Sainik School celebrates investiture ceremony
Bhubaneswar: The Sainik School here celebrated its investiture ceremony with grandeur in a traditional Defence custom on Friday. Odisha NCC Deputy General Shailendra Singh was chief guest, who was extended a spectacular Guard of Honour by school cadets along with Principal Capt Kanchan Mukherjee, Vice-Principal Wg Cdr Amitabh Ranjan, Administrative Officer Cdr Santhosh Kumar and senior master B Pradhan. The chief guest awarded ranks to 33 appointees, who were sworn oath to take various responsibilities for the new academic session. Singh exhorted the cadets to feel proud of being an integral part of this glorious alma mater and to strive for excellence in every field to achieve greater heights in future.
CM unveils State’s 1st weekend newspaper
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik unveiled the new avatar of My City links (MCl) as the State’s first weekend newspaper on its fifth anniversary at the State Secretariat here on Thursday. He also inaugurated the My City Award; a first-of-its-kind city-centric award instituted by the MCl. later in the day, MP Prasanna Patasani, MlA Priyadarshi Mishra, Odishi dancer Aruna Mohanty, theatre personality Anant Mahapatra, Sports and Youth Services Secretary Vishal Dev and Odisha Film Development Corporation Chairman Satyabarata (Kuna) Tripathy gave away the first edition of the My City Award to 14 individuals and organisations in three categories.
Ill observes World Zoonosis Day
Cuttack: The Indian Immunologicals limited (IIl) organised free vaccination camps across the country including Cuttack and Brahmapur in the Odisha on Friday. July 6 is observed as the World Zoonosis Day; and rabies awareness camps are conducted with the support of IIl. IIl is a “One Health” company providing 1 lakh of Raksharab (anti-rabies vaccine) yearly for the control of various zoonotic diseases that are transmitted from animals to humans. As many as 70% of all emerging diseases that affect humans are zoonotic in nature. Prophylaxis through vaccination is the most cost-effective intervention to reduce incidence of these diseases.