A 27-year-old tribal woman, Anupriya Lakra, from Odisha’s Maoist-hit Malkangiri district has become the first woman pilot from the region to fly a commercial plane.
She hails from Santhal tribal community.
Justice Vikram Nath has been appointed as the chief justice of the Gujarat High Court as per recommendations of the Supreme Court Collegium. He is at present posted as a judge in the Allahabad High Court.
Noted Odia writer Pradeep Dash will be conferred with the 40th edition of prestigious Sarala Puraskar for his poetry work “Charu Chibar O Charjya”.
Started in 1979, Sarala Puraskar is recognised as one of the foremost literary awards of Odisha.