Goyal hails General Budget 2021
Minister of Railways, Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution Piyush Goyal addressed a virtual conference on Thursday. Speaking on the budgetary provisions for Indian Railways, Piyush Goyal said, “The General Budget 2021 has been historic for Indian Railways. It has focussed on infrastructure projects in Indian Railways. The highest capex for Indian Railways will act as a huge catalyst to revitalise the economy & lead Indian Railways towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat.” Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that Indian Railways is marching ahead on its bigger plan like achieving 100% electrification by 2023, Net Zero Carbon Emission network by 2030, modernisation of railways, ease of ticket booking, online freight services. Thus, Indian Railways is on the verge of becoming a “Future Ready” network. Goyal informed that normal train services will be decided upon in consultation with other stake holders as COVID situation is being monitored. Vaccination drive has gathered momentum but still we need to adhere to precautions and preventions.
ECR to hold 65th Rail Week Ceremony
East Central Railway will organize Rail Week ceremony on Friday at Pataliputra Rail Complex, Dighaghat, Patna. On this occasion, General Manager Lalit Chandra Trivedi will award 137 officers and employees for distinguished and excellent service in the year 2019-20. In the same sequence, the general manager will also provide a shield between departments / divisions to demonstrate excellent work in the field of passenger service, cleanliness etc. On this occasion, officers / railwaymen of East Central Railway and Divisional Railway Manager and other branch officers of all the five divisions will be present.
Financial status of BSL shared
A program called "Jagriti" was organized by the Human Resource Development Center of Bokaro Steel Plant to share financial information of the company through the in-house platform JIC Meet. Executive Director (Medical and Health Services), Dr. AK Singh, Executive Director (Projects) and Additional Charge (Personnel and Administration), R Kushwaha, Executive Director (Materials Management), VK Pandey, Executive Director (works) Atanu Bhowmik, Executive Director (Finance and Accounts) DK Saha and the Chief General Manager of the plant were connected online. Chief General Manager (HRD) BS Popli welcomed the guests. SK Bhardwaj, General Manager (Finance & Accounts), through a presentation, shared the financial information of the third quarter announced by the company in the board meeting held on 29 January. The programme was coordinated by General Manager (HRD) Neeta Ba.
Detect-o-Diaries at BIT, Mesra
The News and Publication Society, BIT Mesra organized Detect-o-Diaries, an investigative journalism event on 23rd-24th of January, 2021. The event was inaugurated with a speech by Dr. Vijay Nath, Faculty Advisor to News And Publication Society, BIT Mesra. The prelims consisted of trivia questions, homophones, puzzles, and pun-based questions. Over 80+ teams registered for the event and 8 teams qualified for the finals. In the final round, the participants had to analyze a murder case and pen down their observations in a report with appropriate justifications. The jury consisted of the senior members of the host club itself.
SBPS students shine in IGKO 2020-21
SBPS students performed well in the International General Knowledge Olympiad (IGKO) conducted by SOF. Ariba Iram Fathima won the International Gold Medal with Certificate of Outstanding Performance and a gift worth Rs 1000 by securing the prestigious International Rank-1. Advay Thakur bagged the Zonal Gold Medal, Certificate of Zonal Excellence and a gift worth Rs 1000 by securing International Rank- 4. Shivam Dey and Atharav Gupta won Zonal Silver Medal with Certificate of Zonal Excellence and a gift worth Rs 1000. Vivaan Pradhan, Ahart Shreyash Singh, Vibhu Varshney, Manas Deep, Md. Ammaar Ahmad and Aditya Yashaswi Singh won a Medal and Certificate of Distinction.
Elephant kills woman in Palamu
An elephant trampled a near 50-year-old woman identified as Phula Devi at village Ratanpur under Panki police station last night, said the officer in charge of the Panki police station Pawan Kumar. He said the deceased's husband has survived with multiple fractures in the hand. A herd of nearly a dozen elephants is in the area over the last many days but the forest officials just didn't do anything to shoo away them from human habitation. Kumar said the herd of elephants tried to maul the cattle of the deceased and the couple tried to force the herd of elephants to run but little knowing the elephants can bring havoc and they did. Post mortem of Phula Devi was conducted in the Medininirai medical college hospital in Daltonganj today.