Ranchi City SP Aman Kumar distributes helmets to motorcyclist during a Traffic awareness camp orgenised by Punjabi-Hindu Biradari Yuva Munch at Sujata Chowk in Ranchi on Friday. President Rajesh Khanna, General Secretary Sudhir Ugal, Spokesperson Arun Chawla and other members and officials are also seen in the picture Ratan lal I Pioneer photo
NN Pandey takes charge
Former Additional Chief Secretary NN Pandey on Friday assumed charge of Chief Election Commissioner at State Election Commission. Pandey was a senior IAS office and had served as Home Secretary along with holding other important positions in Jharkhand Government.
Mahesh Poddar becomes BIS Member
Rajya Sabha MP Mahesh Poddar became a member of the Bureau of Indian Standards. Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution ministry stated this on Friday. He has been elected for two years under the 1987 regulation act of BIS. Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan is the head of the bureau. Bureau works for the quality authentication and standard rise of clothes and products of the country.
50 saplings gifted to Mayor
A team of members from Empower Jharkhand and congress party met Mayor Asha lakra on June 16 and gave information about the mishandling at Distillery lake and demanded for strict action against it. More than 50 types of saplings were gifted to Mayor Asha lakra on June 16 to plant around Distillery lake as they help in period recharge of underground water. This initiation was done under the “Save Tree Save Pond” campaign.
Hackathon De Corps at STP
Hackathon De Corps (HDC) started its two day event which comprises of a series of technology workshop and talks. Here, participants are trained and then within 48 hours they come up with a working prototype of their solution regarding various general problems. HDC is gaining attention as this initiative also helps people from non-technical background and majorly focuses on women and youth. Some of the unique solutions that are solving genuine widespread community include problems in the Social Media Security, App to solve human trafficking and exploitation of tribal and female workers from Jharkhand,E-lodging of complains about crime and its authentication etc.
ICFAI to implement CBCS
Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) to be implemented in 2017-18 academic year at ICFAI University as decided in its academic Council Meeting organized on Thursday. A semester long course on “Health and Happiness” will be included in all programs of the University to build health awareness and consciousness among the students along with the inclusion of Yoga sessions in the course. latest courses like Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IOT) along with industry certifications from companies like Microsoft, Oracle, and NSE etc also will be made part of the programs offered by the university.
JPA Head writes to Railway Ministry
Jharkhand Passenger Association President Rajendra Kumar Sarawgi and Secretary Prem Kataruka wrote a letter to Suresh Prabhu, Union Railway Minister, Ministry of Railways, Government of India regarding the cancellation of 19 trains and diverted routes of seven under Ranchi and Dhanbad railway divisions. They wrote how it is possible that the cancelled passenger cars can still be operated with little changes in their train routes until an alternative rail route to the Dhanbad - Chandrapura railway line does not become functional. Explaining the suffering of railway employees and the passengers, the letter also provided an alternative suggestion concerning different routes for the cancelled trains.
AJSU to observe ‘Balidaan Diwas’ on June 22
A review meeting of the officials involved in ‘Jan Parichayu Sabha’ was held at the official residence of former Deputy Chief Minister and AJSU Chief Sudesh Mahto on Friday under the chairmanship of division in-charge Rajendra Mehta. Speaking during the occasion, Mahto said that the party will observe ‘Balidaan Diwas’ on June 22 where tribute will be paid to the friends who have sacrificed their lives during Jharkhand Movement.
Backward groups for reservations
On Friday, the Central Convener Committee of the Akhil Jharkhand Pichada Varg Mahasabha’s held a meeting at the Vishwa Guest House. Many significant decisions of the Convener Committee were taken in this meeting. The objective as decided in the meeting is that the General Assembly of District Committee in all the districts should be achieved by the 25th of June. Moreover, on 26th of June they intend to celebrate the anniversary of Sahu ji Maharaj on a district level, who helped a great deal in the implementation of reservation in India. The protest to demand 27% reservation for the backward caste ought to be reinforced, as decided in the meeting.
CBWE organises training camp
Central Board of Workers Education, Jamshedpur branch organised a two-day training camp. On the occasion labourer trainer Narendra Nath Math along with education officer S Ojha conducted the camp and delved on several subjects. They spoke about various Government schemes and programmes designed for workers. Details were given on minimum wage norms of the Government. In the end 42 participants were given Rs 200 each as part of the programme. Mukul Mishra, Jamshedpur West MlA Saryu Roy’s representative was also present on the occasion.
‘Sehat ka Charger’ campaign
Tata Salt has kicked off the ‘Sehat ka Charger’ campaign. Keeping with the brand promise of ‘Desh ki Sehat, Desh ka Namak’, Tata Salt launched this innovative campaign aimed at creating awareness on the importance of salt and water in fighting dehydration during the summers. The key objective behind this campaign was to give relief to the ‘pillars of our nation’ such as traffic policemen, autorickshaw drivers, bus drivers, and consumers during the unbearable summers. The ‘pillars of our nation’ work tirelessly under the hot sun for hours together.