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  • XLRI group reaches out to Raipur kids with English lessons

    A students’ group at XLRI made use of the lockdown by imparting virtual English lessons to children of SOS Youth Homes in distant Raipur and the results were very fulfilling.

    The group, SIGMA-oikos Jamshedpur, conducted the programme, titled Basic English Learning Program-(BELP), in virtual mode over four months from August and concluded it successfully on Sunday.

    Each session was organised by team SIGMA with the help of volunteers from XLRI, who took classes for the kids every weekend. “The sessions were aimed at imparting basic knowledge of English grammar and improving communication skills so that the children would become more comfortable with the language. This would help them in the future, ” said a volunteer who was part of the initiative.

    On the last day of the programme, easy-to-read storybooks and chocolates were sent to the students as a token of appreciation.

    SIGMA continues to collaborate with SOS in its efforts to provide students with opportunities for a brighter future by preparing them for competitive examinations and admissions to renowned schools across India.

    SOS Youth Homes was founded in Raipur in July 2005 and it started its activities in 2007. 

    Currently, there are around 130 children residing with 14 mothers and three aunts, who take care of and provide a loving family to the children under the SOS Family Based Care programme. 

    SIGMA-oikos Jamshedpur, which works under the guidance of XLRI Prof Raghu Ram Tata, chairman FACES (Fr Arrupe Centre for Ecology and Sustainability) and Prof Madhukar Shukla, has been providing academic support to underprivileged students every year. 

  • Archery association to introduce sports science

    Archery Association of India (AAI) which got back the Union sports ministry recognition on Wednesday, after almost eight years, for failure to conduct elections in accordance with National Sports Development Code has made plans to involve sports science for enhancing performance of archers ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

    Jharkhand MP from Khunti and former state chief minister, Arjun Munda, who took over as president of AAI in January this year, told The Telegraph that the federation will be soon be attaching sports psychologists, bio mechanist, video analyst and data analyst for the archery teams at the national camps.

    “We will be going all out to win the elusive Olympic medal in archery in 2021 and after consultations with experts we will be involving sports science in a big way to enhance performance of our archers for the Olympics. We will be taking help of sports psychologist, bio mechanist, video analyst and data analyst for archers selected in the ongoing national camp for Olympics at Pune,” said Munda.

    In Korean countries top ranked archers selected for Olympics take part in at least 10-12 major competitions annually and are not affected by competition fears. Keeping this in mind, we will be arranging a senior national competition in mid-March, 2021, which would be held in Jamshedpur. We will also be bidding for maiden Asia Cup in Archery tentatively scheduled in end-March-April and plan to hold it in Jamshedpur. This apart, our teams will compete in the three World Cups between April and June to be held in Guatemela, China and France respectively,” said Munda.

    Meanwhile at the end of the three-day national selection trial for the ongoing preparatory camps for Tokyo Olympics scheduled for July 2021, Sangeeta (Haryana), Komalika Bari (Jharkhand), Ishita (Petroleum Sports Control Board) and Prachi Singh (Rajasthan) were selected in the women section while Yashdeep Bhoge (Maharashtra), Sukhchain Singh (Services), Amit Kumar (Madhya Pradesh) and Atul Verma (Services) in the men section.

  • Banna Gupta urges people to remain alert, wear masks and take all precautions

    State health minister Banna Gupta appealed to the people on Wednesday to remain alert but not panic amid reports of a rise in Covid-19 cases in many parts of the country and also outside India.
    The minister said that there were fears that the second wave of the pandemic may be deadlier than the first wave if Covid-19 protocols were not followed properly.
    Banna, who has recovered from Covid-19 himself, urged everyone to wear masks when they step out of their homes. He said wearing masks should become a habit to avoid any kind of risk.
    He said people should avoid crowded places and maintain social-distancing norms. The minister added that senior citizens above 60 years and kids aged below 10 should not visit public places.
    The minister said people should cooperate with the administration as officials have again started checking and detaining people who are not found wearing masks. He said such steps were being taken for the safety of the masses and not to harass them.
    Meanwhile, the administration is keeping a close vigil on the passengers alighting from trains and buses in Jamshedpur. Special checking drives have been started at the Tatanagar railway station. On Tuesday, 178 passengers were checked and among them three were found to be Covid positive.
    Till Tuesday evening, East Singhbhum had 16,985 Covid cases, of which 317 are active.

  • Banna urges people to remain alert, wear masks and take all precautions

     State health minister Banna Gupta appealed to the people on Wednesday to remain alert but not panic amid reports of a rise in Covid-19 cases in many parts of the country and also outside India.
    The minister said that there were fears that the second wave of the pandemic may be deadlier than the first wave if Covid-19 protocols were not followed properly.
    Banna, who has recovered from Covid-19 himself, urged everyone to wear masks when they step out of their homes. He said wearing masks should become a habit to avoid any kind of risk.
    He said people should avoid crowded places and maintain social-distancing norms. The minister added that senior citizens above 60 years and kids aged below 10 should not visit public places.
    The minister said people should cooperate with the administration as officials have again started checking and detaining people who are not found wearing masks. He said such steps were being taken for the safety of the masses and not to harass them.
    Meanwhile, the administration is keeping a close vigil on the passengers alighting from trains and buses in Jamshedpur. Special checking drives have been started at the Tatanagar railway station. On Tuesday, 178 passengers were checked and among them three were found to be Covid positive.
    Till Tuesday evening, East Singhbhum had 16,985 Covid cases, of which 317 are active.

  • Steel city plans to step up Covid testing to 10,000 a day

    Though the Coronavirus positive cases are well under control in the East Singhbhum district now, the district health facilities are preparing to launch a massive drive of sample test for the killer virus from next week onwards.

    The district health department is gearing up to conduct as many as 10,000 tests per day from next week which is an increase from the current test rate of 2,000 per day. The drive will start from next week as it is apprehended that majority of those who had been to their native places in Bihar, Odisha and Bengal have returned to the steel city after the festival season by then.

    Revealing about the step, district civil surgeon RN Jha said that the regular test of samples had dropped considerably during the festivity season starting from Durga puja till Chhath.

    “From Monday, we have started carrying out about 2,000 sample tests across the nine blocks in the East Singhbhum and also in Jamshedpur. But as people are still returning home in the steel city and in other places of the district after festival celebrations, we apprehend a rise of the Covid-19 positive cases with the influx of the people. We have, therefore, decided to increase the number of tests from 2,000 to 10,000 from the next week. We are mobilising the resources accordingly,” said Jha while talking to The Telegraph Online.

    During the last 24 hours, 27 Coronavirus positive cases were detected, thus making the total number of Covid-19 cases in the East Singhbhum district to 16,591 so far.

    Meanwhile, the district administration has also increased the mask-checking drive in the city along with the helmet checking. On Monday, the 39 persons were caught without masks during checking at Bistupur, Sakchi, Golmuri, Jugsalai and Mango. The traffic wing of the district police has penalised all those found without masks and earned revenue amounting to Rs 19,500 from the violators of the Covid-19 norms. 

    “We have intensified the mask-checking drive along the helmet checking from Monday. We are charging a penalty of Rs 500 from each of the violators. This is all being done as majority of the commuters have stopped wearing a mask, thinking that the Coronavirus is almost gone from the steel city,” said deputy superintendent of police (Traffic) Babban Singh while talking to The Telegraph Online.

    Singh revealed that they have carried out the drive at the points which are known as checking point, but shortly such drive will also be conducted at the roads and places unfamiliar for helmet or masking checking drive.

    Significantly, anticipating a second wave in the winter, a section of Congress activists and social activists in cooperation with the civic body, Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC) officials on Tuesday carried out an intensive drive to make those without masks to wear them at Sakchi market and making people follow social distancing in public places. 

  • Covid norms go for a toss at Sakchi weekly market

    The East Singhbhum district administration, which has launched a massive crackdown on those who refuse to wear masks in the steel city, was unable to check violation of social distancing norms at the busy commercial hub of Sakchi on Tuesday.

    At the weekly fair of footpath vendors, referred to as Mangala Haat, there were huge crowds. People flocked the market in large numbers since 10 am making purchases of various household items including garments.

    Both vendors and customers flouted social distancing norms. Maintaining a distance of one metre is the usual norm inside the market. But no one paid heed to this norm.

    Several vendors and shoppers weren’t wearing masks either. The haat was open till evening.

    “Tuesday’s situation was horrible. When Covid-19 cases are making a comeback in other parts of the country, the local district administration should be vigilant and prevent such violations inside a market,” pointed out Satya Narayan Agarwal, who owns a garment store at Sakchi.

    Singhbhum Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has taken note of it.

    “Some permanent shopkeepers had approached us with complaints of violation of social distancing norms by footpath vendors and buyers. We have requested the district administration to provide an alternate place to footpath vendors for the weekly haat,” said Bharat Vasani, vice-president of the trade outfit.

    Ravi Bharti, city manager of Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC), said efforts were being made to provide an alternative place to vendors to prevent crowding of the market.

  • Jamshedpur to slap fines for not wearing mask

    The East Singhbhum district administration launched a massive mask-checking drive on Monday amid apprehensions of a second wave of coronavirus infections post the festival season.

    Led by an executive magistrate, policemen were on the job at various points at Sakchi, Bistupur and other places. Though Covid-19 cases have come down significantly in East Singhbhum, the district administration does not want to take chances.

    Checkpoints have been set-up in as many as 10 places at Sakchi, Bistupur, Golmuri, Sonari, Kadma, Jugsalai, Agrico and Parsudih.

    The checkpoint on Dobo-Kanderbera Road that connects the newly constructed bridge over river Subernarekha at Sonari was set-up to keep a tab on visitors and residents returning home after Chhath.

    On Monday, several people, mostly youngsters who were caught at various checkpoints for not wearing masks, were released with a warning. But, from Tuesday, violators would be fined for not wearing masks as per provisions of the Disaster Management Act.

    Thermal scanning of passengers also resumed at Tatanagar railway station. The district health department also resumed rapid antigen tests of passengers arriving at Tatanagar railway station from various places especially those who had gone to Bihar during Chhath.

    Dhalbhum SDO Nitish Kumar Singh said prevention was the only cure for Covid-19 as of now. “Everyone should wear masks while moving around in public places to prevent transmission of the virus,” he added.

    On Sunday evening a team of officials carried out surprise checks at several shopping centres in Sakchi. Many people were caught without masks. Shops that were violating social distancing norms were served show cause notices.

  • JFC unveils video wall to help fans connect with team

    Jamshedpur FC fans will soon be able to connect with their team virtually during the seventh edition of the Indian Super League, which unfolds in Goa on November 20.

    The authorities have given supporters of every club an opportunity to be a part of its live video fan wall. This will be streamed into stadiums as well as on live television during the matches.

    With less than two weeks away till the JFC faces their opponent Chennaiyan FC during their first match,  the excitement for the football fans in the steel city is at its peak.  

    “All the clubs will be without their fans and that direct emotional connection will obviously be missing. However, credit to ISL and Star for making the concept of the Fan Wall possible. We will be conducting contests for the fans to be able to feature on the Fan Wall. This will be a good opportunity for the fans to be connected virtually at the stadium. Twenty-thirty fans will be selected for the same,” said JFC chief executive officer Mukul Choudhari.

    He added that the JFC authorities will conduct contests on their social media handles including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, starting Thursday, to select the winners.“All the fans have to do is answer correctly a simple question to be able to have a chance to be part of the Fan Wall. The winners will be chosen at random,” Choudhari said, speaking from Goa.

    He also spoke about the challenges the team may face in Goa. “Well, we were mentally prepared for the challenges. We knew it’s not going to be as easy as it is back at home in Jamshedpur. For example, in Jamshedpur our practice ground  is right downstairs at our players accommodation, but here in Goa it’s half-an-hour (12 km travel)  one-way. But the league has taken great initiatives and have been really helpful for all the clubs to settle. It’s a massive task to conduct a tournament of ISL stature in the current situation and the organisers have done a fabulous job to help us all.”

    The team has been establishing a bond and mixing well during its training as well as off the field, he explained. “That’s the whole point of having the pre-season in the end. Owen Coyle (head coach) has been focusing on fitness of the players too as many of them haven’t played a competitive match for almost seven months now (last matches played in February/March this year). The coach demands high intensity from his players and pre-season is of  paramount  importance. The team has already played a couple of practice matches and will be playing two more in the coming days,” he added.

  • Large potato-sized brain tumor excised successfully at hospital

    Another critical surgery of a 45-year-old woman with a large potato-sized brain tumor was carried out in Brahmananda Narayana Multispeciality Hospital which is located on the outskirts of Jamshedpur.

    Namita Rajak (45), a resident of Galudih in East Singhbhum, was operated by a team of doctors led by Dr. Rajiv Maharshi, (Consultant – Neurosurgeon) on Tuesday, October 27.

    “The surgery took four hours and the tumor was completely excised as a whole. Post-operation the patient recovered well and her behavioral changes have returned to near normal and she was discharged from hospital in stable condition,” said Dr. Maharshi.

    Namita was suffering from headaches for the last one year and was admitted to the hospital with a complaint of altered behavior irritability. Before coming to BNMH she underwent treatment for the same by several local doctors including psychiatrists but she was not relieved of her problem.

    When she came to the neurosurgery OPD of BNMH, she was advised MRI of the brain by Dr. Rajiv Maharshi, Consultant – Neurosurgeon.

    The MRI showed a large potato-sized tumor on her right side of the brain, which was meningioma.

    Meningioma is a highly vascular tumor of the brain, commonly seen in middle-aged females.

  • Steel City to host archery selection trials for Olympics

    A three-day archery selection trial for the Tokyo Olympic Games is set to be held in Jamshedpur. The trials will be organized by the Archery Association of India (AAI) with logistical support from the Jharkhand Archery Association (JAA) and Tata Steel.

    Some of the country’s top-bracket recurve archers (men and women) will be in the city for the selection trials. The criteria for inviting the archers are yet to be finalized. However, an agreement has been worked out to invite the archers who had scored 650 points (men) and 630 points (women) during the trials held before the pandemic.

    It is expected around 40 men and women to attend the selection trials along with senior functionaries from the national archery outfit, scorers and judges supervising the activities.

    AAI joint secretary Sumanta Kumar Mohanty confirmed that Jamshedpur will host the selection trials, dates of which will be fixed in due course of time. “Jamshedpur has the required infrastructure for efficiently hosting the trials. The city has played host to such engagement earlier,” he added.

    The AAI has selected JRD Tata Sports Complex as the venue for the trials.

    The trial dates have not been fixed yet but it is expected to be scheduled from November 23 to 27.