Two killed, one hurt in bike accident in K’mal
Phulbani: A motorbike mishap claimed lives of two persons and left another critically injured near Penagaberi village under the Tikabali police station in Kandhamal district on Sunday night. The deceased were identified as Kansa Pradhan and Rinku Pradhan of the village. Sagar Pradhan, who was injured, was admitted to the District Headquarters Hospital. The trio was reportedly travelling towards Tikabali by the two-wheeler when the tragedy took place. Police recovered the bodies for postmortem on Monday morning.
Nat’l women panel member visits Gajapti
Paralakhemundi: Member of National Commission for Women Chandramukhi Devi visited Gajapati district on Monday. She inspected the Swadhar Gruha, old age home, one-stop centre, child care centre, Specialised Adoption Agency at Paralakhemundi. In the afternoon at the Collectorate conference hall, she joined a review meeting. District Collector Anupama Saha and other district officers also participated in the meeting.
JSPL celebrates Engineers’ Day
Angul: The Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) celebrated the Engineers’ Day to mark the birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna and eminent engineer Dr Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya here on Sunday. Hundreds of Engineers showcased their engineering innovation and out of box ideas in the two-day celebration held at JSPL campus. JSPL, Odisha Business COO Pankaj Gautam, Central Maintenance ED Suresh Kumar, Iron Making Head amodar Mittal along with all the other department heads and thousands of employees participated in the event and paid homage to Visvesvaraya.
JSPL Foundation holds meet on nutrition
Angul: As a part of its effort to observe the National Nutrition Month, the JSPL Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL), in association with ICDS-Angul organised a workshop to create awareness about nutrition and related issues. The JSPL's Occupational Health centre (OHC) also joined the initiative. Young mothers having children of 0-3 years of age and other women from nearby villages joined the workshop. JSPL GM (CSR) Puspalata Satapathy announced that the Kishori Express, run by JSPL Foundation, would create women on complementary feeding for young mothers and importance of nutrition.
Vedanta opens tailoring training centre in Banjari
Jharsuguda: With the support of the Vedanta Ltd, Jharsuguda, under its Livelihood promotion initiative, the Subhalaxmi Cooperative inaugurated the tailoring training centre for the cooperative member at Banjari village recently. A total of eight sewing machines with accessories have been provided at the centre for training. Vedanta Ltd. Jharsuguda GM Lokesh Sharma inaugurated the center in the presence of CSR head Sundar Raj and Subhalaxmi Coop president Pushpanjali Seth, Board of Directors and other members of the community.
22 trained to join security duties in coalfields
Sambalpur: A first batch of 22 trainees out of 79 land oustees selected for security services from Ib Valley and Talcher Coalfields have passed out after induction training at the Management Training Institute (MTI) at the MCL headquarters. MCL Director (Personnel) KR Vasudevan presented certificates to the newly-inducted security personnel after they took 'oath of loyalty' administered by Chief of Security Lt Col BK Singh. These security personnel will serve at Lakhanpur, Ib Valley, Hingula, Jagannath under the MCL command.
Aditya Aluminium holds Literacy Day
Bhubaneswar: Aditya Birla Group Company Hindalco observed the International Literacy Day with great fanfare at Aditya Aluminium Lapnaga, in Dhorropani High School recently. Bolomoloi Sarpanch Seshadev Pradhan, School and Mass Education Department CRC Sanjeev Nayak, School Management Committee President Gopal Panda and Aditya Aluminium CSR senior manager Sweta Upadhayay attended the programme. On the occasion, everyone took pledge to make the society illiterate free and each student took responsibility to teach their family members the alphabets who are illiterate. The students chanted awareness slogans, participated in debate and essay competitions on the topic of literacy and winners were felicitated.