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TBB BUREAU GOA, JANUARY 26, 2022 A place in the top four will be up for grabs but for that Odisha FC will have to tame Bartholomew Ogbeche and Hyderabad FC in the 2021-22 Hero Indian Super League at the Tilak Maidan Stadium on Thursday. Hyderabad are top of the table at the moment and will stay put unless Chennaiyin ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 26, 2022 The 73rd Republic Day of India was celebrated at NALCO Corporate headquarters here on Wednesday, with NALCO Chairman & Managing Director Sridhar Patra unfurling the National Flag. Speaking on the occasion, Patra exhorted Nalconians to rededicate themselves for the cause of Nation-building and making India Atmanirbhar (self-reliant). He paid rich tributes to the Founding ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 26, 2022 The NTPC Eastern Region-II Headquarters joined the nation in celebrating the 73rd Republic Day with patriotic fervour, here on Wednesday. NTPC Regional Executive Director (Eastern Region-II) AK Goswami hoisted the Triclour and took the ceremonial salute. Speaking on the occasion, Goswami recalled the gallant contribution of our national leaders and freedom fighters who secured ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, JANUARY 26, 2022 The 73rd Republic Day of India was celebrated by Paradip Port Trust (PPT) in a restrained manner following the COVID-19 guidelines. Unfurling the tricolour PPT Chairman PL Haranadh said that PPT is determined to cross 115 MMT of cargo handling this fiscal like the last four years. Mentioning about few path braking decisions by ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, JANUARY 25, 2022 Ten-man Mumbai City FC failed to snap their winless run as they were held to a 1-1 draw by NorthEast United FC in the Hero Indian Super League at the PJN Stadium in Fatorda on Tuesday. Ahmed Jahouh helped the reigning champions take the lead from the spot in the 30th minute but a ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 25, 2022 Odia girl Anwesha Aditi Mohapatra has made it to the top finalist list of beauty pageants in Miss India Planet 2022 to be held in Gurugram in March 2022. She is the only contestant from Odisha to qualify for this coveted contest at the national level. An IT graduate from GM University Sambalpur, Anwesha ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, JANUARY 25, 2022 Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh, the premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina in India, participated in an offsite safety mock drill for Kalahandi district, held at the Kalahandi University Playground in Bhawanipatna on Tuesday. A 13-member team led by Harshvardhan Pande, Head-HSE&S, Vedanta Ltd. Lanjigarh, participated in the programme. The mock drill saw Vedanta Lanjigarh’s emergency ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 25, 2022 As India marks its 73rd Republic Day, TATA Tea Premium celebrates the unique diversity of our nation with its latest Desh Ki Jhanki initiative. Drawing inspiration from its state-specific packs, each jhanki (tableau) is designed with elements reflective of the pride of the region, capturing customs, traditions, and culture specific to each state. ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, JANUARY 25, 2022  Land acquisition process for the proposed steel plant project of JSW in Jagatsinghpur district is going on in full swing with the authorities surveying and demolishing betel vines in Dhinkia, Nuagaon and Gadkujang Panchayats under Ersama Tehsil. In Dhinkia panchayat, the betel vines survey and demolition work is going on, while the process of ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, 25 JANUARY 2022 Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Ltd (TPCODL), a joint venture between Tata Power and the Odisha Government, has enabled WhatsApp billing services to provide a convenient, safe and seamless bill payment experience to the consumers. To make sure the customers can easily activate their WhatsApp billing service, the company has initiated multiple options including ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 25, 2022 As the Indian economy pushes forward to grow at 9 per cent and above over the next few years, a key challenge for the country would be to rebalance its energy needs in favour of renewable sources by 2030 to 50 per cent as per the Paris agreement. This is where the Aluminium ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 25, 2022 The Kinship Care Programme of SOS Children’s Villages of India serves about 300 children, including 150 girls, in 10 locations across the country. Introduced in 2017, the Kinship Care Programme ensures that children without parental care grow up with minimal disruption to their educational, cultural and social lives. Under this initiative, children who have ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 25, 2022 As part of its CSR initiative, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services (Mahindra Finance) has donated a Mahindra Supro Ambulance to Odisha-based non-government organisation Paribartan under its COVID-19 Relief Project. Mahindra Finance Circle Head (Farm Equipment Loans) Deepankar Verma handed over the keys to Paribartan team leads Sudhansu Mohan Dash and Subhransu Bhusan Swain, and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 24, 2022 Furthering its commitment towards nation building and grooming talented youth, Dalmia Bharat Limited has partnered with the Odisha Government to host the state’s first ever International Badminton event ‘Odisha Open 2022.’ Organised by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Tour Super 100 tournament in association with the Badminton Association of India (BAI), the event will ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 24, 2022 Struggling to cope with the acute coal shortage in Odisha that continues to plague local industries, the Association of Industrial Entrepreneurs of Bhubaneswar (AIEBA) has sought the intervention of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the resumption of adequate coal supplies in the resumption of adequate coal supplies to the State-based industries. The ongoing crisis ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 24, 2022 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) Odisha Regional Office on Monday celebrated National Girl Child Day across five districts — Koraput, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Malkanagiri and Deogorh – of the State. NABARD has been supporting various Tribal Development Projects in these districts and 250 girl children of the project beneficiaries were invited to ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 24, 2022 In view of the significant rise observed in eye disorders detected, ophthalmologists suggest that the population of glaucoma patients in India is expected to double by 2040. In India, nearly 12 million are affected by glaucoma with an estimated 40-50 percent eye disorder cases going undetected. Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, JANUARY 24, 2022 Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) on Monday celebrated SAIL Gaurav Diwas at Ispat Stadium to mark the SAIL Foundation Day. RSP ED (Mines) A K Kundu inaugurated the programme by unfurling the SAIL flag. It was followed by rendering of SAIL Anthem. The ED (Mines) released colourful balloons to the sky as a part of ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, JANUARY 23, 2022 Both goalkeepers, Amrinder and Arshdeep Singh emerged unbelievably scot-free as ATK Mohun Bagan and Odisha played anything but a timid 0-0 draw in a 2021-22 Hero Indian Super League (ISL) game at the PJN Stadium in Fatorda, on Sunday. Maintaining their positions on the league table – 6th and 7th respectively, Odisha now have ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, JANUARY 23, 2022  FC Goa were held to yet another draw, this time by Bengaluru FC as the two sides shared the spoils on Sunday night at the SAG Athletic Stadium in Bambolim, Goa. The score at the end of the final whistle read 1-1 as the Gaurs went on to spurn another lead, finishing the night ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 23, 2022 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday unveiled a hologram statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at India Gate. This hologram would be in place till the work of the statue of Netaji is completed. The statue would be unveiled in the same place to mark the year-long celebration of the 125th birth anniversary ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, JANUARY 23, 2022 The 125th birth anniversary of iconic freedom fighter Subhash Chandra Bose, popularly known as Netaji, was Celebrated at NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters, here on Sunday with patriotic fervour by the employees. The day is celebrated as ‘Parakram Diwas’ (day of valour). The program began with the garlanding of the portrait of Subhash Chandra Bose ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, JANUARY 23, 2022 Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has won the ‘‘Best Integrated Steel Plant’ title under SAIL Corporate Awards for Excellence-2021 in recognition of its remarkable overall performance in the financial year 2020-21. RSP has performed exceedingly well in production, productivity, techno-economics and profitability in the last fiscal and went on to achieve the Annual Business Plan ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, JANUARY 23, 2022 Republic Day celebrations began on January 23 this year to include Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary, in line with the Union Government’s aim to highlight important aspects of the history and culture of India. Paradip Port Trust (PPT) officials, led by Chairman PL Haranadh, offered floral tributes at the statue of Netaji near ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 23, 2022 India has emerged as the largest exporter of gherkins in the world. India has exported cucumber and gherkins to the tune of 1,23,846 Metric Tonnes with a value of USD 114 million during April-October, 2021. India has crossed the USD 200 million mark of export of agricultural processed product, – pickling cucumber, which ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, JANUARY 22, 2022 As part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahastov’ celebrations, an online quiz competition for children was held on Thursday at the NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters here as part of the week-long celebration to commemorate Netaji Subash Chandra Bose’s 125 the birth anniversary. Swayamsiddha Ladies Club President Mahua Mazumder graced the function as the Chief ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, JANUARY 22, 2022 Parle Agro’s diversification in the dairy segment has been nothing short of revolutionary. Continuing with the trend, Parle Agro has launched a brand new coffee flavoured drink, Smoodh Coffee Frappé. The popular multi-category, multi-brand beverage behemoth looks to carry forward its run of extraordinary success in the dairy segment by offering consumers a new ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, JANUARY 21, 2022 Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Friday reported record financial performance for the quarter ended 31st December 2021 with all its businesses posting robust growth. The company reported its highest ever consolidated net profit of Rs 20,539 crore and EBITDA of Rs 33,886 crore, with the revenues touching all time high of Rs 209,823 crore. ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 21, 2022 With customer-centricity at its core, TP Central Odisha Distribution Ltd (TPCODL), a joint venture between Tata Power and the Odisha Government, inaugurated its Meter Testing Laboratory at Bhubaneswar for calibration and testing of meters as per Indian standard specification. The company has procured four automatic test benches for testing of single phase and three-phase ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 21, 2022 ET Money, one of India’s fastest growing investment and wealth management platforms, on Friday launched ET Money Genius, one of its kind membership service that will deliver personalized investing intelligence. To ensure a hyper-personalized experience, ET Money has revamped its entire App, brand identity and introduced a new design system. It has also ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 21, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium Business, India’s largest producer of aluminium and its value-added aluminium products, has launched ‘People of Metal’, a series of six short films featuring ordinary people from local communities around the companys operations, who have braved adversities to create extraordinary and inspiring stories. Through these videos, Vedanta Aluminium aims to celebrate those ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 20, 2022 With a focus on innovating products that improve patients’ lives, Novo Nordisk India launched the world’s first and only “peptide in a pill”, oral semaglutide, a gamechanger in diabetes management. Semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor analogue (GLP-1 RA) – one of the drug classes to treat diabetes, till now was available only in the form ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 20, 2022 Indian Stainless Steel Development Association (ISSDA), representing the domestic stainless steel industry, has urged the government to restore Countervailing Duty (CVD) on imports from China and Indonesia, to ensure a level playing field for domestic manufacturers. ISSDA has made this plea ahead of the upcoming Union Budget in order to enable a level ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 19, 2022 Jyotirmoy Mishra has been elected as the Chairman of the Bhubaneswar Chapter of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) for the year 2022 Ajaya Kumar Majhi has been elected as the Vice Chairman of the Chapter, while Bimal Prasad Pattanaik and Rudra Madhab Sahoo have been elected as the Secretary and Treasurer, ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, JANUARY 18, 2022 Odisha FC rose to fifth place with a 2-0 victory over NorthEast United in the latest 2021-22 Hero Indian Super League encounter at the PJN Stadium in Fatorda. The win takes OFC from ninth to fifth with only one point separating them from the fourth-placed Mumbai City FC. As for Khalid Jamil and Co, ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, JANUARY 18, 2022  Senior officials of JSW including the company’s Chief Executive Officer on Tuesday visited the proposed JSW Project area in Dhinkia, Nuagaon and Gadkujang under Ersama Tehsil near Paradip. JSW Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ranjan Naik, JSW Mines Chief BRK Padhi, Human Resources Chief Sreejit Mishra and Paradip Project Chief Subrata Sahu visited the proposed ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 18, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium Business and Runaya Refining have won the ‘Gold’ award at the ‘BW Recycling for a Greener Tomorrow Awards 2022’ in ‘Best in Recycling or Material Recovery Facility of the Year’ category. Vedanta Aluminium produces more than half of India’s aluminium at 1.97 million metric tonnes, at its smelters at Jharsuguda in ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 18, 2022 Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday called upon industry leaders and enterprising youth to take up rural service as a mission, with particular focus on women empowerment. He stressed that fast-tracking rural development is integral to the growth of the nation. Naidu, who is on a tour of Andhra Pradesh, interacted with ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 18, 2022 What was termed as the biggest initiative of financial inclusion in the country by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at its launch, the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), a ‘Digital-First Bank’ built on the rails of wide physical distribution network of India Post under the Union Ministry of Communication, has announced a major milestone ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 18, 2022 The Department of Telecom (DoT) on Tuesday said that it has revised policy for issue/renewal of no objection certificate (NOC) for sale/rent of international roaming SIM cards and global calling cards of foreign operators in India. The revised terms & conditions strengthens the mechanism to protect the interests of the Indian public visiting ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 18, 2022 Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday called for cooperation between Central and State Governments for infrastructure development of the country. He said that the infrastructure development will play an important role in fulfilling the vision of India in becoming $5 trillion economy. While inaugurating a Conference on “PM-Gati Shakti” ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 17, 2022 Electropreneur Park-Bhubaneswar with support from Bhubaneswar Smart City Ltd. (BSCL) has organized a Pan India Virtual Acceleration Program for Smart City Solutions namely Smart City Challenge & Outcome for Urban Transformation (SCOUT 2021) and the Valedictory & Product Showcase event. The objective of SCOUT was to invite innovative products and solutions from the Startups ...

TBB BUREAU GOA, JANUARY 17, 2022 Odisha FC will look for a new dawn after parting ways with coach Kiko Ramirez when they take on fellow stragglers NorthEast United FC in the Hero Indian Super League at the PJN Stadium in Fatorda on Tuesday. Odisha parted ways with Kiko Ramirez after their last game against Kerala Blasters which they lost, ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 17, 2022 Leading Indian cement major and Dalmia Bharat Limited subsidiary, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited (DCBL), on Monday announced the commencement of commercial production at its Murli Plant in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra; and thereby adding 2.9 million tonne cement capacity to the company’s overall installed capacity. The company’s installed cement capacity has now grown ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 17, 2022 The Indian automobile industry is of more than Rs 8 lakh crore and its turnover contributes approximately 7.1% of overall GDP, 27% of industrial GDP and 49% of manufacturing GDP. However, the pandemic has caused havoc in the automobile industry. The numbers have plummeted in FY21 for both production and sales as compared ...

R K Sinha The current year 2022 is a monumental milestone for the amicable relation between India and Japan. Positive diplomatic relations between the two nations were established in 1950. Apart from the teachings of Lord Buddha, the messages of peace, non-violence, and brotherhood unite the spirits of both countries. Apart from the religion of Buddhism, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore is ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 16, 2022 On the occasion of the Foundation Day of L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) Mithu Tulsi Chanrai Campus Bhubaneswar on Sunday, a new facility, “NTPC Operating Room Complex,” was inaugurated. NTPC Executive Director (HR) MSD Bhattamishra inaugurated the NTPC Operating Room Complex from New Delhi via virtual connect. Speaking during the event, Bhattamishra said ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 16, 2022 After Delhi and Kolkata, KISS Residential School will now be opened in Mumbai as per the memorandum of understanding signed between city-based KISS and Choice Welfare Foundation of Mumbai.  Sunil Patodia signed the agreement on behalf of the Choice Welfare Foundation, while Achyuta Samanta, Founder, KIIT & KISS signed on behalf of KISS. Choice – KISS Residential ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 16, 2022 Three new facilities — NTPC Operating Room Complex, courtesy NTPC Ltd; and Digital Library and Special Needs Vision Clinic for persons and children with vision loss and special needs, courtesy Columbus Global Services India Pvt Ltd. — were inaugurated at LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) Mithu Tulsi Chanrai Campus here today on the occasion ...