Ranchi Diary

Express News Service

Counselling for cops with psychotic points
Taking a step additional in direction of defending incidents of suicide amongst police personnel as a result of psychological despair, Jharkhand police has ready an inventory of 218 police personnel who’re presently affected by one or one other sort of psychotic issues. The checklist has been ready after speaking to the police personnel personally who’re beneath despair, their colleagues and on the premise of their medical historical past. According to officers, SPs have been requested to supply all potential assist by listening to their issues personally and attempt to resolve them, be it official or private. If required, they need to even be supplied psychological counselling and referred to the upper centres for additional steering.

‘Back to school’ drive to enhance attendance
Jharkhand authorities has launched an intensive ‘back to school’ marketing campaign geared toward retention of pupil and enrolment of dropouts, immigrants in addition to kids not but admitted. The undertaking may even concentrate on kids with particular wants. The month-long marketing campaign was rolled out lately in the entire 30,000-odd state-owned colleges (main, center and secondary degree) the launch noticed fun-filled actions lined up for a particular ‘no-bag day’. The marketing campaign has set an goal of making certain enrolment and attendance of dropout, non-resident and un-enrolled youngsters and kids with particular wants of 5-18 years age group and verifying 100 per cent enrolment in addition to attendance. 

Device to free visually impaired from strolling sticks
A bunch of undergraduate college students in Maoist hotbed of Jharkhand have developed sensible glasses for the visually impaired, which might make them freed from strolling sticks. The system will alert them from the hurdle on their method inside the radius of 1 metre. With little modifications, the system may even allow their members of the family to know their location with the assistance of GPS in-built. According to a crew member, Anshu Rawani, they’re making efforts to change the system to make it moveable in order that it may very well be carried simply of their pockets. The trial was carried out with one of many visually impaired professors of their school, who claimed that the system will show to be a boon for these like him.

Mukesh Ranjan
Our correspondent in Jharkhand mukesh.r@newindianexpress.com