Express News Service
PUDUCHERRY: The inauguration of the iconic Marie building reconstructed with World Bank funding, which was scheduled for Friday, has been postponed on the directions of Lt Governor Kiran Bedi after she took offence at not having been invited for the event, which had Chief Minister V Narayanasamy as the chief guest.
Bedi said the Marie building is a landmark in the history of Puducherry and 100 percent funded by the central government. This is one of the important works sanctioned by the Centre under the Coastal Disaster Risk Reduction Project (CDRRP) at a cost of 14 crore. The central government has availed a loan of Rs 3,244 crore for the CDRRP from the World Bank and released it to the UT government as a 100% grant for various works.
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Tribune News Service
Amritsar, January 27
A special event was held to honour the winners of the recent coding competitions conducted by the American India Foundation (US-based NGO) for leading the way in choosing their subject in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Satinder Bir Singh, District Education Officer (Sec), inaugurated the IBM programme being run by the American India Foundation (Project Implementation Agency) in government schools. Under the programme, the top-12 students from eight schools who had won the coding competition in the district were given certificates. Parminderjit Kaur, programme officer of the foundation, said in order to rouse students’ interest in coding in the district, HT Coding was taught through Kodathon s online platform. “After the students crossed six stages on the online platform, the 12 who cleared the qualifier round secured positions at the top 50 marks were awarded today,” she said.