Usha 1st woman Bureau of Civil Aviation Security DG
Bhubaneswar: Odisha-cadre IAS officer Usha Padhee has become the first woman to be appointed as the DG of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security. Rakesh Asthana, who was earlier serving as the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security DG, was recently posted as the DG of BSF. Padhee, a 1996-batch IAS officer, was sent on Central deputation on July 17, 2015. Her Central deputation tenure is scheduled to end on July 16, 2022.
Newborn boy rescued by Pallahara police
Pallahara: A newborn male child was rescued by police on Thursday at Dalo village under the Pallahara police station. The baby had been left by an unknown person at the backside of one Keshab Mahanta’s house during heavy rains. While the child cried, Mahanta’s family members came to the spot and took the child to his house. Mahanta then informed police. SI Kumudini Sendha and ASI Ashis Das went to the village, rescued the child and asked the Angul District Child Protection Officer for the baby’s proper treatment.
Health Impact Awards: Vedanta bags 4 Golds
Bhubaneswar: The Vedanta Group bagged four awards at the CSR Health Impact Awards organised by the Integrated Health and Wellbeing (IHW) Council. The awards were for the exemplary work and initiatives undertaken to combat Covid and were presented to Vedanta Alumina Lanjigarh, Hindustan Zinc Limited, Vedanta’s flagship NandGhar project and the Vedanta group. All the initiatives undertaken by the group were under its ‘Vedanta Cares’ programme, a unique project hosted by Vedanta Group chairman Anil Agarwal to support the communities to combat the pandemic.
NTPC Kaniha distributes masks to villagers
Talcher: The NTPC Talcher Kaniha is taking measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 in its peripheral villages. It distributed over 5,000 masks at Bijigol, Rangabeda, Gadasila, Karadei, and Kateni villages on Friday. A team of NTPC CSR officials provided the masks to representatives from each village. Till date, the NTPC station has distributed over 23,000 masks to communities in surrounding villages and plans to provide 15,000 more masks in the next few days.