Indian COAST GUARD CONDUCTS SEMINAr ON INTERNATIONAl HUMANITARIAN lAW
Indian Coast Guard Region (A&N) is conducting seminar/workshop on International Humanitarian law by International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) from 22 to 24 Feb 2018 at Port Blair. A team of five members of ICRC, Delhi will be conducting classes on different aspects of Humanitarian law applicable internationally. Friday’s seminar was inaugurated and chaired by Director General Indian Coast Guard, Rajendra Singh, President Tatrakshak Medal, Tatrakshak Medal. Whilst addressing the attendees, the Flag Officer emphasised on importance of having knowledge of International Humanitarian law, and highlighted different aspects challenges being faced by ICG towards maintaining law and Order at sea. The objective of the seminar is to sensitise the young Officers and Men of ICG towards various practical applicability of Humanitarian law whilst on patrol at sea. Valedictory ceremony will be conducted on completion of course on February 24, 2018.
DGICG REVIEWS INFRAsTRUCTURE PROJECTS AT lITTlE ANDAMAN
Director General Indian Coast Guard, Rajendra Singh, President Tatrakshak Medal, Tatrakshak Medal reviewed the progress of operational and infrastructure projects at little Anadaman. DGICG also inaugurated newly constructed two married accommodation buildings for CG Enrolled Personnel & families at Coast Guard Residential Area, Hutbay and also took overview of under construction infra projects at little Andaman.The Flag Officer whilst interacting with Coast Guard Officers & Men and civil dignitaries emphasized upon fast tracking of the projects for ops logistics infrastructure and berthing facilities to accommodate new ships. To spread green and clean India awareness, DGICG also participated in tree plantation drive.
GAIl Indian Speed Star Season III concludes
A nationwide trial to identify budding athletes for the GAIl Indian Speed Star Season III culminated in a grand finale held on Friday at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex in the presence of Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of State, Information & Broadcasting, BC Tripathi, Chairman & Managing Director, GAIl (India) ltd. and National Selection Committee members including the legendary PT Usha, Sriram Singh Shekhawat, Olympians Rachita Mistry, Anuradha Biswal and Asian and Commonwealth Games medalist, Kavita Raut. The winners will join an elite group of 14 athletes selected in the previous 2 seasons of this initiative. These 14 athletes are undergoing training at the prestigious Racers Track Club in Kingston, Jamaica which is the training ground of champions such as Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake. After felicitating the winners, Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, I&B, Government of India said, “It is an honour for me to be present in the midst of budding athletes and prospective international medalists for the country. Perception about sports and sportspersons in the country is changing, today everyone looks up to sportspersons to win medals in international competitions and make country proud.
P Selvakumar,venerated with “Outstanding Mining Engineer Award”
P Selvakumar, Director (Planning &Projects) is has been honoured with “life time achievement- outstanding Mining Engineer Award” by the Institution of Engineers(India) Kolkatta for his outstanding contribution in the field of Mining engineering. P Selvakumar started his career as Mechanical Engineering Executive in NlC India ltd. However, having passion for Mining discipline, later he studied and qualified as Mining Engineer and also obtained First class Mines Manager Certificate of competency under Metal and Coal Mine regulations. Recognizing P Selvakumar’s passion and devotion for Mining discipline and unmatched excellent service in the Mining field, the Institution of Engineers(India) honoured him with” life time achievement- outstanding Mining Engineer award.” The award was presented to by P Kolandaivel, Vice chancellor Periyar University, during the 29th National convention of Mining Engineers held on 22 Febuary 2018 at Periyar University Campus, Salem.
CHAIRMAN of RlY BOARD PRESIDES OVER THE CEREMONIAl INDUCTION OF lOCOMOTIVES
In keeping with the agenda to catalyze the economy for higher growth through modernization, Indian Railways in collaboration with General Electric (GE) under the Public Private Partnership initiative, has developed the first-of-its kind locomotives based on the state of the art insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) technology which enables the combined advantages of high efficiency and fast switching. As a gesture of inducting the two HHP locomotives on the Indian Railway system, GE handed over the symbolic reverser keys to Chairman, Railway Board, Ashwani lohani at a ceremony held on Friday at Northern Railway’s Diesel loco Shed, Alambagh, lucknow. lohani also launched a maintenance shed at Roza. Vishwesh Chaube, General Manager, Northern Railway, Ajit Singh Janghu Principal Chief Electrical Engineer, Northern Railway, Anupam Sharma, Executive Director Mechancial Engineering Railway Board, Senior Officers of Northern Railway, lucknow Division and workshops, and officials of GE were present on the occasion.
SAIl Academy Cadet selected for National Hockey Team
A cadet of SAIl Hockey Academy (SHA), Rourkela has been selected for the Indian Men’s Senior Hockey Team. The cadet Shilanand lakra has been selected to be a part of the 18-member team for the 27th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Tournament to be played at Ipoh, Malaysia from 3rd to 10th March 2018. Shilanand, who plays in the forward line, was part of the Junior National Team that won the Bronze Medal at Sultan of Johor Cup held in Malaysia in October 2017. With Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Tournament, Shilanand will be making his debut in the senior national team. Alongside India, the tournament will feature World No.1 Australia, World No.2 Argentina, England, Ireland and hosts Malaysia. It is worth mentioning that Shilanand, son of Carlus lakra and Mary Grace lakra, natives of Kalijapathar village of Sundargarh district of Odisha, joined the SAIl Hockey Academy in August 2015.
ICG CONDUCTED POllUTION RESPONSE TRAINING FOR CG PERSONNEl
Indian Coast Guard has conducted structured courses as designed by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) for the personnel of Oil Handling Agencies, Resource Agencies, Stake Holders and Indian Coast Guard. Pollution Response Team (A&N) of the Indian Coast Guard conducted Oil Pollution Response Convention level-I Course for the first responder from 19 to 22 Feb 2018 at Port Blair. The course was designed to bring awareness on preparedness and response technique related to marine Oil Pollution as a first respondent. Apart from 07 personnel of the Indian Coast Guard, 05 Officers from Department of Environment & Forest, Police Marine Force and Port Management Board participated in the course.
BIS Accentuates the Role of Standardization in Big Data
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the National Standards Body of India, in association with Data Science Foundation organized the 5th international data science summit at New Delhi.The conference was attended by around 130 delegates from Corporate Officers and executives involved in strategy, Government Policy Planners, Academic institutions, Electrical utilities, Researchers and Developers along with Standards Development Organizations. Eminent speakers from across the globe discussed various topics and aspects of big data, including Big Data Standardization, Challenges with Big Data, Machine learning, Application of Big Data Analytics in Media, Artificial intelligence. In the recent past, the topic ‘Big data’ have gained significant popularity globally because of its capability to revolutionize the businesses and services.In fact, Big data has an impact on every aspect of our daily life. The emerging technology areas like Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial intelligence, machine learning are fuelled by Big data and analytics only.