UBI regional office bags Rajbhasha award
Official Language Conference related to Eastern Region and North Eastern Region was organized under the aegis of Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI in Dibrugarh, Assam on December 18. Anshuli Arya, Secretary, Official Language, GoI presided over the function, while Atul Kumar Goel, Managing Director and CEO, UCO Bank, was the chief guest. On this occasion Arya was accompanied by Meenakshi Jolly, Joint Secretary, Department of Official Language, GoI, Commissioner, Dibrugarh Town and President, Narakas Dibrugarh. On the occasion, Union Bank of India, Area General Manager's Office, Ranchi was awarded the third prize (shield and certificate) for the year 2017-18 and first prize (shield and certificate) for the year 2018-19. The award was presented by the Secretary Anshuli Arya. On behalf of UBI, Area General Manager's Office, Ranchi, Rajbhasha, Binod Kumar Patnaik, GM, Circle Head Ranchi received the shield and certificates were received by Rajbhasha officers Rajesh Kumar and Sawan Saurabh.
XISS holds ‘Samvad’ with media fraternity
Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS), Ranchi organized an event ‘Samvad’ on Monday, where the top brass of the institute had an interaction with the media representatives. Dr Joseph Marianus Kujur, Director, XISS spoke on the goals of the institute as per the XISS vision 2025 saying, "We do not only want to focus on the academic rigor but also cooperate with many corporations. We would also want students to take initiative in organizing various events. We also want to reach out to the people and talk about livelihood in the tribal areas, migration and climate change." Dr Pradeep Kerketta, Assistant Director, XISS, thanked the Media Houses for being with the institute all this time. Dr. Amar Tigga informed about AAXISS where the interactions with alumni are made. The event was graced by the presence of representatives from a large number of media houses and digital media. Aayurshi Sahay, Branding officer and Shruti Sahay, Assistant Officer to Media Cell of XISS were also in attendance.
AUJ holds Legal Awareness Programme
Amity Law School Ranchi, Amity University Jharkhand organized a Legal Awareness Program in association with Robin Hood Army (NGO) represented by City Coordinator Surbhi along with faculty members of Amity Law School Mrityunjay Mayank, Ashish Kumar, Vijay Shekhar, and Keshav Madhav at Muckchund Toli Primary School, Chutia on Monday. According to Ashish Kumar, the purpose behind organizing this session was to spread awareness on legal issues among the common residents of the state capital. The professors and students of the Law School spoke on pertinent issues and made people aware of government policies and constitutional provisions related to the Right to Education such as Article 21 A, 45 of the Constitution of India and Right to Education Act, 2009, Sukanya Yojana, Cycle Distribution Scheme, Kanya Chatravriti Yojana, information regarding 25% reservation of seats in private schools for students below the poverty line.
Children paid tribute to martyrs
The Government of India has announced to celebrate the period 13-19 December by public participation as the 50th anniversary of the country's victory in the 1971 war. In this episode, children of MGM Higher Secondary School, Bokaro paid tribute to the martyrs on 18th December at Shaheed Udyan, City Park under the aegis of Bokaro Steel Plant. On this occasion, children of MGM Higher Secondary School, Bokaro also presented a short drama on patriotism written and directed by Luv Kumar which was applauded by the audience. During the program the General Manager (Town Services – Water Supply) of Bokaro Steel Plant, AK
Avinash, Deputy General Manager (CSR) CR K Sudhanshu, Assistant Manager (Education) Prabha M Nair, teachers and visitors of MGM Higher Secondary School, were present.
Hazaribag faces long power cuts
Under the DVC command area of Jharkhand state, the public has been jailed for the negligence of the government in Hazaribag, Koderma, Chatra, Ramgarh, Giridih, Dhanbad and Bokaro. These days, people of these districts especially Hazaribag are getting electricity for only 8-10 hours in 24 hours. Due to power supply disruption in peak hours, people are not getting drinking water supply, many small and big industries are getting affected along with the education of children. Hundreds of acres of rabi crops are getting ruined due to lack of irrigation to the farmers due to power supply disruption. It is noteworthy that against the demand of 309 MW in Hazaribag, only 199 MW of electricity is being supplied. The demand of the public is that the government should take cognizance of this and remove this problem.