Odia girl joins as commercial pilot
Bhubaneswar: Odia girl Shelvi Mishra on Wednesday joined the Air Asia as a commercial pilot in Bengaluru, according to reports. After completing Aviation course, Shelvi took flying training in Texas in the US. She has experiences of 400 hours of flying. later, she too underwent training in Philippines. Shelvi is daughter of Dr Bipin Mishra and Sukanti Mishra of Rukunapur Sasan of Keonjhar district.
City students shine at Olympiad Award
Bhubaneswar: Two students from the city made their parents proud by garnering international ranks in the Olympiad Awards held recently in Delhi organised by the Science Olympiad Foundation. About 45 lakh students over 34,000 schools from 1,400 cities across the country participated in the exams. A Class- XII student, Shubham Acharya, from the Mother’s Public School and Priyanka Sar of Class-V from the DAV Public School got first rank in National Cyber Olympiad and International Maths Olympiad, respectively.
Eminent scribe Malhotra’s memorial service held
Bhubaneswar: Sociopolitical leader Suparno Satpathy attended the memorial service held for noted journalist Dr Inder Malhotra held in New Delhi on Tuesday. Satpathy paid his respects to the journalist, who had been in the forefront in media from the times of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru till Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He passed away on June 11. The who’s who of politics, bureaucracy, judiciary and journalism attended the event.