Manasi gets Rani lakshmibai award
Bhubaneswar: President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Rani lakshmibai Stree Shakti Puraskar for the year-2013 to Manasi Pradhan on the occasion of the International Women’s Day at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday. The award is India’s highest national honour given to recognise the spirit of courage and the personal achievement of a woman. Pradhan is the first woman from the State who has received the prestigious award.
‘MCl Coffee Table Book’ released
Bhubaneswar: MCl Coffee Table Book, a book on various developmental and welfare activities taken up by the Mahanadi Coalfield ltd (MCl) in and outside Odisha, was released here last week. MCl Chairman AN Sahay released it in the presence of its Directors AK Tiwari, JP Singh, SK Singh, Dr Ashok Kumar, Abdul Kalam, BK Saxena, GD Verma and Company Secretary AK Singh. Media Consultant for You’s Pabitra Maharatha coordinated the book launching programme.
National-level IT Quiz held in city
Bhubaneswar: A national-level mega quiz titled ‘Debasish Das Memorial IT Quiz (DDM IT Quiz)’ was organised by IT services company Mindfire Solutions here on Sunday. Around 300 students from various Engineering and Management colleges of the country participated in it. While KIIT University’s Omkar Amrutanashu and lay larvin Rao stood first, NIT Rourkela’s Chinmay Dehury and Sheikh Wasim Sajjad and Silicon Institute of Technology’s Saransh Mohapatra and Jyotiprakash Panda emerged second and third respectively. They got cash prizes of `50,000, `30,000 and `20,000 respectively.
Maruti launches new car Celerio
Bhubaneswar: Maruti Suzuki launched its newest passenger car Celerio in the State on Saturday. Head Sales & Marketing for Maruti Western Zone operation Anand Prakash informed that the Celerio incorporates auto gear shift technology, a first in the Indian passenger car segment. The technology is developed by Suzuki. Maruti Head of Sales for Odisha and Chhattisgarh Munish Wali said the car has features that make it attractive for all segments of the customers. The car with manual transmission has a minimum price tag of `4.15 lakh while the auto gear shift model has a price starting from `4.55 lakh. Celerio boasts of a healthy 23-km-per-litre fuel efficiency. Company State sales head Evenpreet Singh said the car has already logged 200 bookings in the State.