Berhampur / Alipurduar:&nbsp;Sibani Das, a nursing officer of state-run MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Odisha's Berhampur, has been selected for the National Florence Nightingale Award 2021. Smita Kar, another nurse working in a Public Health Centre in remote Tasati tea garden in Falakata block of West Bengal's Alipurduar district, has also been selected for the highest nursing honour in the country instituted by the Indian Nursing Council (INC). Fifty-year-old Das has been selected in recognition of her dedication to the profession, particularly for her service during the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital's superintendent Santosh Kumar Mishra said on Monday. Kar, on the other hand, was selected for spreading awareness among the tribal populace after duty hours. The prestigious award will be conferred on Das and Kar by President Ram Nath Kovind at a function, the date and time of which are yet to be decided. The respective health departments have been informed about Das's and Kar's selection for the award. "I am very happy for being selected for the highest nursing honour in the country. It will encourage others to serve people more," Das said. "I thank my co-workers and family for always being by my side. Without their support, this would not have been possible," Kar said. Das, who hails from Lochapada on the outskirts of Berhampur town, has around 25 years of experience as a nurse. She joined MKCG Medical College and Hospital as a nursing officer in 2007. Before that, she had worked in a private hospital in West Bengal from 1997 to 2007. She was deputed to Tata COVID Hospital at Sitalapalli near here during the pandemic in 2020. She served at COVID Hospital-11 in the medical college and hospital last year. "She had worked hard in both the COVID hospitals. She deserved the award. The medical college and hospital had recommended her name to the INC for the award, Mishra added.—PTI

Sibani Das, a nursing officer of state-run MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Odisha's Berhampur, has been selected for the National Florence Nightingale Award 2021.

Nightingale Award for Odisha, Bengal nurses

Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The economic offences wing (EOW) of Odisha Police has arrested the owner of a ponzi scheme company which functioned in the garb of a digital company on the charge of duping a large number of people from Odisha with promises of huge returns from Brindavan.Prince Kumar, who is a resident of Muzafaarpur in Bihar and the director of Digital Revolution Technologies Limited, has also been accused of giving false assurances to the people that their investments would double within one year although the company has no commensurate or real business activity to pay high returns, the EOW said.He was produced before the chief judicial magistrate court in Mathura and is being brought here for trial.A case has been registered against the accused for criminal breach of trust, fraud and forging, besides provisions of the IT Act, Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme (Banning) Act, 1978 and the Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishment) Act, 2011, the agency said.It was registered on the basis of an enquiry report relating to allegations that from March 2020 onwards Kumar and his company duped investors across Odisha with false assurances of high returns under its different schemes involving various digital and online products.The EOW said that the company also issued forged documents and misappropriated about Rs 1.5 crore invested by the gullible people of the state. However, the sum is feared to go far higher as this company had investors from many states specially in Maharashtra, Bihar, UP, Delhi, West Bengal, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.On the modus operandi of the company, the EOW said that it collected huge money from investors by misleading them that it was running successful Indian versions of Whatsapp, YouTube, Amazon, email, online/digital gaming, digital payment, Netflix among others.The company had named its fraudulent ecommerce website as ‘Shopsubkuch’, mobile payment platform as ‘MYPay’, its app for watching movies ‘MyTube world’, video sharing App ‘Vidscop’, app for sharing messages, chats, voice and video calls ‘Chitthi’ and online gaming as ‘GoGame11’.Kumar as the director of Digital Revolution Technologies Limited had conducted meetings at Balasore and Bhadrak, distributed brochures and made wide publicity to convince investors that the company wished to strengthen India through digital platforms and information technologies with the tagline ‘Your Own Digital Revolution Marketing’ and is committed to global digitalization.It duped the people with its false promise that they can earn huge income in a very short period from home by using the company’s mobile applications which are solely made in the counntry.The EOW said the people were more vulnerable during COVID pandemic as many of them had income related issues. This apart Kumar used glamorous propaganda techniques by using website, YouTube, Facebook among others. Investigation into the case is on, it added. —PTI

 The economic offences wing (EOW) of Odisha Police has arrested the owner of a ponzi scheme company which functioned in the garb of a digital company on the charge of duping a large number of people from Odisha with promises of huge returns from Brindavan.

Odisha Arrests Ponzi Scheme Company Owner From Brindavan

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government Wednesday made a budgetary provision of Rs 428.95 crore for development of a mega aluminium park in Angul.The decision in this regard was taken at a state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here. It also approved a new scheme - Financial Assistance for Development of Mega Aluminium Park at Angul, along with the budgetary support for IDCO (Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation), the implementing agency. The project will be implemented during the period from 2021-22 to 2023-24, Chief Secretary S C Mohapatra told reporters here.Among other decisions, Mohapatra said the cabinet approved proposals for creation of land bank for industry and infrastructure, sanctioned grant-in-aid in favour of 24 private upper primary schools and enactment of a separate legislation for setting up of a self-financed private university.—PTI

The Odisha government Wednesday made a budgetary provision of Rs 428.95 crore for development of a mega aluminium park in Angul.

Odisha govt approves Rs 429cr for mega aluminium park

Bhubaneswar:&nbsp;Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) announced that it will set up five model schools and a skill academy in its operation area. OMC signed an agreement with Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan to set up five 'Mining Adarsha Vidyalayas'. Besides, it signed a MoU with the Department of Technical Education and Training to establish the Skill Academy at ITI, Koira. The corporation will spend Rs 208 crore to set up the Adarsha Vidyalayas in OMC mining areas and invest Rs 30 crore annually to run these institutions, officials said. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said OMC has pioneered many developmental initiatives, steering positive changes in improving the quality of life of the people. "Its efforts in supporting the state in its fight against COVID-19 pandemic, are highly commendable. Be it sports, health, education or be it periphery development, the OMC has always put its focused efforts for excellence," he said. Patnaik said that OMC has achieved over 30 million tonne ore production in 2021-22 fiscal with a turnover of Rs 17,000 crore. At the programme on Monday, Patnaik also operationalised three iron ore mines at Bansapani, Unchabali and Khndabandha. He also launched two IT modules -- Compliance Management System and Litigation Management System.—PTI

Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) announced that it will set up five model schools and a skill academy in its operation area.

Odisha Mining Corp to set up skill academy, 5 schools

Brajrajnagar: The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has released a list of 40 star campaigners including five Union Ministers who will campaign for the party candidate in the byelection to the Brajrajnagar assembly seat. The list submitted to the Election Commission of India by the Odisha BJP unit included names of Union Ministers -- Piyush Goel, Dharmendra Pradhan, Pralhad Joshi, Ashwini Vaishnaw and Biseswar Tudu. The other prominent leaders in the list are Odisha BJP president Samir Mohanty, state in-charge D Purandeswari, national vice-president Baijayant Panda, Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi, former Union minister Pratap Sarangi, MP Suresh Pujari and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh. The saffron party has fielded its former MLA Radharani Panda for the May 31 by-poll to Brajrajnagar assembly segment. Panda had won the seat in the 2014 general elections.The ruling Biju Janata Dal has fielded former Brajrajnagar MLA Kishore Mohanty's wife Alaka Mohanty after the death of her husband in December last year while the Congress candidate is veteran leader and former assembly speaker Kishore Patel.The Congress was also planning to invite Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and youth leader Kanhaiya Kumar to campaign for its candidate. The ruling BJD is yet to announce its prominent campaigners. As per the notification the byelection will be held on May 31. The last date for withdrawal of nominations is May 17. The counting of votes has been scheduled for June 3. A total of 2,14,261 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the Brajrajnagar bypoll. There will be 279 polling booths for the bypoll. The byelection has been necessitated due to the death of BJD's Brajarajnagar MLA Kishore Kumar Mohanty on December 30 last year.—PTI

The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has released a list of 40 star campaigners including five Union Ministers who will campaign for the party candidate in the byelection to the Brajrajnagar assembly seat.