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Ranchi-Howrah intercity flagged off

The revamped Ranchi-Howrah Intercity Express 22892, decked with numerous passenger friendly amenities was flagged off by Ranchi MP Ram Tahal Choudhary early morning on Saturday. The exteriors and interiors of the train has been given a new look under Project Utkrisht of Indian Railways.  The exterior and interior of the coaches has been painted and letterings have been done using vinyl stickers. The walls of the toilets have been covered with vinyl sheets, LED lights have been installed, quality fireproof curtains have been put up and epoxy flooring has been done on toilet floors. Also, floor mats have been laid in AC coaches, quality taps and high pressure flushes have been installed. The programme was attended by Kanke MLA Jeetu Charan Ram, DRM Vijay Kumar Gupta and other dignitaries.

DPS students shine in NCO, ICSO

The students of Delhi Public School, Ranchi performed brilliantly in National Cyber Olympiad (NCO) and International Company Secretaries Olympiad (ICSO). As many as 11 students have secured ranks within first 10 in Zonal Category in NCO. Apart from this many more have qualified in this prestigious exam. They all have received gift worth Rs  1000/- + Medal of Distinction + Certificate of Distinction + Certificate of Zonal Excellence. In ICSO Aayush Aditya of class XI has secured 2nd rank in the zonal category and has been awarded a cash prize of Rs  5000, a zonal silver medal and a certificate of zonal excellence. They all have received gift worth Rs  1000/- + Medal of Distinction + Certificate of Distinction + Certificate of Zonal Excellence.

RDCIS, CBRI ink agreement

An agreement on Performance Evolution of Fire Resistance Structural Under fire condition has been signed between Research and Development Centre of Iron and Steel (RDCIS), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Ranchi and Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee. The agreement has been signed by DGM and HoG (Technology Management) RDCIS, SAIL, GD Maheshwari  and Director CSIR CBRI, N Gopalakrishnan on February, 27 of this year. DGM and HoG (MT and CE) of RDCIS Vinod Kumar DGM (Quality) of Durgapur Steel Plant, DGM (Quality) of Durgapur Steel Plant L Badu,  Head Fire Research Lab Suvir Singh, Head, Planning and Business Development, CSIR-CBRI Roorkee  Purnima Parida, were present on the occasion.

Rally on Women’s Day by RU students

Around 500 students of Ranchi University will participate in a rally organized on the occasion of International Women's Day on March 8 from Raj Bhavan to convocation centre in Morhabadi. Vice Chancellor of RU, Ramesh Kumar Pandey conducted a meeting with representatives of various colleges of RU on Saturday to discuss the programme schedule for Women's Day. It was decided that a toll free number for complaints related to harassment of women will be launched by the university on the occasion. Also, eight sanitary pad vending machines will be installed at various places in RU.

SER to install more CCTV Cameras

In an attempt to prevent crime railway’s areas and premises, South Eastern Railway has already installed 533 CCTV Cameras at 22 major stations under its jurisdiction such as Kharagpur, Adra, Ranchi, Chakradharpur, Jhargram, Tatanagars and others. In addition to the existing cameras will be insatalled at Kharagpur, Midnapur, Adra, Purulia, Bokaro Steel City, Ranchi, Muri, Chakradharpur, Rourkela and Jharsugoda which will complete in this year.

Ravidas wins Gold

On the concluding day of First National Masters Shooting Competition held in Dehradun shooters from the State brought many laurels for the State as International player and resident of Hazaribagh, Akash Kumar Ravidas won gold medal in 50 meter rifle event. He scored 291 points out of 300 points whereas in the team event Akash also won silver with his other teammates including Vibhuti Prasad Singh and Jawed Karim Khan.

Shooting of Hindi movie begins

Under the banner of On Up Entertainment a Hindi feature film-‘SAB KUSHAL MANGAL’ is going to form. First shooting of the film started at Tati Silvey in Ranchi on Saturday. On the occasion Director Karan Kashyap, Producer Nitin Manmohan, and renowned artist including Ravi Kishan, Akshay Khanna, Padmini Kolhapure, Riva Kishan, Tunnu Sharma were present.

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