SWAIN APPOINTED NCP STATE CONVENOR (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday appointed youth leader Bikram Swain as the Odisha State convenor with immediate effect. In a letter, NCP national general secretary and in-charge of Odisha Praful Patel informed Swain about his appointment and asked him to report to the former directly regarding developments in the State.
YOUTH STONED TO DEATH IN BBSR
Bhubaneswar: A dead body of a youth was found at Munda Basti under the Mancheswar police station in Bhubaneswar on Friday. The deceased was identified as MukeshChaudhury. It was suspected that he was bludgeoned to death with stones. The motive behind the incident was yet to be ascertained. A police team reached the spot and sent the body for postmortem. Police said the deceased had past criminal record and was recently released from jail. Investigation was on into the incident.
SAFETY WEEK KICKS OFF AT PARADIP PORT (Pix)
Paradip: “Nurture young minds - Develop safety culture” being the theme, the 51st National Safety Week is being observed by the Paradip Port Trust (PPT). PPT Deputy Chairman AK Bose inaugurated the celebrations by flagging off the Safety Rath and a safety rally in the morning on Friday which culminated at Gate No-4. PPT CME SK Das and Deputy CME Deepak Rath were present.
AMBLYOPIA TREATMENT AT DR AGARWALS
Bhubaneswar: Amblyopia or ‘lazy eye’ is a vision-related disorder that affects about 4% of children globally. The DrAgarwals Eye Hospitals Group is utilisingBynocs Software, a new groundbreaking innovation which provides an effective treatment for Amblyopia. Dr Chandra SekharSahoo, Senior Consultant and Pediatric, Ophthalmologist of the hospital said, “Amblyopia is a problem leading to lifelong visual impairment.”
HINDUSTAN BIOTECH DISTRIBUTORS’ MEET HELD (Pix)
Puri: A meeting of the Odisha distributors of Hindustan Biotech &Chemicals was held here recently which was attended by senior journalist Sunil Mishra as chief guest. Mishra said the company, besides operating in six States of India, has extended its operation in Nepal and Bhutan and its business is increasing day by day. Its products include bio-fertilisers, pesticides and micron nutrients. Company MDSanjibSrivastavand State area sales manager SusantaParidaurged the distributors to expand the market in Odisha further.
INJURED COBRA SAVED BY SNAKE CATCHER (Pix)
Brahmapur: A severely-injured snake found crawling over in a crowded road at Lochapada near here was rescued and treated by snake catcher Kuna Mishra. Being informed by locals, Mishra rushed to the spot along with his assistant Jaga Behera and took the cobra to the nearest Government Veterinary Hospital. Deep injury marks were found in the snake’s head and eyes. Veterinary doctor Dr Kiran Bisoyi treated the reptile by performing surgery. The snake, which had lost vision, could see everything.