Yoga Day celebrated by ECoR
Bhubaneswar: In order to enhance awareness about the benefits of yoga and to mark the International Day of Yoga as a great event all over the world, the staffs and officers of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) headed by General Manager Rajiv Vishnoi participated in a programme at Rail Vihar here on Tuesday. Different yoga asanas and kriyas were displayed and taught by eminent gurus and experts.
Social activist Bishnu Patnaik passes away
Bhubaneswar: Social activist and member of Mother organisation Bishnu Prasad Patnaik, who influenced many individuals for donation of body parts (Anga Dan), passed away on Monday. He was 61. He was also an active member of the BJB Friends and a member of the World Health Organisation. His close associates UCO Bank Cuttack Region Head Ashok Kumar Samantaray, Dr Bikash Days, New India Sr Div Manager Sambhunath Pattnayak, Santos Tripathy, Prakash Kumar Mohapatra and other BJ B Friends members paid him last respects. His son Swagat Patnaik lit the funeral pyre for him at the Puri Swargadwar.
Sub-Ordinate Fin Service meet from June 23
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Sub-Ordinate Financial Service Association would hold its annual function and general body meeting on June 23 and 24 at the Jayadev Bhawan here. For the association’s members, the concerned department has declared both days as holidays. Finance Minister Pradip Kumar Amat would attend the meet as chief guest. Development Commissioner R Balakrishnan and local Fund Audit Director Ajay Kumar Das would be present as guests. Association president Jyotirmayee Kar and secretary Rashmi Ranjan Das have requested all members to participate in the meet.
Sunshine Hosp holds yoga session for patients
Bhubaneswar: To mark the International Yoga Day, the Sunshine Hospital organised a yoga session for people with arthritis free of cost.Munivar Muniraj Devendra Prasad Dash conducted the yoga session while Dr Tushar Panda and Dr Sarthak Patnaik from the hospital spoke about benefits of yoga for relief from Arthritis pain. Hospital Vice-President (Operations) Dr Sachin Jain shared his views and said yoga holds the power to heal many health conditions.