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Ambassador: Norway Intends To Reap Benefits From Odisha’s Growth Potential

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Norway is one of the partner countries which participated in the ongoing Make in Odisha summit in the state capital city

Bhubaneshwar (Odisha): Norway is one of the partner countries which participated in the ongoing Make in Odisha summit in the state capital city.

Odisha offers minerals, energy and most importantly vast coastlines which is an added advantage for trade. “Odisha is growing more rapidly than average of India and the state is clearly a potential. We really hope to see that we reap benefits from this potential and also contribute to the continued growth and development of Odisha,” Norwegian Ambassador of India Hans Jacob Frydenlund told ANI on the sidelines of the event.

For India, Norway has four focus areas – oceans, climate, environment and energy.
On being asked what is Norway’s focus area for the coastal state Odisha in particular, the Ambassador said it will particularly aim at oceans and energy.

Besides, Christian Rodrigo Valdes Carter, Country Director, Innovation Norway at Royal Norwegian Embassy, talking to ANI, said, most of the Norwegians’ businesses are currently active in traditional industry hubs such as Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru and they are looking at the expansion of the activities in India.

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“The reason why we are here (in Make in Odisha) is that there is interest from the Norwegian industry, specifically in the areas where Odisha has great advantages like mining, steel, iron ores, heavy industries, as well as the new areas that we called the thrust sector,” Carter said.

About Odisha, he said the state is interesting because of the developments stride it made over the years and provides stability – both in the political and industrial contexts.

“Stability and predictability are of course important when we are looking at capital-intensive investments,” he added.

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UP: BJP Minister lashed out at Akhilesh and Shivpal for remarks against BJP Over Mainpuri Bypolls

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Akhilesh Yadav will turn old but never return to power, Jaiveer Singh,  reacting to the Samajwadi Party chief’s alleged jibe at Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak

Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh): Akhilesh Yadav will turn old but never return to power, said Tourism and Culture Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Jaiveer Singh, on Friday reacting to the Samajwadi Party chief’s alleged jibe at Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak.

The Samajwadi leader has alleged that both the deputy chief ministers of UP have been eyeing an opportunity to become CM, but have “failed”. Addressing a public rally supporting party candidate Asim Raza in Rampur ahead of the bypolls, Akhilesh Yadav said: “There are two Deputy CMs in the state. Both of them are looking for an opportunity to become CM. We have come to give them an offer.”

“Take 100 MLAs from us, we are with you, become CM whenever you want,” the SP chief offered Maurya and Pathak.

He also said the BJP government of the state should not be so harsh on the opposition party believing it would become “vindictive” when it returns to power.

Reacting to the SP leader’s statements during an election campaign, Jaiveer Singh mocked Akhilesh Yadav for having fallen on hard times.

Singh reminded the voters how the SP chief acted during the UP Assembly polls in February-March. Speaking in Hindi, Singh said: “He (Akhilesh) felt like the Chief Minister during the assembly elections. The entire state heard his ‘Ae police’.

“He is doing the same thing and I think that when hard times befall, one’s actions are affected. Akhilesh will turn old but never return to power,” said Jaiveer Singh.

“Things will only change if he (Akhilesh) manages to get closer to power,” Singh said.
The Tourism Minister also attacked Shivpal Yadav for his “dog who pulls the cart” statement on Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate Raghuraj Singh Shakya.

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The Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party leader, who is the SP chief’s uncle, has been regularly targeting Shakya, who is pitted against Dimple Yadav (Akhilesh Yadav’s wife) from the SP stronghold Mainpuri which fell vacant on October 10 following the death of party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav.
The State Minister called the remarks “inappropriate” and said that people will give a befitting response to it on December 5.

“People are very much upset with his (Shivpal Yadav’s) remarks. His own party people called it ‘inappropriate’. No language can be more condemnable than this,” Jaiveer Singh said.

Both the Rampur and Mainpuri constituencies will go to polls on December 5 and the results will be declared on December 8, the day which coincides with the counting dates of the Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat Assembly elections.

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