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Vedanta starts BALCO Cares Covid Field Hospital in Raipur
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday virtually inaugurated 100-bed state-of-the-art BALCO Cares Field Hospital for Covid patients in Raipur . The air-conditioned field hospital, which has 90 beds equipped with oxygen support and 10 beds with ventilator support, will be managed by Balco Medical Centre. An expert team of doctors, specialists, and medical and paramedic staff will continuously man the facility.
CGSLSA organizes nearly 200 legal literacy camps focusing on educational, health, legal issues of tribals
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh State Legal Services Authority has organized nearly 200 Legal Literacy Camps across the state in which legal, educational and health issues of underprivileged people especially the tribals were addressed.
Chhattisgarh: With solar power, it’s finally a dawn in remote villages of Narayanpur
Under the Saubhagya Scheme Phase 2, many settlements/majratolas beneficiaries deprived of electricity are bein...Read More RAIPUR: After years of darkness, it’s finally a dawn in remote villages of Narayanpur as the district administration has started to set up solar panels for electrification. A district administration spokesperson said that tribal families living in far-flung villages had to face a lot of troubles in everyday work. And it became impossible for children to study after the sunset.
First to pass Class 12, she’s star of vanishing tribe | India News - Times of India
RAIPUR: The daughter of a couple that collects sal leaves for a living in Chhattisgarh has become the first girl in the vanishing Birhor tribe to pass Class 12 as a regular student. Battling poverty, dogma and stiff opposition from her tribe, Nirmala scored 58%, and now aims to step into a college — perhaps the first girl in her tribe to do so. Her father said Nirmala would “follow her dreams”.
ICAR-NIBSM makes farmers aware about Covid-19
RAIPUR: ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management (NIBSM), Raipur has initiated many advisory measures to support the farming communities during COVID 19 lockdown. Under the guidance of Director, Dr. P. K. Ghosh, the institute is helping farmers for safe harvest and storage of rabi crops such as chickpea, lathyrus, mustard and wheat.
People living near power plants in Korba vulnerable to Covid-19: Study
RAIPUR: Communities residing near coal-fired thermal power plants in Korba—the power capital of Chhattisgarh—are two times likely to suffer from respiratory diseases amid the Covid-19 pandemic. This was revealed in a recent study released by Chhattisgarh's State Health Resource Centre (SHRC) which assessed the health impact on communities in Korba living near coal-fired thermal power plants.
People living near power plants in Korba vulnerable to COVID-19: Study
This was revealed in a recent study released by Chhattisgarh's State Health Resource Centre (SHRC) which assessed the health impact on communities in Korba living near coal-fired thermal power plants. The study establishes the hypothesis that the population living near thermal power plants has greater exposure to particulate matter resulting in higher respiratory illnesses than the general population.
Chhattisgarh mulls e-classes amid Covid-19 lockdown
Representational Image. (Getty Images) RAIPUR: Keeping in view the lockdown caused due to the coronavirus outbreak, the State Council for Educational Research and Training (SCERT) is gearing up to prepare alternatives so that studies of school children won't get affected in case if schools are not functioning for a long time.
Welfare scam: Chhattisgarh HC orders CBI probe; top babus under lens
Representative image. RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh high court on Thursday ordered a CBI probe into alleged misappropriation and siphoning of more than Rs 1,000 crore funds for welfare of the differently abled over the last 10 years. Among the dozen-odd respondents in the case are two former chief secretaries, several senior IAS officers, and officials of the state cadre. “Public office cannot be a place for acquiring personal gain. Probity in public life is of great importance.
Raipur girl conquers South Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro
Tahseen Amber at Mount Kilimanjaro â the highest mountain peak of South Africa. RAIPUR: Scaling over 5800 meters, Tahseen Amber, brought laurels to the country as she conquered Mount Kilimanjaro â the highest mountain peak of South Africa, recently. Talking to TOI, the Raipur girl said that climbing this high in just five days has its own challenge.â Kilimanjaro has six climbing routes and I opted for Machame route, also known as the Whiskey route, because it is difficult and scenic.
Visually impaired kids to get new study partner - Annie
To improve early-stage literacy among the visually impaired students, a new electronic device-Annie-will be introduced in Government vision impaired school run by the Social Welfare Department for visually impaired children in Jashpur. This is a Jashpur district administration and Thinkerbell Labs project, said an official adding that 20 such electronic devices will be purchased initially within next 10-15 days.
From Kanyakumari to Ladakh, this Raipur girl pedalled 4,000 kms in 49 days
Accompanied by her trip partner Pankaj Bose, Raipur adventurist Tahseen Amber started the journey from Kanyaku...Read More RAIPUR: Chasing her dreams, a 24-year-old adventurist from Raipur pedalled all the way from southern tip Kanyakumari to northâs Khardung La â one of the worlds highest motorable road. Spreading the message #BeGenerous throughout her journey, she peddled about 4000 kilometres in 49 days including 40 cycling days and 9 breaks.
@ IIT Dhanbad, 16-yr-olds and younger in Class of 2019
At 14 years 11 months, Chaturbhuj Singh Kiral is the youngest fresher at IIT Dhanbad, the Indian School of Mines, and likely among the youngest in any of the country’s 23 IITs to gain admission this academic session. The average IITian fresher is aged about 18, but Chaturbhuj will not feel alone. In his campus, there are nine others in his age group who have made the cut — a rare event. Just five months older to him is Jyoti Priyadarshi from UP’s Rae Bareli.
Social activists demand to serve eggs 5 days a week in midday meals
RAIPUR: A day after Congress MLAs hailed the state governmentâs decision to provide eggs in the midday meals to schoolchildren, as many as 37 social organisations and networks across Chhattisgarh have extended their support to the same.
Shuttler from Raipur Hiral Chouhan clinches title at CG State Junior Badminton Championship 2019
In the final matches played on Thursday, Hiral Chouhan of Raipur defeated Harshita Agrawal of Raipur with a score of 21-9, 21-10 and emerged as winner in the girls singles category. In the boys singles category, shuttler from Korba Harshit Thakur defeated Jayaditya Pratap Singh of Raipur in a one-sided game with a score of 21-18, 21-12. Harshit clinched the U-19 boys singles title at the badminton tourney.
Women in these Dantewada villages say no to cloth during their menses
Under this programme, 45 members of self-help groups formed under BIHAAN are working in the sanitary napkins u...Read More RAIPUR: A menstrual health awareness programmeâMeharar Cho Mann, launched last year in Dantewada district of tribal Bastar regionâhas started to gain grounds. Three gram panchayats of the district, including Chitaloor, Balood and Balpeth, now witness 100% sanitary pads' usage, claims S Alok, CEO of Dantewada Zila Panchayat.
Eight Projects from CG selected in NITI Aayog’s top 100 innovations
To promote innovation and challenge the young minds into innovative thinking ATL Tinkering Innovation Marathon 2018-19 was launched. The marathon was focussed on how students can create innovation in eight areas including Agri-tech, Architecture and Design (Infrastructure), Clean Energy, Health-Tech (Healthcare), Sustainable Development Goals, Smart Mobility, Water Conservation and Management, and Waste Management.
When a chance meeting changed 6-year-old girl's fortune
<p><br>The mother of the minor girl - Khushi (name changed), died of jaundice when she was just 15-days-old. <...Read More RAIPUR: It is a dream come true moment for a six-year-old girl, who is staying at the Central Jail in Bilaspur with her incarcerated father. Her desire to study in a reputed school outside the high prison walls finally became a reality on Wednesday.
Chhattisgarh HC cancelled admission of PhD student, says merit can’t be compromised
Referring to a decision of the Supreme Court, the bench of Justice Goutam Bhaduri said in his order, “The right of meritorious students to get admissions in postgraduate courses is fundamental and a human right which is required to be protected.
Tribal girl opens 1st medical store in Maoist stronghold
Kirta Dorpa of the Muria tribe selling medicines in aâliberated zoneâ in Chhattisgarhâs Abujmarh wheregovernme...Read More RAIPUR: Chhattisgarhâs remote Abujmarh forest, a Maoist stronghold, has got its first medical store, thanks to the courage of a 23-year-old tribal woman. Itâs just the sort of pep pill this inaccessible region needs. Kirta Dorpa, of the Muria tribe, has opened her shop in Orcha in Narayanpur district.
British Parliament to honour Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel - Times of India
Nisreen Naaz State Congress general secretary Shailesh Nitin Trivedi said that the historic decisions taken by the Congress government in favour of tribals of Bastar region is being applauded not only in the country, but also abroad.
Chhattisgarh BJP website hacked by 'Pakistani hackers' - Times of India
A delegation from Chhattisgarh BJP comprising of state BJP IT cell co-ordinator Deepak Mhaske and some senior party officials have lodged an FIR at local Moudharapara police station late on Wednesday evening. The FIR says that the official website of Chhattisgarh BJP (bjpcg.com) was hacked on Wednesday. The Pakistani hacker has identified himself as “Faisal 1337”.
No more rowing to school, ‘raft kids’ get a motorboat - Times of India
Nisreen Naaz | TNN | Jan 9, 2019, 03:21 ISTCrossing the Kharkhara Dam reservoir for locals of Rahata village was tough as they had to cross it by boats m... Read More RAIPUR: Shanti, Preeti and Poonam went home in style on Tuesday — without getting their feet wet or their arms tired from rowing makeshift tin-drum boats that were so far their only mode of transport to and from school — to their native Rahata village, about 120km from Raipur.
New York's museum team visits dyers of Kotpad on Chhattisgarh-Odisha border - Times of India
RAIPUR: A rare and unique art of “Al dyeing” is being done in India only by a tribal community living around the small town of Kotpad, close to Chhattisgarh-Odisha border. This is gaining international attention as a team from one of the world's largest and finest art museums, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (The Met), came all the way to study the exceptional cloth dyeing process.
In Chhattisgarh, BJP scores duck where more women voted - Times of India
RAIPUR: Women voters in Chhattisgarh seem to have drifted away from BJP . None of the ruling party candidates could win from 23 constituencies where turnout of female voters was higher than males. Congress won by impressive margins in 20 out of these 23 seats, while the remaining three seats went to candidates of the Janata Congress Chhattisgarh-BSP alliance.
5 months after 1st flight, Bastar falls off air map - Times of India
RAIPUR: The air service to tribal Bastar region, launched by PM Modi with much fanfare in June, has been discontinued due to nonfulfillment of contractual promises, allegedly by Air Odisha Raipur’s Swami Vivekanand Airport director Rakesh R Sahay told TOI that air connectivity between Raipur and Jagdalpur , the divisional headquarters of Bastar, had been suspended because Air Odisha “was not able to fulfil the terms mentioned in the agreement between Airport Authority of India and Air Odisha”.
Smita Misra gets 'Best Counsellor' award
RAIPUR: Smita Misra , working as a Counsellor and Psychotherapist with some of the prominent Schools in Raipur, has been awarded 'Best Counsellor' award at Central Board of Secondary Education CBSE ) National Teachers Award 2017-18 in an annual award ceremony held at New Delhi on September 6.She has been given the award for her remarkable work in the field of counselling.
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