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Munda meets family members of Pahan

Former Chief Minister Arjun Munda on Friday met the family members of the Khunti vice-president of All India Sarna Samaj Mangal Pahan at their residence in Pandariya village of at Torpa Block. Munda demanded immediate arrest of those responsible for his killing. Pahan was shot on Thursday at Pandaria Chowk by some unidentified criminals. 

ICI editor gives presentation at CUJ

Former scientist of National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resource (NISCAIR) and present editor of India Citation Index (ICI) Prakash Chand on Friday said there is no dearth of talent for good research works in India but the mindset. Chand brought home the point that most Indians felt Indian culture is good but they at the same time found “others’ works are great”. He gave a presentation at the university in presence of vice-chancellor Prof AN Misra, deans, faculty members and research scholars. He said the Indian people try more to see their articles printed in foreign journals, which is not a “good sign”. ICI is a home grown abstracts and citation database, with multidisciplinary objective information/knowledge contents from about 1,000 top Indian scholarly journals providing powerful search engine basically to perform search and evaluation for researchers, policy makers, decision makers etc, he said.

Workshop on Tech Challenges at CMPDI held

The inauguration of a two-day workshop on ‘Technological Challenges in Coal Exploration’ was held at CMPDI’s Mayuri Hall on Friday. CMPDI Director (Technology) AK Ghosh was present on the occasion. He denoted the workshop beneficial for the employees of the organisation. Managing Director AK Debnath was the Chief Guest.

Swerea MEFOS AB, Sweden visits RDCIS

A team comprising Mats Sundgren and John Bustnes from Swerea MEFOS AB, Sweden visited RDCIS/SAIl for having interaction for collaborative research work between them and SAIl on September 26. MEFOS is a research institute which undertakes applied research and technical development in process metallurgy, metal working, environmental engineering and energy efficiency etc for the steel industry. It is known for its unique large scale pilot plant equipment like blast furnace, converter, rolling mill etc.

Kho Kho tourney held at Guru Nanak School

Guru Nanak Higher Secondary School on Friday organised Inter house Kho-Kho Competition for the girls of classes eighth to tenth. The knockout matches were conducted on by the Sports teachers S Harinder Singh, Prem Prakash Tiwari and Subhash Shahdeo. Matches for the first three positions will be held on Saturday.

JSACS to host camps in October

Jharkhand State Aids Control Society will organise camps in various blocks of Giridih and Hazaribag districts in the month of October. The decision was taken during a meeting held on September 24 wherein CINI representatives, Sahiyaas, District Programme Coordinators and Nodal Officers were present.

RUCCTA to protest against FUTAJ

Ranchi University Constituent College Teachers Association (RUCCTA) members have decided to protest against the formation of FUTAJ. The agitated RUCCTA teachers have protested for fulfilling their pending demands on salary and promotion at the earliest.

students donate Rs45,224 to pm fund 

Doranda College students and teachers have made a DD of Rs45,224 for PM National Relief Fund with the help of local shopkeepers, rickshaw pullers, housewives and college fraternity.

Daughters’ day at Euro Kids

Euro Kids Morhabadi organised a grand celebration for their children along with their fathers on the auspicious occasion of Daughter’s Day at it campus on Friday. The theme was Mushaira.