BSL honours eight employees with award
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The
Bokaro Steel Plant
's human resource development department organised the "
Best Employee of the Month Award
" for March 2025, recognising eight employees for their exceptional performance and contribution.
DPS Bokaro
students explore state's '
Paitkar Art
'
Delhi Public School, Bokaro, on Saturday, organised 'Chitranjali', a hands-on art workshop that invited students to step into the world of 'Paitkar' painting.
350 loco pilots trained in disaster management
At the electric loco pilot training centre, 350 trainee loco pilots received
disaster management training
from the railway civil defence team. Inspector Santosh Kumar trained them on using fire plants in locos.
(Contributed by Divy Khare and Mukesh Kumar Bhatt)
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