PCC SC wing gets new office-bearers
Bhubaneswar: Pradesh Congress Committee SC Department’s extended committee got a new team of office-bearers to strengthen the party organisation. The new team was approved by Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday on the recommendation of its chairman MlA Krushna Chandra Sagaria. While Bankanidhi Behera was appointed as associate chairman, former MlAs Duryodhan Gadriya and Maheswar Nayak, Jayadev Nayak, Shunyacharan Das, Babita Mallik and Mamatanjali Behera were appointed as vice-chairmen. Besides, the committee has 19 convenors and 21 working committee members.
Mouthorgan player performs in city event
Bhubaneswar: In this age of electronic musical instruments, mouthorgan player Sidheswar Nayak of the Sainik School Bhubaneswar entertained the audience with instrumental Bollywood music at the Utkal Kala Mandap in the musical programme organised by the Team Entertainment & Media recently.
IFC partners with state for multi-hos programme
Bhubaneswar: IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is partnering with Odisha to improve health infrastructure through a public-private-partnership approach. Under the partnership, the IFC will structure rollout of low-cost hospitals that will offer quality medical care to all residents, especially those living in smaller towns and rural areas at affordable prices. The Odisha Affordable Healthcare Project will develop a dozen of hospitals with 50-200 beds each. “The project will provide cost-effective, quality, and efficient healthcare services to ensure better health outcomes, especially for the economically disadvantaged,” said Health Department Secretary Arti Ahuja.
Painting workshop ‘Banaphula Chitrasala’ held
Bhubaneswar: New Delhi-based social organisation the Association for Social Service and Rehabilitation of the Aged (ASSRA) organised a painting workshop Banaphula Chitrasala at tribal hamlet Kandalei, 15 km from here on Monday. Dhauli College of Art and Craft Principal Panchanan Samal, artist linkan Pattanaik, Somanath Das, Jitendra Kumar Das and Shibram Sahu helped the children in painting. Social activist Susanta Sahu coordinated the programme. Government and the private organisations were urged to work for development of village children’s education.
Sweta Group launches mobile phone chargers
Bhubaneswar: The Sweta Group launched a full suite of ‘mobile phone chargers’ including, A/C chargers for all major mobile phones, multi pin chargers, USB chargers, DC chargers and Car chargers on Monday. Water Resources and Information Technology Principal Secretary PK Jena launched the products. Sweta Group founder and chairman Bikash Behera said, “The Group plans to build on it to add other products in the portfolio to become a leading provider of mobile phone accessories.”