in the state assembly.

Year 2024: The Make-Or-Break Year In Indian Politics
Year 2024: The Make-Or-Break Year In Indian Politics

Construction of a grand Ram Temple was one of the main election planks of BJP for many decades and the PM, known as a dyed-in-the wool Hindu nationalist, wanted to reap maximum political dividend out of the much-awaited consecration of the temple.

Engaging “Gig Mindsetters” in the OrganisationEngaging “Gig Mindsetters” in the Organisation
Engaging “Gig Mindsetters” in the Organisation

The term “gig” means a job that is temporary or freelancing in nature. Thus, a gig worker is one, who is engaged in a temporary or freelancing job. However, not all the references to gig are associated with the nature of the job. There are employees whose engagement is permanent but their approach is like that of a “gig worker”.

  • Thursday, 11 January 2024
Diploma engineers in Odisha sell vegetables, polish shoes protesting lack of jobs
Upper age limit hike by Odisha govt will not address unemployment & governance deficit 

As of December 2021, the maximum share of “sanctioned strength” of employees was for the School and Mass Education Department at 40 % followed by the Home Department at 14% and the Health and Family Welfare Department at 11%.

  • Wednesday, 10 January 2024
Artificial Intelligence: Unveiling the Flipside 
Artificial Intelligence: Unveiling the Flipside 

Making Everything Alike: Imagine AI making every place seem the same. Our colourful cultures, languages, and traditions might start fading because AI connects everything so fast that it blurs our differences. This could take away what makes each part of India special.

Pandian is now bigger than Naveen!
Pandian is now bigger than Naveen!

The Boss is now resigned, for whatever reason, to his former secretary running both the party and the state by proxy while he cools his heels inside the fortified confines of Naveen Nivas.

Massive cash seizure in Odisha's liquor kingdom opens Pandora's box 
Massive cash seizure in Odisha's liquor kingdom opens Pandora's box 

As per official reports, the OS shops in 2022-23 utilised 15.34 lakh quintals of Mohua flower for producing liquor. The official figure that the OS shops produced in 2022-23 as much as 644 lakh London Proof Litres of liquor is too fancifully large to be believed.

  • Saturday, 16 December 2023
VK Pandian - The chosen retrofit for Biju Janata Dal 
VK Pandian - The chosen retrofit for Biju Janata Dal 

Those who think Naveen Patnaik finally has chosen his successor are, therefore, not off the mark. That explains why Pandian’s formal entry to the Party has created the present buzz, and why there is so much of discussion everywhere.

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