Koraput (India)

Type: City

Name: Koraput (India)

Country: India

Latitude: 18.82

Longitude: 82.720001

population: 41,174

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Helping India's Poorest Framers, One Acre at a Time

In March, I spent a few days in Koraput, a vast, hilly, sparsely populated district in the state of Odisha in the east of India. Few people not native to the region ever visit there: It is almost exclusively known for its poverty and backwardness and ... [Published Bloomberg - May 17 2013]

Entities: Koraput (India), India, Agriculture, Fruit

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Strike, rally, total closure mark druggists’ bandh

The 12-hour bandh called by the All India Chemists and Druggists’ Association led to closure of medicine shops across Sundargarh district on Friday.The members of Sundargarh unit of the association led by president LB Panigrahi and secretary S Mohanty ... [Published New Indian Express - May 11 2013]

Entities: Sundargarh (India), Drugs, Dhenkanal (India), Koraput (India), Patient

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 2 reports

HAL opens manned chamber welding unit

Union Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh has inaugurated Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd?s manned chamber welding (MCW) shop.The Indian MCW system at HAL offers both robotic and human (manual) welding in argon atmosphere, while the Russian welding ... [Published Hindu Business Line - May 10 2013]

Entities: Sunabeda (India), Manual Welding, Koraput (India), Robotics

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax, human, bovine - India: (Orissa)

Anthrax — Worldwide/UnknownOne person died of anthrax and 20 others were affected in Jadidhara village of Chipakur gram panchayat under Boipariguda block in Koraput district during the last 3 days. According to reports, villagers were taken ill after ... [Published HealthMap Global Disease Alerts - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Anthrax, India, Koraput (India)

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Myriad hues of life in lens

In a small village near Koraput in Orissa, the Paroja tribal women decked in beautiful, beaded necklaces and large nose- rings gyrate to drums and chants at a local festival. Their superb coordination and sense of rhythm can beat any professional dance ... [Published Asian Age - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Koraput (India), Tribe, Romain Rolland

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 2 reports

Govt identifies 26 districts as highl...

Government has identified 26 districts in the country as highly Naxal-affected with 80 per cent violence in the last three years being reported from there.The districts are spread over seven Maoist-hit states - Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar, ... [Published Siasat Daily - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Kondagaon (India), Bihar (India), Jamui (India), Rajnandgaon (India), Kanker (India)

First reported Feb 01 2013 - Updated Feb 01 2013 - 1 reports

India: Traditional Farming Holds All the Aces

Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: India By Manipadma Jena KORAPUT, India, Feb 1 2013 (IPS) - Last monsoon season, 65-year-old Sunadhar Ramaparia, a member of the Bhumia tribe in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, mixed indigenous crops like ‘para’ ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Feb 01 2013]

Entities: Koraput (India), India, Agriculture, Tribe

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...So far, GTIDS has disbursed ` "500 crore of MNREGS and Social Security Pensions to rural agri-labourers, senior citizens, widows, and physically or mentally challenged rural inhabitants. GTIDS plans to extend financial services to another 2,000 Gram Panchayats (1.5 million no-frills accounts) by June. GTIDS opened more than three million no-frills accounts till date in these states and performed over 10 million banking transactions till date, mobilised fixed deposits to the tune of `25 crore, savings to the tune of Rs 8 crore and collected over `1 crore NPAs from beneficiaries on behalf of nationalised banks."

Centurion's plan for Odisha [Published New Indian Express - 9 hours ago]

As the Indian academic A R Vasavi, who has written on farmer suicides in India, said in an interview: "One of the reasons for farmers to resort to self-destruction or suicide lies in the fact that agriculture is increasingly an individualized experience. Risks and losses have become individualized burdens borne by persons who internalize blame and shame—such as failure of crops, inability to repay loans, and so on—within themselves."

Helping India's Poorest Framers, One Acre at a Time [Published Bloomberg - May 17 2013]

...R K Mathur, Secretary Defence Production. "India and Russia are the only two countries having this facility" , said Dr. R K Tyagi, Chairman, HAL

India?s First Unique, Indigenous MCW Shop Inaugurated [Published Noodls - May 10 2013]

"It has provided opportunities to a large number of people who were unable to access formal education or who wanted to diversify their academic portfolio or those who wanted to study for self-enrichment and up-gradation" said Mukherjee

IGNOU pioneer for distance learning: Pranab [Published India Blooms - Apr 12 2013]

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Centurion's plan for Odisha [Published New Indian Express - 9 hours ago]
Helping India's Poorest Framers, One Acre at a ... [Published Bloomberg - May 17 2013]
Strike, rally, total closure mark druggists’ bandh [Published New Indian Express - May 11 2013]
HAL opens manned chamber welding unit [Published Hindu Business Line - May 10 2013]
India?s First Unique, Indigenous MCW Shop Inaug... [Published Noodls - May 10 2013]
PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax, human, bovine - India: ... [Published HealthMap Global Disease Alerts - Apr 22 2013]
Norwegian Medicine for Vedanta [Published Bulatlat.com - Apr 22 2013]
BH : Anthrax / Asia / India [1:20] [Published RSOE EDIS - EBHWM - Apr 22 2013]
Biological Hazard - Asia - India [Published RSOE EDIS - Emergency and Disaster Information - Apr 22 2013]
Myriad hues of life in lens [Published Asian Age - Apr 17 2013]
IGNOU pioneer for distance learning: Pranab [Published India Blooms - Apr 12 2013]
Govt identifies 26 districts as highl... [Published Siasat Daily - Apr 12 2013]
Govt to recruit 7350 men for paramilitary forces [Published Economic Times - Apr 12 2013]
India: Traditional Farming Holds All the Aces [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Feb 01 2013]
Milaap.org launches campaign to bring solar lig... [Published PRWeb - Nov 07 2012]
Violent reaction of Naxals indicates their fear [Published Topnews.in - Jul 05 2012]