Inbrief

Workshop held at MECON

A workshop on ‘Strategies for Strategic Metals’ was organised by Indian Institute of Metals, Ranchi Chapter in association with MECON ltd., today attended by eminent personalities like Dr Baldev Raj, Director, NIAS, SS Mohanty, president Indian Institute of Metals, former Director (T), SAIl , Dr PP Chattopadhyay Director, NIFFT, Dr AK Sarangi, GM, UCIl, Dr D Mukerjee, Steel Chair Professor (MoS), NIFFT, and other esteem guests from SAIl-RDCIS, CET, NIFFT participated in this workshop. AK Tyagi, CMD, MECON, highlighted about the importance of strategic metals in various fields of application viz. Defence industry, nuclear industry and also suggested a new approach towards development of strategic metals.

BSNl launches new schemes on Independence Day

State owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam limited has launched new schemes on this Independence Day to be effective from August 15. Now the BSNl landline consumers would be able to talk free of cost on all networks on every Sunday. Also on Rs 49 FMC new landlines will be available with a validity of 90 days. The broadband customers will also get upto 1 MBPS speed after they consume their high speed FUP quota.

CMPDI to open Earth Science Museum 

CMPDI has decided to open its Earth Science Museum for Common Public and school students at the occasion of Independence Day on August 15 from 10 am to 1 pm. This Museum is having unique and exceptional models and sculptures related to origin of earth, human evolution, coal mining methods, etc. Information pertaining to the coal resources and reserves in the country can also be visualized in the museum. Also, specimen of different minerals, rock and precious materials can also be visualized in the museum.

IIT Kharagpur launches Empresario

Entrepreneurship Cell IIT Kharagpur and IBM launched ‘Empresario 2016’ in association with International Business Model Competition (IBMC). The best entries in all categories will get an opportunity to participate directly in the semi-final rounds of IBMC 2016, which will be conducted abroad. Students can log onto www.ecell-iitkgp.org/empresario.

I-Day celebration at SBPS

Sarala Birla Public School (SBPS) students will be celebrating Independence Week. A week long programme initiated from Friday. The morning Assembly was followed by a solo song competition in which students sang patriotic songs remembering and paying tribute to the martyrs of Indian Independence. 

Postal dept. to book ‘Rakhis’ on Holidays

Postal department, Jharkhand Circle will book ‘Rakhis’ on August 14 and 15. Both at the Ranchi GPO and Gumla GPO, ‘Rakhis’ will be booked between 9 AM to 3 PM. Booking can be done through registry and speed post. The two GPOs will also organize stamps exhibition on Sunday and I-Day.

Airtel 4G in Jharkhand soon

Airtel has invited its customers to get their existing mobile SIM upgraded to 4G free of cost, as company is looking at launching 4G Mobile services in Bihar-Jharkhand circle soon. The company has said that With the USIM upgrade, customers would continue enjoying their existing 2G/3G services while staying ready to experience Airtel 4G from the day of its launch. Airtel CEO (Bihar and Jharkhand) Bharat Uppiliappan said, “We are inviting all our customers to be 4G ready with a simple switch to an Airtel USIM that takes a couple of minutes only. We look forward to serving them with world-class services on India’s widest 4G network.”