Odia boy bags IIT Kanpur gold medal
Bhubaneswar: Sansit Patnaik, an Odia student of Mechanical Engineering at the IIT Kanpur, has brought laurels for the State by winning gold medal in the institute. Sansit secured the top position among students of all the departments of IIT. Born to late Bishnupada Pattnaik and Sabitabala Pattnaik, Sansit had completed Class-X from the Saint Xavier’s School and Plus Two from the Mother’s Public School with 94.4 per cent marks. He is also a sports talent. During his BTech, he had made an artificial organ (hand), which could function by the direction of the victim. He bagged the Smruti award for this unique invention.
One dies, 2 injured in mishap in Talcher
Angul: A person was killed and two others sustained critical injuries as a truck skidded off a bridge and plunged into a ditch in the district on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Yogeswar Behera of Banamalipur. The injured were rushed to the Mandapal hospital. The truck fell off the Talabedha bridge in the Talcher area. locals blocked the Banamalipur-Talabedha road demanding compensation for the deceased’s family and free treatment of the injured.
Awareness drive on culture held at Tarbha
Tarbha: An awareness camp with the theme "Unite to Awareness” was organised at the Tarbha Dharamsala on Saturday presided over by Narayana Bej. Guests Haribandhu Panigrahi, Ghanashyam Padhan and Swami Paramananda Saraswati spoke on the occasion. Padhan said, “The reason behind decay of culture and tenets is lack of interest by children in folktales and mythology lesson from the grandmother. A procession was also taken out around the town in which hundreds of people participated. Prabir Sahu, Subesh Meher and Prabin Agarwal coordinated the programme.
Odisha awarded for DDU-GKY execution
Bhubaneswar: Odisha was awarded as the best performing state in implementation of DDU-GKY (Deen Dayal Uppadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana), a skill development programme of the Ministry of Rural Development. Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water Secretary DK Singh received the award from Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar at a programme held hat Vigyan Bhawan recently. Odisha livelihoods Mission SMD Pranabjyoti Nath and ORMAS ED BN Das were present. The award was given for excellent performance in the Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana under the NRlM and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in rural areas.