RK Shrivastava passes away
Raman Kishor Shrivastava (80), father of senior journalist Suman K Shrivastava, took his last breath here on Friday evening. A native of Darbhanga, Bihar, Shrivastava passed away after prolonged illness. He was in Ranchi at his son’s house for treatment for last few months.
DPS students’ activity
Class III students of DPS, Ranchi showcased an activity on the importance of reading habits. The motive of the programme was to inculcate reading habits among the students. They educated that reading books, opens the door to a vivid imagination, expands vocabulary and further helps in succeeding academically. They presented another activity on “Plight of an Indian woman”.
The children depicted the social evils faced by women across the nation, especially in rural areas.
They raised concern on female foeticide, women’s safety, and domestic violence. They focussed on the need of time to work on providing education which will make them independent and help them to lead a dignified life.
BITOSA meet today
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Old Student Association (BITOSA) meet "Technocrats' Meet Academia Interalia 4.0" is being held on July 13 at MECON community hall, Shyamali Colony from 1:30 PM to10:00 PM.
The highlight of the programme shall be the inaugural address of Dr. HC Pandey, a patriarch of BITOSA and Ex-Director, BIT Mesra. A cultural program has also been arranged 7 PM onwards. BITOSA has around 35,000 members all around world in leading positions and in and around Ranchi there are 5000 members majority of them as successful entrepreneurs and PSUs like MECON, HEC, SAIL, CCL, CMPDI etc.
SBPS grabs 6 medals in Taekwondo
Students of SBPS participated in the 1st Bhagwan Birsa Munda National Taekwondo Championship, 2019 held at Hariwansh Tana Bhagat Indore Stadium, Khelgaon and bagged 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze medals. The students from our school represented the team Jharkhand which received the trophy for being the ‘Overall Champion’. Sakhi Bangar of XI-E and Ankita Kumari of X-C have successfully grabbed the Gold medals and Nivedita Raj of XI-B has bagged the Silver medal in the junior category. Sripan Chatterjee of KG-II F and Siya Shukla of IV-A have received the Bronze medal in sub-junior category and Ishu Prasad of IX-D has also bagged the Bronze medal in the cadet category. Sakhi Bangar and Ankita Kumari were appointed as officials for the tournament.
15 selected for East Zone camp
For the preparation of National Games a total of 15 players including ten boys and five girls along with three coaches have been selected from the State for the East Zone camp which will be organised from July 25 to September 25. The camp will be held in Bhubaneshwar. Those who perform well in the camp will get ticket for the National Games.
Flipkart, Axis Bank launch new card
E-commerce marketplace Flipkart and Axis Bank have partnered to launch an exclusive co-branded credit card, powered by Mastercard. The credit card offers customers best-in-class benefits and unlimited cashback on all spends, online and offline.
This partnership is the latest effort from Flipkart, Axis Bank, and Mastercard to improve access to credit and further expand the fast developing credit card ecosystem in India.
The Flipkart-Axis Bank Credit Card is designed to cater to both credit-worthy Indians, as well as sections of the population who have not accessed formal credit before, through Axis Bank & Flipkart’s extensive pan-India network and distribution reach, and Mastercard’s market leadership in co-brand card programs and payment technology.
The card will be available for select users in July, with plans to open the program to all customers over the coming weeks.