Another special day for Team -28 of Works Department. At OSSA House (Behind Keshari Talkies) the Birthday of Sri Rabindra Kumar Marandi (FA Section) was celebrated with full grandeur. It was a fully vegetarian day.
Smt. Rebati Jagadev, Senior Grade Typist got retired from Government Service on superannuation on 31.03.2017. A farewell meeting was organised by the Cultural Association of Works Department to felicitate Smt. Jagadev.
In the list of second batch ASO Trainees, Abhisek Nayak, ASO and Madhusudan Mohanty, ASO are repeated but they have undergone training in first batch. So two new trainees are included in the list.
1. OPSC Sl - 109 Dakshyaraj Das (I&PR)
2. OPSC Sl - 110 Ms Ruby Rout, (S&ME)
Sl No.94, Sri Amarabar Dhal, ASO of Home Deptt. is wrongly written as Energy Department.
Some media reports have
appeared recently to the effect that the Govt. of India has agreed to carve out
a larger Nagaland State by taking away the territories of the states contiguous to Nagaland. Such reports are erroneous. It is clarified that there is no such
agreement or decision of the Govt. of India.
Five Indian cities have been included
in the Tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, namely, Historic City of Ahmadabad, Delhi –
A Heritage City, Jaipur City, Rajasthan, Ekamra Kshetra- The
Temple City, Bhubaneswar and The Victorian & Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai. The criteria
for inscription of a site, including cities, in the UNESCO World Heritage list
is given is given below.
All the required
information for Tentative list proposals has already been submitted to UNESCO
World Heritage Centre.
Criteria for
consideration:-
To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius;
To exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of
time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in
architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape
design;
To bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural
tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared;
To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural
or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant
stage(s) in human history;
To be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement,
land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures),
or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become
vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change;
To be directly or tangibly associated with events or living
traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works
of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this
criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria);
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional
natural beauty and aesthetic importance;
To be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's
history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological
processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or
physiographic features;
To be outstanding examples representing significant on-going
ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of
terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of
plants and animals;
To contain the most important and significant natural habitats for
in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing
threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view
of science or conservation.
This information was given by Dr.
Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge)
in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Credibility of Electronic Voting Machines- regarding.
Press Note
1.The Election Commission has observed that after declaration of result of the recently held General Elections to the State Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, some political parties have raised voice against the credibility of the ECI-EVMs, alleging tampering of EVMs during the said elections. One representation was received from National General Secretary, BSP without any specific allegation on 11.03.2017. ECI on 11.03.2017 itself has given detailed response to BSP rejecting the representation. ECI’s reply is available at www.eci.nic.in.
2.Such concerns, about alleged tamperability of ECI-EVM have been raised earlier also since their introduction including before HC/SC. These allegations have been dismissed. ECI unequivocally reiterate that given effective technical and administrative safeguards, EVMs are not temperable and integrity of electoral process is preserved.
3.It will be useful to once again recapture some facts on the subject for information of citizens and all concerned.