Charitable step by POWERGRID Mahila Samiti
On the occasion of World Environment Day, President of POWERGRID Srishti Mahila Samiti, Usha Jha and members of the Samiti spent a day together with the girls and women of sewing centre located at POWERGRID Township. In a step towards making them self-reliant, sewing machines were distributed among the girls. The members planted saplings along with the children and also shared thoughts about usefulness of trees. The children wholeheartedly participated in activities promoting environmental protection.
Artworks from lka will adorn PM’s Office
The Chairman of lalit Kala Akademi, Uttam Pacharne visited the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday where he has suggested for the beautification of PMO. Akademi will exhibit Modern and Contemporary artefacts in the Prime Minister’s office displaying Indian culture and tradition. According to Pacharne ‘It is a matter of pride for the Akademi that the artworks of eminent painters and sculptors will be exhibited through the lalit Kala Akademi.’ He further added that Akademi is going to organise an art workshop after which Akademi will select exhibits from its collection and from the workshop.
Ignca 2 senior artists perform jugalbandi
The Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts has been experimenting in the art field for some time now, in this experiment, the center, in its auditorium organised a mesmerising programme in which two senior artists of two different genres of Indian classical music tradition performed, the well-known flute player of the North Indian Music tradition (Hindustani style) Pandit Ronu Mazumdar and South Indian Music Tradition (Karnataka Style), the well-known Saraswati Veena Maestro Jayenti kumaresh had performed a jugalbandi . This was not only the celebration for the confluence of two different style performers were engaged in an absolute chemistry together but also because the theme of this Jugalbandi.
IOCl Organises Mega ‘Sports Conclave 2018’
The nation’s top oil PSU IndianOil Corporation ltd. (IOCl) on Friday organised a one day ‘Sports Conclave 2018’ in New Delhi to felicitate the sportspersons who have been associated with them from their early days and who have made a mark in the sporting arena. IOCl also announced fresh initiatives to boost sports in the country. The conclave was attended by more than 60 sportspersons who are part of the IOCl family including Manika Batra, Rohan Bopanna, P Kashyap, A Sharath Kamal, Aditya Tare, Ravikant Shukla, Aparna Balan, N. Sikki Reddy, S R Arun Vishnu, Chandroday N Singh among others. During the Conclave, Ranjan K Mohapatra, Director (HR), IndianOil Corporation ltd. elaborated on the current sports policy of the organisation and future plans for supporting the development of sports in the country.
Posthumous Honour for CRPF Jawan
The Government of India has decided to honour the martyrdom of one CRPF jawan with the prestigious Prime Minister’s Police Medal for life Saving. The saheed jawan Harvinder Singh, working as a Head Constable with the 06 Bn of CRPF in Jammu and Kashmir had shown exemplary ideal of self-sacrifice in a life-threatening incident on August 24 2016.
But for the timely intervention of the brave soldier Singh, many precious lives of fellow citizens would have been lost in a sudden landslide enroute to Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine. HC/GD Harvinder Singh , while on frisking duty , noticed some female pilgrims alongwith their kids having been trapped under a sudden landslide while simultaneously coming within the menacing range of the flying stones and pebbles.