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TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 5, 2022 The Department of Health and Family welfare, Government of Odisha, will organize the second phase of the Mass Drug Administration (MDA) programme in a bid for elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) in seven endemic districts of the state, on Monday. The districts in which the programme will be organised include Bargarh, Keonjhar, Kandhamal, Mayurbhanj, ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, MARCH 5, 2022 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) in collaboration with IIT Kharagpur is planning for comprehensive development of Talcher town where one of its major coalfields is located. Talcher which is also known as the ‘City of Black Diamond’ in Odisha contributes approximately 60 per cent of the total coal produced by MCL and has one of ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, MARCH 4, 2022 Jamshedpur FC took a major step towards securing the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) Winner’s Shield after a dominant 5-1 victory over Odisha FC at the Athletic Stadium in Bambolim. Daniel Chima Chukwu (23’, 26’) scored a first-half brace to take his season’s tally to nine goals before Paul Ramfangzauva (45+1’) pulled one back ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MARCH 4, 2022 Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) on Friday announced the opening of the state-of-the-art Jio World Centre at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai. Envisioned by Nita Ambani, Director Reliance Industries and Founder-Chairperson of Reliance Foundation, the Centre covers an expanse of 18.5 acres in BKC and is set to become an iconic business, commerce and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 4, 2022 The CII Odisha State Council on Friday announced the names of new office-bearers for the year 2022-23. Sridhar Patra Sridhar Patra, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, National Aluminium Company Ltd. has been elected as the Chairman of the Council. His name was announced at the first meeting of the reconstituted Odisha State Council held here today. Patra ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 4, 2022 Country’s leading steel producer JSW bagged the first position in ICT category at the CII Odisha Annual Meeting organized here on Friday. The state-level award ceremony was hosted under Industry Carnival for Quality Circles, Industry Relations, Environment Safety & Health (ESH) and ICT categories. JSW clinched the prestigious award in ICT segment through digital ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, MARCH 4, 2022 Observance of the 51st  National Safety Week started at Jindal Steel and Power (JSP)’s Angul mega steel complex on Friday with a slew of programs to sensitize the employees, workers and community on safety practices. The weeklong programme started with the hoisting of Safety Flag by Assistant Director of Factories & Boilers Archana Dash who ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 4, 2022 JioPhone Next, the affordable smartphone jointly developed by Google and Jio, with most advanced features is available at over 7000 retail mobile stores across Odisha now, along with all Jio Stores, Jio Points, Reliance Digital stores, and Jio Centres across the state. With this extensive availability, new smartphone users, especially the people wishing to ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 4, 2022 Though the women’s movement and fight for equality has come a long way, it has miles to go. While it cannot be ignored that millions of women around the world are denied basic rights and opportunities each day, it is to also be acknowledged that circumstances have progressed immensely. Taking forth the vision of ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, MARCH 3, 2022 ATK Mohun Bagan rode their talisman Roy Krishna’s first-half strike to sail into the semifinals for the second straight year, with a 1-0 victory against Chennaiyin FC in the Hero Indian Super League at the PJN Stadium in Fatorda on Thursday. Krishna netted his fifth goal of the season and first this calendar year ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 3, 2022 With the objective of providing better healthcare services to the older adults, the Department of Medicine of AIIMS Bhubaneswar has started a special clinic in Geriatric Medicine from Tuesday. The special clinic will function on every Tuesday from 2 PM to 5 PM. Additional Professor, Medicine Dr. Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty will be the in ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, MARCH 3, 2022 Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), a unit of state-run SAIL, kept the graph rising in all key production areas in the first eleven months of the current financial year i.e. FY22. In the April 2021-February 2022 period, RSP was successful in producing  39,27,790 tons of  hot metal, 36,18,231 tons of crude steel and 33,16,518 tons of saleable ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, MARCH 3, 2022 Angul Collector Siddhartha Shankar Swain on Thursday flagged off the Swasti Express – a special initiative by JSPL Foundation for senior citizens in presence of Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) Angul Location Head and Executive Director Hridayeshwar Jha, Additional District Magistrate (Revenue) Santosh Pradhan, ADPHO (TB & Leprosy) Dr. Biswabihari Mohanty, District Social Security ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, MARCH 3, 2022 Jamshedpur FC will look to consolidate their lead at the top of the table when they take on Odisha FC in the Hero Indian Super League at the Athletic Stadium in Bambolim on Friday. Jamshedpur continued their red-hot form with a massive 3-0 victory over depleted Hyderabad FC, to dethrone them from the top ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 3, 2022 Amblyopia or ‘Lazy eye’ is a vision-related disorder that affects about 4 percent of children globally. If left untreated, it may lead to permanent visual impairment. To tackle this common cause of vision impairment and blindness, popular eye care chain, Dr Agarwals Eye Hospitals Group utilizing Bynocs Software, a new groundbreaking innovation which provides ...

TBB BUREAU SAN JOSE (USA) / MUMBAI, MARCH 3, 2022 Sanmina Corporation and Reliance Strategic Business Ventures Ltd (RSBVL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries have entered into an agreement to create a joint venture through an investment in Sanmina’s existing Indian entity named Sanmina SCI India. Sanmina Corporation is a leading integrated manufacturing solutions provider serving the fastest growing ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 2, 2022 Nilon’s, one of the most trusted processed food company, recently completed 60 years. A humble journey that started from small farmland in Jalgaon in Maharashtra, has transitioned into the fastest growing food processing company in India today. Founded in 1962 by Suresh Sanghavi in a small one-room unit to process the fruits grown at ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MARCH 2, 2022 Paving the way for cutting-edge innovation, Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. has announced the launch of its first ever Startup India Design Challenge. In collaboration with Start-Up India, India’s largest online entrepreneurship platform, this competition is curated for budding startups and entrepreneurs to identify innovative technologies and business ideas that will transform the future ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MARCH 1, 2022 Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited and the holding company of all retail companies within the group, has invested in Abraham & Thakore Exports Pvt Ltd for a majority stake. RRVL seeks to leverage its subsidiary Reliance Brands Limited’s (RBL) deep understanding of the affluent Indian customer and their ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, MARCH 1, 2022 NTPC Regional Executive Director (Coal Mining) Partha Mazumder on Monday made a courtesy visit to meet senior IAS officer Nancy Sahay who took over the charge as Deputy Commissioner of Hazaribag on February 26. Sahay was the CEO of Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society, Ranchi prior to taking charge as the Deputy Commissioner of ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, MARCH 1, 2022     Kerala Blasters FC and Mumbai City FC will face off in a virtual shootout for a place in the semifinals, in a rescheduled Hero Indian Super League fixture at the Tilak Maidan Stadium here on Wednesday. Kerala are placed fifth in the points table with 30 points from 18 matches, one point less ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 1, 2022 In a move to protect the bank customers against large value cheque frauds, Punjab National Bank (PNB) to make Positive Pay System (PPS) mandatory from April 4, 2022. As per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines, PNB had introduced PPS for cheques of Rs. 50,000 and above presented in CTS clearing from January ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 1, 2022            Notwithstanding the Omicron effect, the GST collections grew 18 per cent to over Rs 1.33 lakh crore in February 2022. This is for the fifth time in the current fiscal that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection has crossed Rs 1.30 lakh crore mark.            Also, this is the first time, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 1, 2022 Around the world, Amway has been taking on the issue of malnutrition, helping thousands of children live better, healthier lives. In India, Amway is fighting childhood malnutrition through its globally renowned nutrition program – Power of 5, helping children under the age of six to lead a healthy life. Stepping up its efforts in ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 28, 2022 Orissa Stevedores Limited (OSL) has been awarded as the “Best Logistic Company of the Year” for successful diversification in multiple logistics in the 7th Edition of ‘East Coast Maritime Forum 2022’ held in Kolkata recently. On behalf of the OSL Group, its VP (Marketing & Coordination) Lingaraj Panigrahy received the award at a special ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 28, 2022 Sharad Kumar Srivastava took over as the Additional General Manager of East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Monday. Prior to the new assignment, he was working as Principal Chief Signal & Telecom Engineer at Metro Railway, Kolkata. Srivastava, who holds degree in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, joined in Indian Railways in 1988. He has vast ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, FEBRUARY 28, 2022 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) on Monday crossed the magnificent figure of 150 million tonne (MT) in coal production, that too in a record time of 11 months. With this, MCL has joined the coveted club of coal companies which have produced 150 MT coal in a financial year. Earlier, South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, FEBRUARY 28, 2022 The Paradip Port Trust (PPT) has been adjudged “Port of the Year” in the Non-containerised Cargo category in the Eastern Star Awards 2022 held in Kolkata recently. The 7th edition of East Coast Maritime Forum 2022 concurrent with Eastern Star Awards was held by Exim India Shipping Times on February 24. PPT Deputy Chairman ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, FEBRUARY 28, 2022 Two teams fighting for pole position will face each other in a clash of titans when Hyderabad FC take on Jamshedpur FC in the Hero Indian Super League at the Athletic Stadium in Bambolim on Tuesday. Hyderabad are sitting pretty at the top of the table, having qualified for the semifinals for the first ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, FEBRUARY 27, 2022            ATK Mohun Bagan took a major step towards ensuring a semi-final spot with a 2-0 win against Bengaluru FC in the Hero Indian Super League (ISL) at the PJN Stadium in Fatorda today. The defeat ended all hopes for the Blues of making it into the top-four. As for the Mariners, they remaines ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 27, 2022            With the primary objective of supplying reliable power to all its consumers, TP Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL), a joint venture between Tata Power and the Government of Odisha, has been focusing on upgradation of existing electricity distribution infrastructure and augmentation of the same.            TPCODL has recently undertaken a number of initiatives ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 27, 2022 As many as 366 people received free medical treatment and medicines at the multi-specialty health camp organised by the Hirakud Unit of Hidalco at Larpank Govt Upper Primary School today. The multi-specialty camp was inaugurated by Kailash Natha Pandey, Hindalco Sambalpur Cluster Head in presence of HR Head Krishna Padhi, Plant Head Debasis Mallik, ...

TBB BUREAU DEOGARH, FEBRUARY 27, 2022 Gatikrushna Pradhan of Shimilihota village under Riamal Block in Deogarh district is known as a successful farmer in his locality. Though he holds an Engineering degree, he preferred to help his father in farming instead of going for a lucrative job that his professional degree could have easily fetched him. When he started farming ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has today constituted a three-member committee to look into the matter of Wriddhiman Saha receiving threats and intimidation from a senior journalist. The three member committee comprises of BCCI Vice-President Rajiv Shukla, BCCI Treasurer Arun Singh Dhumal and BCCI Apex Council Member Prabhtej Singh Bhatia. ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 Jordan Murray came off the bench to score the winner as Jamshedpur FC showed character of the highest order to edge past NorthEast United 3-2 and stay one point away from a maiden semifinal berth, in the Hero Indian Super League at the PJN Stadium in Fatorda on Friday. Seiminlen Doungel (35th) gave Jamshedpur ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 TP Central Odisha Distribution Ltd (TPCODL), a joint venture between Tata Power and the Odisha Government, has rewarded nine customers from Bhubaneswar Circle 1 under ‘Bill Pay & Win’ drive carried out during September-December, 2021. As many as 45 customers will be awarded across circles in the Company’s area of operation. TPCODL launched this ...

TBB BUREAU KONARK, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 India can thrive only if a level-playing field is available for all players in Steel sector, said Union Steel Minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, here today. Inaugurating the two-day “Conference of Ministers of Mines and Industries from States”, the Minister said a policy to encourage the secondary steel players is necessary to give direction ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) has crossed 148 million tonnes (MT) in production of coal surpassing last year’s figure within 11 months of the financial year 2022. With 35 days to go, the Company is expected to end the year with a stupendous growth of 12 per cent. The company reached 148.22 MT production mark ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 Kerala Blasters FC will know they cannot afford to drop points if they are to qualify for the semifinals, and when they take on Chennaiyin FC in a Hero Indian Super League clash at the Tilak Maidan Stadium, the men in yellow will have their task cut out. Kerala lost to league leaders Hyderabad ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 Dalmia Bharat Foundation (DBF), the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd (DCBL), has undertaken a range of stimulus measures to foster sporting talent, especially for the youth dwelling in villages surrounding its Rajgangpur plant and Lanjiberna Mines. This initiative will create tremendous opportunities for hundreds of youth athletes interested in ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 Researchers have found that ayurveda drug BGR-34 can help lower the sugar level within 12 weeks as well as exert a powerful anti-oxidant action to prevent diabetic complications. Published in the latest edition of Serbian Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research on Sciendo scientific platform, the study by researchers from Chitkara University in Punjab ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 24, 2022 TP Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL) has been relentlessly engaged in empowering local communities in its area of operations. In line with the same, various initiatives like providing livelihood opportunities to Women Self Help Groups, Mobile Health Dispensary for rural communities and Vocational Training Centers for youth and women have been established along with ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 24, 2022 The British Deputy High Commission Kolkata organised a virtual chat with Odisha Football Club to celebrate the ‘India-UK Week of Sport’ today. As part of the online chat, British Deputy High Commissioner to Kolkata, Nick Low spoke with Odisha FC President Raj Athwal. This online conversation was part of the ‘India-UK Week of Sport’ ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR/TIKIRI, FEBRUARY 24, 2022 In pursuance to its pursuits in creating an enterprise ecosystem around its periphery, Utkal Alumina, a subsidiary of Hindalco Industries Limited of Aditya Birla Group, has achieved its first milestone under project UDYAMEE and inaugurated 12 micro-enterprises –  eight in Kashipur of Rayagada and four in Thuamul Rampur of Kahalandi – in January while ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 24, 2022 Exhibiting a strong step towards its commitment of achieving net-zero carbon by 2050, Vedanta Aluminium Business on Thursday launched its low-carbon, green aluminium brand ‘Restora’. The company unveiled two product lines – Restora (lowcarbon aluminium) and Restora Ultra (ultra-low carbon aluminium) under the brand. Vedanta Aluminium is the first major non-ferrous Indian metals ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 24, 2022 Committed to Government’s vision of covering all unbanked areas with banking services and as a part of its various customer-friendly initiatives, public sector lender Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) on Thursday announced the launch of “Project Banksakhi” in Odisha in collaboration with Mahagram & Sunivesh India Finance Services Pvt. Ltd. for Online Bank Account opening. ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 24, 2022 Jindal Global Business School (JGBS), of O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), has expanded its international partnership portfolio by signing 11 new Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with prestigious business schools and universities in five countries spanning four continents. The new international collaborations include top business schools such as the Wharton School at the University ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 24, 2022 Jindal Stainless Limited (JSL), India’s largest stainless steel manufacturing company, appointed Deepak Agrawal as the Unit Head of its manufacturing facility in Jajpur, Odisha. Prior to this, Agrawal was responsible for overseeing the Hot and Cold Rolling Divisions, and managing the Civil, Projects, and Customer Supply Management functions at the plant. Commenting on the ...

TBB BUREAU GURUGRAM, FEBRUARY 24, 2022 The first all-electric MINI 3-Door Cooper SE was launched in India today. Available as a completely built-up unit (CBU), all available units were sold out during the pre-launch booking in Q4 2021. MINI India will be delivering the cars to the pre-launch customers from March 2022, earlier than promised. Bookings for the next phase ...