Ranchi

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JVM doubts Govt intention on domicile

Ranchi: JVM has alleged that the Government was acting on domicile policy front keeping in mind elections in Bihar, UP and West Bengal. Party leader Pradeep Yadav said that it is why the Government has not come up with its draft whereas the CM “is befooling youths that jobs would be reserved for Jharkhandis in grade III and IV.” He demanded that acting under provisions under the Section 16 (3), the State should formulate employment policy keeping in mind the welfare of the locals.

‘Idea’, ‘Aircel’ reduce call rates to Nepal

Ranchi: In its efforts to support the disaster relief initiatives and enable people to reach out to their friends and family members in the earthquake impacted areas in Nepal, Idea Cellular has announced that all calls made from its network from anywhere in India to Nepal will be charged as per local rate. The company is facilitating all calls made to Nepal at just Re1/min against starting midnight of the 25th-26th up to the morning of April 28.

Aircel has also offered free calls to Nepal for all its customers for the next two days. This facility has been extended to all Aircel customers across India for the next 48 hours, in light of the vulnerable situation prevailing in Nepal after the massive earthquake hit the country on Saturday. Additionally, those customers travelling to Nepal during this hour of crisis will also get free incoming for the next 48 hours. Aircel has also waived off International Roaming Rental Deduction for its prepaid customers.

IP Day marked at NUSRl

Ranchi: On the auspicious occasion of World Intellectual Property Day on April 26, Centre for Study and Research in Intellectual Property Rights (CSRIPR), NUSRl, Ranchi celebrated the world IP Day by conducting a one day seminar on the Theme of “Development & Protection of Traditional Music, ‘Creators & Performers’ Rights in Jharkhand” on Sunday. The purpose was to create the awareness about the rights of the musicians and the related persons and to discuss about the problems faced the Jharkhand Music Industry. The objective of this conference was to bring all the Traditional music ‘Creators and Performers’ on to a single platform to enlighten them about their Intellectual Property Rights and the ways of protection, method of commercial exploitation.

Health Minister departs for New Delhi

Ranchi: Health Minister Ramchandra Chandravanshi has gone New Delhi to discuss some important issues with Union Health Minister JP Nadda. He is likely to invite Nadda for a Sahiya Sammelan in Jharkhand. Sources maintained Chandravanshi will return on April 29.