The SCOPE organised an interactive meeting of CEOs, directors and CVOs of public sector enterprises with the Central Vigilance Commissioner on Wednesday. K V Chowdary, the Central Vigilance Commissioner, Ved Prakash, the chairman of SCOPE and the CMD of MMTC and Dr U D Choubey, the director general of SCOPE, addressed the gathering and the CVC also released a special issue of ‘Kaleidoscope’ journal on ‘New India Vision 2022’.
BSF has appointed Jagat Singh, the current ambassador of Uttarakhand Forest Department as its green ambassador to strengthen its environment conservation mission
CWC signs MoA with CONCOR
The Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with the Container Corporation of India Ltd to work together by forming a joint working group. This MOA is initially valid for ten years from the date of its signing or expiry of lease period of CWC, CFS Pipavav, whichever is earlier.
Bhavna Jain has been crowned as Miss Teen Earth Fire 2018, an international beauty contest in South America. In India, she was nationally crowned by the Teen India Productions under the National Directorship of Jasmeet Kaur at the ‘Cotton is Cool’ event by Ratan Kaul. Bhavna will now serve as the Teenage Ambassador to spread awareness on global warming, solar energy, effective use of electric resources and effects of heat radiating gadgets.
SCI gets amver award
The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd (SCI) has received the AMVER award from the United States Coast Guard in recognition of the yeomen service provided by the SCI's 43 vessels with respect of the AMVER which is a worldwide voluntary reporting system sponsored by the US Coast Guard.
BSNL provides connectivity for IPPB
BSNL provided primary network at all 650 India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) branches and 3250 access points during the inauguration ceremony of the IPPB services at an event at the Talkatora Stadium in Delhi. The BSNL officials made their best efforts to keep these links up despite adverse weather conditions. The IPPB has been envisioned as an accessible, affordable and trusted bank for the common man, to help speedily achieve the financial inclusion objectives of the Union Government.
CISF promotes 3159 personnel in non-gazetted category
A mass promotion pipping ceremony of CISF was organised at Delhi. The Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju, graced the ocassion and put epaulets (ranks) to the promoted personnel. A total of 3159 various ranks in non-gazetted category have been promoted in the first phase.
CCIC exhibits handmade sculptures
To promote Indian handicrafts and the spirit of craftsmanship, the Central Cottage Industries Corporation has organised an exhibition cum sale of an exquisite collection of sculptures and artifacts in its showroom at Janpath in New delhi till September 16. It will showcase a vast collection of statuette and figurines and replicas of our ancient mythological deities with intricate works in stones craft, bronze and wood craft.
Eco-friendly ‘hawan-samagri’
An environment-friendly ‘shubh hawan samagri’ has been launched which is manufactured by the Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute (KNHPI), a unit of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) from excesses of flowers and coconut shells.
NMDC gets the Renewable Energy Award
NMDC Limited has won the ‘India Green Energy Award 2018’ in the category of ‘Outstanding Renewable Energy Generation Projects by Public Sector—Wind’ for the installation and operation of the 10.5MW capacity wind mills at the Chitradurga district in Karnataka.