Int’l arbitration workshop held at KIIT
Bhubaneswar: The KIIT Centre for International Arbitration (KCIA) of the KIIT University here organised the 1st KCIA International Arbitration Workshop for four days concluding on Monday. It was inaugurated in the presence of Prof J Martin Hunter, Barrister, Essex Court Chamber, lord Mark Saville, former Supreme Court Judge of UK, Paul Bowden, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Prof PP Mathur, VC, KIIT University and Prof NK Chakrabarti, Director, KIIT School of law. The speakers said international arbitration is a leading method for resolving disputes arising from international commercial agreements and other international relationships. The practice of international arbitration has developed so as to allow parties from different legal and cultural backgrounds to resolve their disputes, generally without the formalities of their respective legal systems.
Canara Bank to donate `5 cr to CM Fund
Bhubaneswar: The Canara Bank has announced donation of `5 crore to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for relief and rehabilitation of Phailin-affected people. It was stated at a Press meet here on Monday. The bank’s CMD PS Rawat would meet CM Naveen Patnaik and hand over the cheque on Wednesday. Rawat would also donate 100 computers to the Canara Computer learning Centre at the Centurion University and donate an ambulance to Mission Ashra, an NGO dedicated to the cause of handicapped and downtrodden. The bank has 99 branches in the State and Rawat would inaugurate the 100th one. The bank has planned to open another 50 branches, most of them in the KBK region.
Bartimaeus distributes relief materials
Bhubaneswar: NGO Bartimaeus Project India on Tuesday distributed relief materials to Phailin and flood victims in various slums here. The project has been working in 12 States among the poorest of the poor. The relief materials were distributed in the presence of its national director Rev William Prasad and national coordinator Rev Sunil Kumar under the supervision of State coordinator Rev SS Mohanty and his team. The beneficiaries were 200 slum families. The relief materials included rice, dal, edible oil, tarpaulin and blanket.