The crisis in Orissa deepens further. The first was man made in the form of Kandhamal violence. And, the second problem hits when the first one still persists. This time it was natural calamity – floods – the worst ever since 1982.
Indian middle class is growing. After globalization and economic liberalization money has started flowing to all section of Indian society. At the same time Indian market has also started growing. So as a result of those competitions also have started going tough. Indian customers have gone aware with the concepts like customer satisfaction and similar things. The customer has already become the king of the market. So world class products have started launching in this Indian market to satisfy the customer needs. On this 
context the automobile sector has also faced a big boom. So as a result of that these days the automobile market has also started facing a high rate of growth along with big challenges. On this context the Indian manufacturers have started luring the Indian middle class to boost the Automobile market of India. Thus on this context Nano, the wonder car by Tata has already created a new rumor in the market. This smallest which is the dream child of Ratan Tata has really made the middle class to smile, as it is going to satisfy their dream of cars.
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By Nageshwar Patnaik & Sai Prasan
Introduction
Globalisation and economic reforms have made a direct impact on all the segments of the backward states like Orissa. The industry, agriculture and the financial sector have been impacted alike. The market forces have forced several small and medium scale industries and Public sector undertakings out of race. The rural sector is also not getting a proper price for their agricultural produce because of the traditional farming. And, the poor economic factors have led the financial sector specially the banks to squeeze their operations.
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20-Twenty POLITICS
Dhoni’s boys in blue are the world champions in the new cricket format of 20-Twenty cricket. Presently Indian premier league (IPL) Count down has already been started. A big game of money in this is also running parallel to it. But here we are not concerned with those talks. Rather we are concerned with a different kind of 20-Twenty match i.e. the 20-Twenty match which was going on between congress (I) and BJD at Laxmipur constituency. The results have supported congress (I). BHD has lost the match by 484 votes. It has given a jerk to the political tycoons of BJD also.
The geologists have proposed the Orissa government to monitor the remote naxal-infested areas of the State through Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographical Information System (GIS).
The GPS and the GIS are used in various fields that range from exploration of minerals, town planning as well as defence purposes throughout the world including India. Geologist Sunil Ratha has stated that GPS system which uses signals from medium orbit satellites can pinpoint location, speed and direction of movement of any object anywhere. Orissa police can use GPS extensively to aid mapping and target tracking naxals throughout the year.
The naxals could be easily tracked down as they use electronic equipments like mobile phones as well as they have ample amount of metal in the forms of weapons. Geologists are able to track mineral deposits through satellite imaging. The same satellite imaging through GPS would be able to track potential naxal targets making movements in forests before they turn hostile.
Orissa is yet to have a proper mapping of its forests through Geographical Information System (GIS) which is rapidly emerging as a powerful tool.