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TBB BUREAU RANCHI, MARCH 31, 2022 India’s largest power producer NTPC along with its joint ventures and subsidiaries clocked highest ever annual electricity generation of 360 billion units (BU) in the current financial year (FY2021-22), registering a growth of 14.6 per cent compared to the previous fiscal. The state-run power major also recorded the maximum single-day generation of 1,215.68 million ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, MARCH 31, 2022 The Angul Unit of Jindal Steel and Power (JSP) observed the 17th death anniversary of the founder of Jindal Group of Companies Om Prakash Jindal (Bauji) with a series of spiritual and charitable activities. The employees along with the local villagers paid their respect with floral tributes. The observance began with a special prayer ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, MARCH 31, 2022 Jindal Steel and Power (JSP) observed the 17th Punya tithi (death anniversary) of its founder Om Prakash Jindal, fondly called Bauji, at the pellet plant premises here on Thursday. A series of programs were organized at the pellet plant, Kasia Mine, and Tensa Mine to commemorate the day. Barbil business unit head Brij Badhadra ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 31, 2022 Symphony Limited, world’s largest manufacturer of air-coolers has recently launched its Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) website. At a time when more consumers prefer ordering online, Symphony Ltd wants to ensure that the brand is omnipresent and is easily accessible across all touchpoints by their consumers. With the launch of the D2C website, the company has gone ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU, MARCH 31, 2022 Taiwanese multinational hardware manufacturer Acer on Thursday launched the Nitro 5 gaming laptop powered by 12th Gen Intel core i7 processor at a starting price of Rs 84,999. The laptop has a thin bezel with an 80 per cent screen-to-body ratio, 165Hz refresh rate, and 3ms response time. It also comes with Windows 11 ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 31, 2022 Oasis Fertility, one of the leading fertility chains in India, announced the launch of its new state-of-the-art full-fledged IVF centre in Odisha at Bhubaneswar. Backed by a highly competent team of Fertility Specialists, India’s finest Embryologists and scientists, Oasis Fertility enables couples to achieve their parenthood dreams through systematic, holistic, compassionate, and tech-based advanced ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 30, 2022 Country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on Wednesday organised a mega SGG Credit Linkage programme at Pipili. Inaugurating the programme, SBI Bhubaneswar Circle Chief General Manager Vidya Krishnan handed over loan sanction letters to local self-help groups (SHGs). On the occasion, 730 new SHG loans and renewals were disbursed to group members ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, MARCH 30, 2022 Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has set a fresh record in single-day hot metal production. The three Blast Furnaces (BF) of the plant namely BF-1, BF-4 and BF-5 produced 16,167 tonnes hot metal on Tuesday to achieve the feat, surpassing the previous single-day best of 15,505 tonnes registered on March 27, 2021. Similarly, Blast Furnace-5 ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 30, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, commemorates the rich cultural heritage of Odisha and commits to mainstream the beautiful and ancient art form of Dhokra by working with artisans from the Kankeri village, situated near its Alumina Refinery at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district on the occasion of Utkal Divas.    Dhokra artisans of Kankeri ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 30, 2022 India’s largest and fastest growing apparel and accessories specialty chain of Reliance Retail, TRENDS, announced the launch of its new stores in Balugaon town of Khorda district and Daspalla town of Nayagarh district in Odisha. Trends is truly democratizing fashion in India, by strengthening its reach & connect with consumers in India – right ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, MARCH 28, 2022 The state-of-the-art New Plate Mill (NPM) of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has surpassed the Annual Business Plan (ABP) target of 920,000 tonnes in the current financial year for the first time since inception. The ultra modern Mill went past the benchmark which also is the rated capacity of the Mill in the A Shift ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MARCH 28, 2022 GO FIRST (formerly known as GoAir) today announced the resumption ofits Oman operations from March 27, 2022. GO FIRST is the first ULCC Indian carrier to restore services in the region. The first flight on the sector arrived at Mumbai on Sunday from Muscat, Oman at 05:45 hours (Local time). This comes after the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 28, 2022 Mylestone, a comprehensive digitally enabled curriculum for schools from S.Chand Group, offers an interactive mobile application that will allow seamless integration with the existing curriculum currently offered to schools by the platform. Schools have seen massive disruption on account of the Covid pandemic, including physical closure due to lockdown and are slowly transitioning to ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 28, 2022 To celebrate the resumption of scheduled commercial international flight operations from India, Singapore Airlines (SIA) is pleased to announce faredeals starting from INR 17,900 for travel from India to key destinations across the globe. Customers planning travel from India to Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the United States of America and other countries in ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU, MARCH 28, 2022 POCO, India’s third-largest online smartphone brand today launched its latest smartphone from the X-Series, the all-rounder, POCO X4 Pro 5G. The latest smartphone is geared towards enthusiasts requiring an uncompromised smart computing experience. The POCO X4 Pro 5G is the first in POCO’s X-Series to provide a 120Hz Super AMOLED screen with a 360Hz ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 27, 2022 Actor Akshay Kumar continues as the brand ambassador of CarDekho, the leading auto-tech company in India. He features in the company’s latest TVC, which will go live on March 26, during the inauguration of IPL 2022. With the tagline Bharosa Kar Ke Dekho, the TVC highlights the importance of Trust and Convenience of ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR/MUMBAI, MARCH 26, 2022 The largest telecom and digital service provider of the country, Reliance Jio has announced two new plans dedicated to IPL fans. Two new mobility plans with Disney+ Hotstar Mobile subscription are introduced, Rs. 555 Jio Cricket Data Add-on plan with 55-day validity and Rs. 2999 annual plan. Under the new plan of Rs. 555 ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 26, 2022 Expressing concern towards poor and vulnerable sections of society, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday extended the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) scheme for another six months i.e., till September 2022. The Phase-V of PM-GKAY scheme was to end in March 2022. It may be ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 26, 2022 Antara, a part of the USD 5-bn Max Group, today announced the launch of its 10-bed Care Home facility in Jasola. The launch closely follows Antara’s announcement to invest over Rs. 300 crore across Residences for Seniors, Care Homes and Care at Home services and MedCare products in the next 3-4 years. This ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 26, 2022 With the aluminium, steel and other captive power plant (CPP)-based industries in Odisha grappling with critically low levels of coal stock to run their CPPs due to curtailed supply, the Utkal Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ltd (UCCI) has sought immediate intervention of the State and Union Government for normalization of coal supply to ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 26, 2022 In its commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040, Amazon India today announced the company will ‘switch off’ lights across all its corporate offices and operations network across India, in support of this year’s Earth Hour. Through this initiative, Amazon India will contribute to a cumulative of 500 hours of electricity savings of ‘lights ...

TBB BUREAU BANGALORE, MARCH 26, 2022 Celebrating five successful years in India, Lexus India today announced the launch of its new Buyback Promise program starting with the ES 300h and a Loyalty program under the ‘Lexus Life’, umbrella. Lexus commenced operations in India in 2017, with the commitment of providing amazing experiences to its discerning guests. The buyback program for ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, MARCH 25, 2022 Vedanta Limited’s Lanjigarh unit, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, has launched a skill training program to create employment opportunities for local youth by enhancing their skill sets in the housekeeping trade. The company has partnered with NABARD for the program, which will be implemented by the Vedanta Foundation. Inaugurated by NABARD’s Kalahandi ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 24, 2022 In a major boost to Government’s “Make in India” initiative, Airports Authority of India (AAI), under its R & D initiative, has entered into an agreement with Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) for the joint, indigenous development of systems for air traffic management and surface movement of aircraft at airports in ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 24, 2022 Riding on a sharp increase in buying activities by different ministries and departments, procurement of goods and services from government portal GeM has crossed Rs 1 lakh crore during the current financial year registering a 160 per cent growth as compared to the previous fiscal, GeM CEO Prashant Kumar Singh said on Thursday. ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 24, 2022 One of the largest integrated Bauxite-Alumina-Aluminium-Power producers in the country, National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) has been adjudged the National Winner of the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Sustainability, in recognition of its relentless focus on Sustainable mining and environment-friendly practices. Golden Peacock Awards, instituted by the Institute of Directors (IOD), is regarded as ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 24, 2022 Jajang Iron Ore Mines of JSW Steel Ltd. has been conferred with the “Best Productivity Excellence Award” for its multiple innovative ideas applied in its mines. The prestigious award was presented by Odisha State Productivity Council on Wednesday during its 47th Annual General Body meeting. The top honour was bestowed on Jajang Iron Ore ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 23, 2022 Sadashiv Samantaray has taken charge as the new Director (Commercial) of Navratna CPSE National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), on Tuesday. Sadashiv Samantaray Samantaray is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar and MBA from Utkal University. After joining NALCO as a Graduate Engineer Trainee of the second ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, MARCH 23, 2022             The Blast Furnace-I Parvati of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) that was re-commissioned after upgradation on May 9, 2018, has surpassed the 3 Million Tonnes (MT) mark in hot metal production on March 21. RSP Director In-Charge Atanu Bhowmick visited the Department and congratulated the larger Blast Furnace collective on this commendable performance. Bhowmick ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, MARCH 23, 2022 Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Sambalpur has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Center for Adivasi Research and Development (CARD) to develop entrepreneurship skills among tribal youths and provide them with quality education. The MoU was signed recently for multi-modal initiatives and projects on teaching, skilling, training and global outreach, IIM Sambalpur said ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, MARCH 23, 2022 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) has successfully achieved the coal production target of 163 million tonnes (MT) fixed for the current financial year (FY22). The Coal India Limited subsidiary went past its target of 163 MT on Tuesday, making extra efforts to maximize coal production during the remaining nine days of the financial year and ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MARCH 23, 2022 Union Bank of India launched another set of its next-gen MSME focused branches i.e., Union MSME First Branches (UMFB’s) at 25 locations across the country, taking the total of UMFB’s to 50 locations pan India. The branches were inaugurated by Nidhu Saxena, Executive Director of the bank at a virtual event held on Tuesday. ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU/BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 23, 2022         Jio Platforms’ subsidiary Asteria Aerospace, a drone manufacturer and solution provider in India, has launched its end-to-end drone operations platform – SkyDeck. SkyDeck is a cloud-based software platform to deliver a DaaS solution for multiple industry verticals such as agriculture, surveying, industrial inspections, and surveillance and security, a company release said. SkyDeck provides ...

TBB BUREAU KANIHA, MARCH 23, 2022 NTPC Talcher Kaniha on Tuesday inaugurated a 500KW Solar Rooftop project. NTPC Talcher Kaniha Executive Director K Srinivasa Rao inaugurated the 500-Kilowatt project installed on the rooftops of various buildings at NTPC Kaniha. Around 1570 solar panels have been installed across 5000 sq meters of roof top area, which are set to generate 7.66 ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MARCH 23, 2022 Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance (SUD Life) and Dai-ichi Life Japan has partnered with Vakrangee to tap customers living in smaller towns and rural areas. SUD Life is a joint venture between Bank of India, Union Bank of India, and Dai-ichi Life Japan. The partnership with the fintech player, which is at the forefront ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, MARCH 22, 2022 JSPL Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL), awarded OP Jindal Star Scholarship and OP Jindal Jewel Scholarship to 28 meritorious students of Angul district. Angul Collector and District Magistrate Siddharth Shankar Swain presented the scholarship cheques to the selected meritorious students in presence of Jindal Steel & Power Angul Location ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 22, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium Business, India’s largest producer of aluminium, has recycled 14 billion litres of water as of January 2022 in FY 21-22, leveraging advanced technologies for focused control and monitoring of water consumption. Vedanta Aluminium’s water sustainability efforts are guided by its robust Water Management Policy. In line with the company’s commitment to ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, MARCH 21, 2022 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) has successfully achieved the highest ever annual target of 200 million cubic metres (MCuM) overburden removal (OBR) fixed for the current financial year. The Coal India subsidiary on Sunday went past this target of 200 MCuM, stepping towards a new record of OBR. OBR, which refers to removal of top-soil ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 21, 2022 With the alarming shortage in supply of coal rakes for industries now also extending to road-based supplies, an increasingly worried Aluminium Association of India (AAI) has written to the Prime Minister’s Office, Coal Minister, and Cabinet Secretary, seeking their urgent intervention to ward off the imminent disruptions to the sector. It has been prompted ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 21, 2022 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned financial assistance of Rs.4013 crore to the Odisha Government, highest in the country, for critical rural infrastructure development in the state under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) during the FY 2021-22. During the year, major thrust has been given to the improvement in ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 21, 2022 Adding yet another feather to its cap of scripting scores of success stories, Odisha’s veteran stevedoring firm Orissa Stevedores Limited (OSL), under the able stewardship of its Managing Director Mahimananda Mishra, has achieved its mission of handling and transferring heavy lift cargo via riverine navigation from Paradip Port.  Accordingly, OSL has been successful in ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 21, 2022 Leading steelmaker Jindal Steel & Power (JSP) has been honoured with CSR Excellence Award for its multidimensional initiatives in supporting the community and government to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The prestigious award was presented by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to Jindal Steel & Power President & Group Head (CSR) Prashant Hota ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 21, 2022 Groundwater – which exists almost everywhere underground – has the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives and be the world’s insurance policy against climate change. On the occasion of World Water Day, 2022, WaterAid is releasing a Report, titled “Groundwater: The world’s neglected defence against climate change”, which throws sharp focus into ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, MARCH 20, 2022 Laxmikant Kattimani saved three penalties as Hyderabad FC rose above the din with a 3-1 victory in a nerve-racking penalty shootout over Kerala Blasters FC and their sea of yellow supporters, in a rip-roaring 2021-22 Hero Indian Super League final at the packed PJN Stadium in Fatorda on Sunday. Hyderabad FC became champions for ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 20, 2022 Red Fort Festival – Bharat Bhagya Vidhata, one of the world’s largest cultural extravaganzas, will be held from March 25th until April 3rd, 2022, at the country’s iconic 17th century monument in New Delhi, Red Fort. Conceptualized by the Union Culture Ministry and Red Fort’s ‘Monument Mitra’ Dalmia Bharat Group, the 10-day event ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MARCH 20, 2022 Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) backed Retail Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL) on Sunday said it acquired a majority stake in Purple Panda Fashions Private Limited which owns and operates the women’s lifestyle brand Clovia for Rs 950 crore. RRVL announced the acquisition of 89 percent equity stake in Purple Panda Fashions Private Limited with an ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, MARCH 20, 2022 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) on Sunday achieved a milestone in the history of coal producing companies in the country by successfully dispatching over 170 million tonnes of dry fuel to the consumers during the current financial year (FY 2021-22). At the end of March 19, 2022, MCL was able to dispatch 170.2 million tonnes ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 20, 2022 Union of Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Sunday said that India’s total geographical area under mining has increased substantially during the last few years and the sector is providing employment opportunities to 12 million people across the country, both directly and indirectly. Addressing the 36th International Geological Congress ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 19, 2022 India’s largest Iron Ore producer National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (NMDC) became the first company in the country to cross 40 million tonnes (MT) iron ore production in a year. From a production of 4 MTPA (million tonnes per annum) in the late 1960s to 40 million tonnes now, the growth trajectory of ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 19, 2022 Devotees visiting Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine would soon experience a more hassle-free darshan, said K K Sharma, newly nominated member of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board. Sharma said that he would try to facilitate a seamless journey of Mata Vaishno Devi to ensure satisfaction of the devotees over the arrangements by ...