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The article offers news briefs as of June 24, 2012. A new command has been invented by Cambridge University which will delete words and images printed on the paper using laser light. The World Bank is funding a project worth 800 crores to widen the Cuttak-Chandabali road in Odisha but now has held back the money due to failure of land acquisition by the state. A California-based private company, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. launched a spacecraft for the first time on May 22, 2012.

The article provides information on several vocational training courses offered by Gram Tarang Employability Training Services under the administration of Centurion University of Technology and Management in Odisha, India. It highlights that through the training programs poor students were able to develop additional skills which helps them to earn their livelihood. It mentions that the services has been launched under the initiatives of professor Mukti Mishra at the University.

The article presents information on the delay of the Vedanta University Project in Orissa, India. The project deals with the construction of a 8,000 acre university on the Konark-Puri Marine Drive in Orrisa. Vedanta Resources PLC chairman, Anil Agarwal said that the delay is due to problems arising from land acquisition process. He also says that the university is expected to start functioning by the mid of 2009.

The article reports that according to C.V. Krishnan, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Vedanta University, there has been a delay in starting the project related to construction of the university building on Konark-Puri Marine Drive in Orissa, India. Krishnan says that the delay has been caused by problems in the land acquisition process. The university would focus on subjects such as liberal arts, medicine and law.