Pranav Pratyush bags Runner up Trophy
The Pioneer journalist Pranav Pratyush bagged the Runner Up Trophy in the Ranchi Press Club Table Tennis tournament here on Sunday. Ankur Sinha defeated Pratyush 11-5, 11-7 in straight sets to become the winner of the competition. Earlier, Ankur Sinha defeated Brijesh Dubey 11-5, 11-6 in the semi-finals and Pranav Pratyush beat Sunil Kumar 11-6, 6-11, 11-4 in a thrilling match to secure his place in the final. In the quarterfinal match played today, Pranav Pratyush defeated Pradeep Jaiswal 8-11, 13-11, 11-6 in a thrilling match. After the competition, Press Club President Rajesh Singh, Prabhat Khabar Resident Editor Sanjay Mishra and Club Secretary Akhilesh Singh distributed the prizes. During the competition, the club members including Satyaprakash Pathak, Rajesh Tiwari, Mukesh Ranjan, Jaishankar, Pintu Dubey, Dinesh Shukla, Shanu Jha were also present to encourage the players.
ECR GM meets Bihar Deputy CM
Anupam Sharma, General Manager, East Central Railway, had a courtesy meeting with the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, Tarkishore Prasad on Saturday. In this meeting, the General Manager apprised the Deputy Chief Minister about the progress of various works related to passenger convenience and rail development in the state of Bihar. Along with this, the General Manager also received guidance from the Deputy CM on matters related to railway activities, further improvement in passenger convenience and rail development etc.
SCS celebrates National Sports Day
On the special occasion of National Sports Day, Surendranath Centenary School (SCS) organised an Inter house basketball match in the school premises. This match saw a friendly competition between the students of two houses, namely the Leopard house and the Cheetah house. There were 12 players in each team. The students of Leopard house emerged as winners in this match with a final score of 12-10. The Principal, Samita Sinha appreciated the sportsman spirit of the students and further added that Sports is an essential part of a student’s life. It is important for the overall growth and progress of a child, she added.
Karmayog India Foundation plants 54 saplings
Karmayog India Foundation (NGO) planted 54 plants on the bank of Kanke dam on Sunday. For the last one month the plantation has been in progress every Sunday. The members of the organisation devote an hour daily to clean the dam. Director Dr Sangita Jha and other members like Mamta, Sunita, Menka,Saurabh, Aashish plant the trees under the guidance of Agriculture Scientist, Dr Anil Kumar.