Another olive ridley nesting site
The Odisha forest department is to add another olive ridley mass nesting site to its wildlife map.
Centre tightens selling norms for e-commerce firms
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said e-commerce companies would be barred from selling products sourced from firms in which they have stake in or control over.
Strong sales growth in manufacturing sector
As per RBI data, the manufacturing sector, particularly the textile, iron and steel segments, maintained the pace of sales growth in the second quarter of 2018-19 compared with the year-earlier period.
Bogibeel project
Bogibeel rail-cum-road bridge, 4.94-km-long structure, India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge across the Brahmaputra inaugurated by PM.
Poaching of lepords
At least 260 leopards were poached in the country between 2015 and 2018.
Bogibeel Bridge
Prime Minister opened the Bogibeel bridge, country’s longest rail-road bridge in Assam’s Dibrugarh.
Foreign fund outflows highest since 2008
The year 2018 will end as the worst in terms of foreign money outflows for the Indian equity markets since 2008 when markets across the globe were reeling under the sub-prime crisis and Lehman Brothers filed for the largest bankruptcy in history.
Indonesia tsunami
The death toll from a volcano-triggered tsunami in Indonesia has risen to 373, with more than 1,400 people injured that hit southern Sumatra and western Java.
Singapore plans an underground future
Singapore is preparing to unveil an Underground Master Plan in 2019.
App for Odia-medium school students
The Ganjam district administration is developing a free mobile app to help students of Odia medium schools enhance their knowledge via tutorials in their first language.