SAMANTA DISCUSSES POPULARISING VOLLEYBALL AT MANILA MEET (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) president Dr Achyuta Samanta on Thursday met top officials of the federation in Manila and discussed measures to popularise the game in India in a big way. Dr Samanta represented India as the VFI president at the invitation of the Philippine National Volleyball Federation.
Dr Samanta met Federation of International Volleyball president Ary Graça and discussed the initiatives to develop a country-wide passion for the game. He was assured of all support to popularise volleyball in India.
SBI CGM CONGRATULATES DRAUPADI MURMU (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: State Bank of India Bhubaneswar Circle CGM ChanderShekhar Sharma has greeted DraupadiMurmu on her nomination as the Presidential candidate. Team SBI has conveyed good wishes and congratulations to Murmu for being nominated for the country’s highest office.
SBI AIMS TO BE STATE’S FIRST CHOICE BANK (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: The Regional Business Office, Angul, of State Bank of India conducted a mega SHG Mela on Wednesday. SBI Bhubaneswar Circle CGM ChanderShekhar Sharma disbursed 389 loans of Rs 7.06 crore to various SHG and donated an ambulance to the Utkal Pradesik Marwari Sammelan. The CGM emphasised to make the SBI the first choice bank in the State.
IRRI FARMERS TRAINING HELD IN BALANGIR
Balangir: The Farmer Field and Business School is a training programme for farmers to boost seed production in the State. A different method is implemented by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to impart better management and seed-to-seed production practices embedded with business aspects under the programme which was held at Deogaon in Balangir on Wednesday. Former Principal Scientist, ICAR-NRRI Dr RK Sahoo, Block Agriculture Officer Loisingha Dr Umashankar Mishra and IRRI officials besides Dillip Kumar Rout and Shaktiprasad Nayak, officer agricultural research development, imparted the training. The collaborative programme of the IRRI and Odisha Government will help member farmers learn improved methods of quality seed production.
BALANGIR PVT BUSES TO PLY FROM NEW TERMINAL
Balangir: All the private buses of Balangir would run from the newly-constructed terminal near the BSNL office from July 1. This was announced by president of Private Bus Owners’ Association Hemanta Panda on Thursday. Although the new bus terminal had been inaugurated by the Chief Minister months ago, it was not fully functional.
ARMY HOLDS YOGA DAY IN ODISHA, C'GARH (Pix)
Bhubaneswar: The Indian Army under the aegis of the Chhattisgarh Headquarters and Odisha Sub-Area organised yoga at various locations in Chhattisgarh and Odisha to mark the 8th International Yoga Day. At Raipur, the event was organised at the iconic Saubhagyam Meditation Centre on the banks of Sendh lake. Over 250 officers, Jawans and Civil Defence employees actively participated with their families. The events were led by Kirti Gupta, an expert yoga instructor. A talk on “The Benefits of Yoga” was organised followed by a demo of easy-to-do Yogasanas.
NDRF CELEBRATES YOGA DAY (Pix)
Cuttack: The NDRF 3rd Battalion at Mundali celebrated the International Yoga Day with the enthusiastic participation all NDRF personnel, including officers. The event was chaired by Senior Commandant Jacob Kispotta. Keeping in view the merits of yoga for better physical and mental impact, the personnel were asked to practise it regularly.
NEW KANDHAMAL COLLECTOR TAKES CHARGE (Pix)
Phulbani: Ashis Iswar Patil has taken charge from Dr Brundha D as the district Collector of Kandhamal. Earlier, Patil was the Sub-Collector of Baleswar. On Thursday, he made a surprise visit to the District Headquarters Hospital here.
FIRE-BOLTT PLANS RAPID EXPANSION IN ODISHA
Bhubaneswar: Homegrown wearable and audio brand Fire-Boltt has surpassed the frontrunners by being adjudged as the undisputed leader in the wearable watches market, according to the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) report. To celebrate the milestone, the brand organised a meet and greet session here with its top retail partners in the presence of Amit Srivastava, product manager and Kunal Bose, FireBoltt, Sujit Das, DGM, Savex Technologies and Jay Sadany, MD of regional distributor RJS Enterprises.
CHILD DIES OF SNAKEBITE IN KALAHANDI
Bhawanipatna: A four-year-old child of Dadpur village under the Sadar PS of Bhawanipatna died of snakebite on Thursday. He had been taken to the District Headquarters Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.