Sudhir Tripathi takes charge
Senior IAS officer and Additional Chief Secretary Sudhir Tripathi has assumed charge in the Department of Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare on Thursday. The post was vacant since the retirement of K Vidyasagar. Tripathi has held senior positions in the Election Commission, Raj Bhawan and in Home and IPRD Departments.
lED bulb at Rs 65
JBVNl has slashed the price of the 9 Watt lED bulbs given under Centre’s Ujala scheme in the State. The bulbs would now be made available at the rate of `65 a piece at designated offices of electricity departments and post-offices.
HC seeks reply from RU on polls
The Jharkhand High Court on Friday asked the Ranchi University administration to file an affidavit by December 8 on the polling dates of RU students Union elections. NSUI’s Abhinav Bhagat had challenged RU’s notification saying that the election dates were not in accordance with the lyngdoh committee reports.
DPS Ranchi wins best creative prop award
DPS Ranchi participated in the Inter DPS Dance festival–Nrityanjali-2016 which was held that DPS Greater Noida and won the award for the best creative prop. In this Dance Festival, 21 teams had participated. The girls of DPS Ranchi presented a dance on the theme “Tamso Ma Jyotir Gamaya” using variety of creative props.
CCl felicitates retired employees
Eleven employees, including officers, posted at Central Coalfields ltd (CCl)’s headquarters, Darbhanga House, Ranchi superannuated from their services on November 30, 2016. They were given warm farewell at a function held in Coal Room, Dharbhanga House, Ranchi on Thursday.
Blood donation camp at XISS
On World AIDS Day, a blood donation camp was organised by the students of Human Resource Department of XISS, Ranchi in collaboration with HDFC Bank, Jharkhand State AIDS Control Society (JSACS) and lifesavers, a club constituted by the NGO ‘Doctors for You’. Gulam Mujtaba and Pawan Kumar Thakur from HDFC Bank were present to look after the blood donation camp. Atul Gera from lifesavers volunteered for the cause. Dr Viplava Thakur from XISS monitored the proceedings of the camp. During the camp, TulikaSneha, Yaman Kishlay Kujur ,Shubham Bharadwaj and many more volunteers participated in the. 45 units of blood were collected in total.
AIDS day observed at SBPS
‘Prevention is better than cure' keeping this in mind the students of SBPS observed 'International AIDS day' on Thursday. All the teachers and students donned red ribbon to express solidarity regarding inclusion and prevention of AIDS. Girls of classes of VI to XII were made aware of vaginal hygiene. Dr. Swati Chaitnya MBBS, DGO interacted with them and made them aware of healthy womanhood.
NAWO advocates domestic help protection
National Alliance for Women (NAWO) members led by former member of State Women Commission Vasvi Kiro and Bharatiya Gharelu Kamgar Sangh leader Meena lakra met with Governor Droupadi Murmu to reject Private Placement Agencies and Domestic Workers (Regulation) Bill –2016. The delegation including Barkha lakra of Adivasi Mahila Wing, Aloka Kujoor of NAWO, Ranchi leader of domestic help Elsin Tuty and others demanded domestic help protection and welfare related bill to be tabled and passed prior to placement agencies bill.
Sand art depicting World AIDS Day
On the occasion of World AIDS Day on Thursday, multi-talented artist, footballer and teacher from Chandankiyari Ajay Shanker created emotional art-piece at the banks of river Damodar in Kaparghat from sand. Tourism and Youth Affairs Minister Amar Kumar Bauri praised Shanker and said that the State was bound to recognise dozens of hidden artists like him.
Rajasthani Food Festival at le lac
Hotel le lac is organising a Rajasthani Food Festival from Friday, which will continue till December 10. Sales Manager Kaushik Dutta said that Rajasthani cuisine remained one of the richest cuisines. He said that customers and enthusiasts will be offered best of the Rajasthani dishes during lunch and dinner hours.