Beura new Cong OBC Cell chief
Bhubaneswar: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday approved the proposal of appointment of Gyandev Beura as chairman of the OBC Cell of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC), said AICC general secretary KC Venugopal in a release. Presently, Beura is active as a spokesperson of the OPCC.
Bagchi visits STPI ELITE, Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar: Subroto Bagchi, Chairman, Odisha Skill Development Authority, (OSDA), on his maiden visit to the STPI Elite, Bhubaneswar on August 27, interacted nearly two hours with the Startups and IT units under incubation at the STPI including those at the Electropreneur Park Bhubaneswar (an ESDM incubation centre set up by STPI). Manas Ranjan Panda, Director, STPI, and other senior officials were present.
Slum inhabitants get Covid jabs
Bhubaneswar: Vulnerable community people from slum pockets in the 18-44 and 45 and above age groupswere administered more than 150Covaxin jabs at Nilachal Hospital, Bhubaneswar, recently. The Reliance Foundation in partnering with Paribartan launched the vaccination drive. For maximising coverage, a Paribartan team had launched an awareness programme to educate the masses about Covid-19, use of masks and maintaining social distance as a precautionary measure against the virus. The drive was facilitated by Paribartan secretary Subhransu Swain and Prasanta Panda of Reliance Foundationapart from the Nilachal Hospital team.
GPCDA holds plantation at Mohuda Pharma College
Brahmapur: The Ganjam and Phulbani Chemists’ and Druggists’ Association (GPCDA) undertook a plantation programme at the premises of the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences Brahmapur (CPS Mohuda) on Saturday. The unique feature of starting the mega plantation project was to plant medicinal plants such as Amla, Neem and other varieties of plants with medicinal values. Among others, GPCDA president Bishnu Prasad Panda, secretary P Satyanarayana, PRO Nageswar Prusty, administrator Kedarnath Jena, Bio Sciences president Krushna Chandra Panda, Principal Subrat Sen and Vice-Principal RC Dash were present. It was decided to carry out the programmee in other parts of the districts.
Ganjam Home Guard felicitated
Brahmapur: Ganjam Superintendent of Police Brijesh Kumar Rai on Saturday presented a cheque of Rs 1,76,700 and felicitated Gaura Chandra Badatiya, a Home Guard attached to the Patrapur police station who retired from his service after attending 60 years of age. All Home Guards contributed a day's salary for the above fund.