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TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 14, 2021 Amway India, one of the country’s leading FMCG direct selling companies, today announced the launch of its Nutrilite Vitamin C Cherry Plus intended for individuals with weakened immunity that comes with the benefit of extended-release technology. The Nutrilite Vitamin C Cherry Plus provides steady release of Vitamin C into the body for over 8 ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 14, 2021 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended his best wishes to the people of Odisha on the auspicious occasion of Raja Parba on Monday. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, “Best wishes on the auspicious occasion of Raja Parba. I pray for the good health and well-being of everyone.”

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 13, 2021 ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) today delivered the second tranche of a consignment of 5,020 medical grade oxygen cylinders and 2,000 units of flowmeters to Odisha for people affected with COVID-19. Lakshmi Mahapatra, Head of Corporate Affairs (Odisha Operations) at AM/NS India, handed over the oxygen cylinders to Odisha State Medical Corporation Limited ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 13, 2021 Keeping vaccination drives for all sections of the society in mind, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced a unique one for students going abroad for higher studies. While 83 students are enlisted after verification of the necessary documents, 19 have already been administered the Covishield doses at two designated centres at PN College, ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 12, 2021 The GST Council on Saturday decided to slash rates of several Covid-relief items to 5 per cent from existing 12-18 per cent levels. Addressing the media after the meeting, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the council agreed to go with the recommendations of the Group of Ministers (GoM). Union Minister for Finance ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, JUNE 12, 2021 In line with its efforts to support Odisha’s fight against Covid-19, the Rajgangpur Unit of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited [DCBL] has donated eight Oxygen Concentrators to the Sundargarh District Administration for the benefit of the people affected with the novel coronavirus. DCBL Rajgangpur Deputy Executive Director Saroj Kumar Rout and Corporate Affairs Department’s Sanjib ...

TBB BUREAU AHMEDABAD, JUNE 12, 2021 The Adani Group’s flagship company Adani Enterprises has incorporated a new wholly-owned subsidiary Adani Cement Industries with an authorized share capital of Rs 10 lakh and paid-up capital of Rs 5 lakh, the company today informed the stock exchanges. The newly incorporated company will be headquartered in Gujarat, Adani Enterprises said in a regulatory ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 12, 2021     Reliance Jio has introduced ‘Jio Freedom Plans’, which include five new ‘no daily data limit’ prepaid schemes. The new prepaid plans come with 30-day cycle and multiple validity. These plans will offer ‘uncapped-data and unlimited voice’ with validity cycles of 15 days, 30 days, 60 days, 90 days and 365 days, as per ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, JUNE 11, 2021 JSW Steel (mines division) in Odisha has intensified its precautionary measures against COVID as per the guidelines of the Government and the health authorities. All the mines and its offices continue to operate, ensuring adherence to stringent COVID-19 guidelines issued by the central and state authorities. Following the increase of positive cases in the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 10, 2021 The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) on Thursday signed an MoU with Odisha State Open University (OSOU) for academic collaboration. The prime objectives of the MoU are to work together in the field of Academics, Training, Research, Faculty development, and organising joint workshops and seminars for the benefit of the students and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 10, 2021 HCL TechBee is an early career program, meant for aspirants waiting to get full time jobs after completion of class XII. The program offers IT engineering jobs by equipping the students with future-ready skills. It prepares students technically and professionally for entry-level IT jobs in HCL where candidates undergo extensive 12-month training for these ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 10, 2021 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has launched its much-acclaimed Online Labs for School Experiments called Olabs in Maldives for all of the island country’s schools. OLabs enables school students anywhere in the world to conduct online lab experiments more efficiently and less expensively through the Internet. It has been developed by the varsity in partnership with ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 9, 2021 GAIL (India) Limited recorded Turnover of Rs. 15,472 crore in Q4 FY21 vis a vis Rs. 15,386 crore Q3 FY21, Profit before Tax (PBT) in Q4 FY21 increased by 40% to Rs. 2,612 crore as against Rs. 1,868 crore in previous Q3 FY21.  The Profit after Tax (PAT) jumped by 28% to Rs. ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, JUNE 9, 2021 Accepting the proposals of the Odisha Government and the Jagatsinghpur District Administration to actively participate in the ‘Mo School Abhiyan’ scheme, Paradeep Phosphates Limited (PPL) has contributed Rs 60 lakh from its CSR fund for the development of three schools in the district. PPL Chief Operating Officer Ranjit Singh Chugh handed over cheque worth ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 8, 2021 Vedanta Aluminium and Power Business has unveiled its maiden Sustainable Development Report, which encapsulates the Business’ performance across key sustainability parameters such as Energy Management, Water Management, Biodiversity Management, Air Quality, Health & Safety, Social Impact and Governance etc for the FY 2019-20 performance period. Launching the Sustainability Report for the business, Vedanta ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 8, 2021 Private steel behemoth Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) has reported 31 per cent year-on-year jump in its steel production to 13.71 lakh tonnes during April and May 2021. The total production in April was 6.81 lakh tonnes and 6.9 lakh tonnes in May as compared to 10.44 lakh tonnes in the same ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 8, 2021 Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan, today dedicated to the nation GAIL group’s 201 CNG stations across the country. The Minister also inaugurated the commencement of PNG supply in Jhansi and Mobile refuelling units for refuelling vehicles at Raigad. Pradhan interacted with the PNG customer family in Jhansi ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 8, 2021 Converting the dreadful COVID-19 crisis into an opportunity, a handful of rural women from underprivileged communities in Bhubaneswar are raising vegetable gardens at home, with the support of SOS Children’s Villages of India (SOSCVI), a child care NGO, as a viable source of income during the lockdown that saw men, the primary breadwinners of ...

TBB BUREAU CHENNAI, JUNE 8 India’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturer, Hinduja group flagship company Ashok Leyland on Tuesday announced the appointment of Amanpreet Singh as the Head and President of Human Resources. Prior to taking up the new responsibility, Amanpreet Singh served the Hinduja Group as its Vice President (Group Human Resources), the city-based commercial vehicle maker said in a ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 08, 2021 NITI Aayog and Piramal Foundation today launched the ‘Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyaan’ campaign in 112 Aspirational Districts to assist the district administrations in providing home-care support to Covid-19 patients who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. This campaign is under the special initiative – the Aspirational Districts Collaborative – in which local ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 8, 2021 Sterlite Power, a leading global developer of power transmission infrastructure, has been awarded the Golden Peacock HR Excellence Award (GPHRE) 2020 in the power transmission sector, for its constant efforts in building a purposeful and vibrant workplace by imbibing the key tenets of innovation, diversity, and high growth environment while ensuring the health ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, JUNE 8, 2021 Global online higher education provider upGrad on Tuesday said it will onboard 1,000 employees in the next three months in India from more than 100 campuses, including Metros and Tier-II and III cities, as the pandemic hits the job market in the country. The opportunities are available across departments like learning experience, delivery, marketing ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, JUNE 7, 2021             With the unwavering commitment and steely grit to serve the country, the collective of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) have performed remarkably in areas of production, dispatch and techno-economics in the first two months of FY2021-22 in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic. While the Steel Plant left no stone unturned to ensure safety of ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 7, 2021 State-owned Union Bank of India on Monday reported a standalone net profit of Rs 1,329.77 crore for the fourth quarter (Q4) of Financial Year 2020-21 (FY21). The Bank said the results of the quarter and year ended March 31, 2021 are not comparable with the corresponding periods of previous year  as these include ...

TBB BUREAU KOLKATA, JUNE 6, 2021         Steel maker Shyam Metalics and Energy Ltd (SMEL) has reduced the size of its Initial Public Offer (IPO) to Rs 909crore from Rs 1,107 crore as promoters decided to offload shares worth Rs 252 crore from their own stake against Rs 452 crore as planned earlier.          The IPO will hit the capital ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 6, 2021 Leading fertiliser cooperative major Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd (IFFCO)  on Sunday said that it has started commercial production of nano urea liquid and dispatched the first consignment to Uttar Pradesh. Priced at Rs 240 per bottle, the nano urea liquid is 10 per cent cheaper than the cost of a bag of ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 5, 2021 Income Tax DepartmentIn a bid to provide convenience, modern and seamless experience to the taxpayers, the Income Tax Department will launch its new e-filing portal www.incometax.gov.in on 7th June, 2021. The new portal will be integrated with immediate processing of Income Tax Returns (ITRs) to issue quick refunds to taxpayers; all interactions and ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 5, 2021 As a step towards its commitment for environment, NHPC Limited has signed E-Mobility Agreements with Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) for leasing of 25 Electric Vehicles (EVs) and supply of 3 Electric Vehicle fast chargers to NHPC including its installation and commissioning. NHPC ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, JUNE 5, 2021 Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) joined the rest of the world in observing World Environment Day on Saturday. RSP CEO Dipak Chattaraj hoisted the Environment Flag at Shilpa Konark premises in presence of senior executives and employees of the company. The Environment pledge was administered to all present on the occasion. Environment badges were also ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 5, 2021  India’s gross Good and Services Tax (GST) revenue collections remained above the psychological mark of Rs 1 lakh crore, clocking a high of Rs 1,02,709 crore in May 2021. The revenues for the month of May 2021 are 65 per cent higher than the GST revenues in the corresponding month last year. During ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, JUNE 5, 2021 Commemorating World Environment Day 2021 on the theme ‘Ecosystem Restoration’, Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) organised a massive plantation programme in the residential area and pellet plant premises at Barbil on Saturday. Adhering to COVID guidelines and maintaining physical distancing, more than 100 workers, employees and their family members of various age groups ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, JUNE 5, 2021 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) Chairman-cum-Managing Director PK Sinha today emphasized on inclusive approach to protect the environment and increase the green cover on Mother Earth, as the company planned for plantation of 2.7 lakh trees over 150 hectares of land in Odisha during the current financial year. On the occasion of World Environment Day-2021, ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 5, 2021 India has advanced the target date for achieving 20 per cent ethanol-blending in petrol by five years to 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday Speaking at the release of ethanol blending road map 2020-25 on the occasion of World Environment Day today, Modi said “the target for mixing 20 per cent ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 4, 2021 Vedanta, one of the world’s leading Oil & Gas and Metals companies, will launch a mega green cover initiative to commemorate World Environment Day on Saturday. As part of the Vedanta Cares Green Cover initiative, which will be virtually inaugurated by Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal, the company’s employees and business partners will be able ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, JUNE 4, 2021 JSPL Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) has come forward to support the needy and struggling farming community in this global pandemic and distributed fertilizer among them for the Kharif paddy cultivation. About 60 marginal and Covid-hit farmers of nearby villages under Deojhar and Kandra gram panchayats of Keonjhar ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 3, 2021 Reliance Jio, the No. 1 digital service provider in Odisha, has successfully completed deployment of the additional 20 MHz spectrum acquired in the recent spectrum auctions, across Odisha, further enhancing subscriber experience in the state. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL) in March announced that it had successfully acquired the right to use spectrum in ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 3, 2021 As many as 50,000 startups have been recognised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) till date, an official statement said today. Startup India is a flagship initiative of the government launched on January 16, 2016. The initiative is intended to catalyse a startup culture and build a strong ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 3, 2021 Union Commerce Secretary Dr Anup Wadhawan on Thursday said that India’s export performance continues to be impressive, with provisional data of merchandise exports in May 2021 showing a significant growth of 67.39 per cent over May 2020 level and 7.93 per cent over May 2019 level. Talking to media, he said that Merchandise ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 3, 2021 The COVID pandemic and sluggish overseas markets cast their shadow over India’s resurgent seafood sector as the country exported 11,49,341 MT of marine products worth Rs 43,717.26 crore (US$ 5.96 billion) during FY 2020-21, registering a contraction of 10.88 per cent as compared to a year earlier. USA, China and the European Union ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 3, 2021 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India today signed a $2.5 million project readiness financing (PRF) loan to support project preparation and design activities to upgrade major district roads in Sikkim that will help improve connectivity to important towns, rural areas, and pilgrimage and tourist destinations in the northeastern state. ...

TBB BUREAU GURUGRAM, JUNE 3, 2021 German luxury carmaker BMW on Thursday said it has launched a contactless vehicle service initiative for its customers in India. The BMW Contactless Service enables customers to book vehicle service, review service-related quotations, and make payments securely online, the company noted. “At BMW, we strongly believe in leveraging new-age technologies to augment our brand’s ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 2, 2021 Tata Power’s TP Central Odisha Distribution Ltd. (TPCODL) on Wednesday celebrated the completion of the first year of its successful operations in Odisha. Since its acquisition a year ago, TPCODL has consistently presented sustainable, affordable and innovative energy solutions to its customers in Odisha. As India’s largest private sector power distribution company, Tata Power ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 2, 2021 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), the apex regulatory body for overall regulation and licensing of regional rural banks and apex cooperative banks in India, has sanctioned Rs 254 crore to Odisha under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for setting up of two mega piped drinking water supply projects, official sources said. ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 1, 2021 State-owned steel maker RINL on Monday said Kishore Chandra Das has been assigned additional charge as its Chairman and Managing Director with effect from June 1, 2021.          The additional charge to Das has been given for a period of one month or until further orders, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) said in a statement.        ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, JUNE 1, 2021 Union Minister Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday dedicated a 270-bed COVID Care Centre at Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) Plant Angul, in presence of Odisha Health & Family Welfare Minister Naba Kisore Das and JSPL Chairman Naveen Jindal. Sambalpur MP Nitesh Ganga Deb, Chhendipada MLA Susanta Kumar ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MAY 31, 2021 Following the recommendations of the GST Council, the Centre has extended the deadline to file GST returns for May by 15 days till June 26. The GST Council, in its 43rd meeting on May 28, had decided to extend certain compliance relaxations on account of Covid-19. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 31, 2021 The Odisha State Government on Monday announced that its dedicated COVID-19 WhatsApp helpdesk is now equipped to help citizens get access to official COVID-19 updates, verified information and vaccination slot bookings. The helpdesk will guide citizens through the vaccination process right from registration on the CoWin app to finding a vaccine slot in their ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 31, 2021 There is a special joy in the ‘Art of Giving’ and Prof. Achyuta Samanta, the founder of KIIT & KISS, has made it to another global fame for his obsessive bend towards humanitarian causes. His ‘Art of Giving’ has won the second position in the 2021 MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship by Talloires Network ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 31, 2021 In a major step towards ensuring fully logistic support to the Odisha Government, Orissa Stevedores Limited (OSL) carried out the Customs and Airport clearances of a special cargo flight carrying the consignment of 1300 medical grade oxygen cylinders as well as other medical consumables which were airlifted from China and landed at Biju Patnaik ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MAY 31, 2021 Delivering on its commitment to ensure the health and well-being of its people, Vedanta has launched a mega vaccination drive across its locations to cover all employees, their families and business partners. The company has received 50,000 doses of the vaccine and employees and family members are being inoculated across business units. Vedanta ...