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PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 2, 2021             Mini-Ratna Company Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) which broke all its previous records by achieving the highest ever production and coal dispatch in the financial year 2020-21, has set a production target of 168 MT for FY 2021-22.             The Coal India Limited (CIL) subsidiary achieved highest ever production of 148.01 million tonnes (MT) ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 1, 2021 When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. The pandemic in FY 2020-21 had initially dampened the spirits of the railway men across the zone. With trains cancelled due to COVID-19 lockdown in the initial months of April, May and June, the loading figure by the end of July was -14% as compared ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 1, 2021 Are you discarding your old garments? Or, clothes spilling out of your wardrobe? Don’t worry. You can help somebody by donating them to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) as the civic body today launched a one-of-its-kind initiative called ‘Wheel of Kindness’ to donate clothes to the poor, needy and homeless people living in the ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, APRIL 1, 2021 Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. (JSPL) joined the State in celebrating the 86th Foundation Day of Odisha. Greeting the people of Odisha through social media platforms, JSPL Chairman Naveen Jindal wrote “Heartiest congratulations and greetings to the people of Odisha on the 86th Statehood Day. May Lord Jagannath bless the State with happiness and ...

TBB BUREAU JODA, APRIL 1, 2021 With an objective to provide better medical facilities to the locals, Tata Steel dedicated an ambulance with advanced life support system to the people of Joda in a ceremony at Tata Steel Hospital, here today. Dr Sisir Kumari Patnaik, Gynecologist, Community Health Centre, Kamarjoda and Dr. Jagadish Sahu, Medical Officer, Community Health Centre, Kumarjoda ...

Paradip Port sets all-time record in cargo handling TBB BUREAU PARADIP, APRIL 1, 2021 The Paradip Port Trust (PPT) has created an all-time history for the Port by handling a record 114.55 million metric tonnes (MMT) of cargo in the Financial Year 2020-21. With this, PPT achieved the coveted 100 MMT of cargo handling for the fourth consecutive year. Sharing ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, MARCH 31, 2021 Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. (JSPL) on Wednesday observed the 16th death anniversary of its founder Om Prakash Jindal (Bauji) with a special prayer and various charitable activities at Angul. In a programme held at Devbhoomi Temple, employees of JSPL led by Hridayeshwar Jha, Executive Director of the Angul unit, Damodar Mittal, Ravi Shankar ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, MARCH 31, 2021 Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) observed the 16th death anniversary of its founder Om Prakash Jindal at the pellet plant premises on Wednesday. Following strict Covid guidelines, a series of programmes were organised to commemorate the day. Barbil plant Head Brij Badhadra along with other department heads and colleagues paid floral tribute to ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 30, 2021            In a first in Odisha, the Nuclear Medicine team at the city-based Apollo Cancer Centres has successfully performed PET-guided biopsy recently. PET-guided biopsy is a unique modern technique of per-cutaneous biopsy procedure under PET-CT guidance. PET-guided biopsy is such a real time biopsy procedure which guides the interventional Nuclear Medicine physician to take ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, MARCH 30, 2021 Keeping in view the growing health care needs of the people and the lack of super speciality facilities in Sundergarh region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to Rourkela on April 1, 2015, had promised the people of this region to set up a Super Specialty Hospital at Ispat General Hospital (IGH).  In ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MAR 30 India’s largest power generation company Tata Power has bagged an order to develop 60 mega watt (MW) solar project for Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL). The company has received a letter of award from GUVNL on March 26, 2021, to develop a 60 MW solar project in Gujarat, Tata Power said in a ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MARCH 30, 2021                   Benchmark Sensex went up by 1,128 points to close at 50,136.58 on Tuesday as financials, IT and energy stocks advanced amid positive global cues. The 30-share BSE index ended 1,128.08 points or 2.30 per cent higher at 50,136.58.         The broader NSE Nifty also settled at a nearly two-week high of 14,845.10, showing ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, MARCH 30, 2021 As part of its CSR initiative, Paradip Port Trust (PPT), in association with Santha Arakshita Das Foundation & Olasuni Gumpha Development Trust, organised a mega health camp at Balipadia, Jajpur on Sunday. PPT Deputy Chairman AK Bose inaugurated the camp in which over 1,000 patients were treated and given free medicines. A team led ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 30, 2021   The 24th National Federation Cup in Patiala earlier this month has provided the coaching staff at the Reliance Foundation (RF) Odisha Athletics High Performance Center (HPC) in Bhubaneswar further confidence that the meticulously crafted programme for athletes under their wing is on the right track. Two athletes from the HPC – Amlan Borgohain ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 28, 2021 Banks will conduct special clearing operations exclusively for government cheques on March 31 to facilitate accounting of all the government transactions for the current fiscal. In a notification to all scheduled banks along with small finance banks and the National Payments Corporation of India, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said that it is mandatory ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAR 27, 2021 As the ongoing projects under Sambalpur Railway Division is causing temporary inconvenience to people, railway authorities have appealed to citizens to bear with the adjustments as these are being undertaken keeping in mind the greater public interest. According to an East Coast Railway (ECoR) statement, thoroughfare on 1-8 Km stretch Sambalpur Road Station-Khetrajpur is ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 27, 2021 At a time when healthcare is on the top of the government’s policy checklist, the PPP (Public-Private-Partnership) mode has taken on an altogether new dimension in Hirakud of Sambalpur District. Hindalco, the flagship of the Aditya Birla Group, in partnership with the Govt Hirakud Hospital Sambalpur has taken a number of immunisation initiatives to ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 26, 2021 Scientists of the Centre for Nanosciences & Molecular Medicine at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham have launched a unique three-ply N96 nano mask based on cutting-edge nanotechnology. This cost effective mask offers far superior filtration and breathability than the conventional N95 and surgical masks, the scientists claimed. This long-lasting, skin-friendly, odor-free and reusable Amrita N96 Nano ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 26, 2021 The Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai and TransStadia in Ahmedabad have been confirmed as host venues for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said on Friday. The tournament will be held in India from January 20 to February 6, 2022. “The Asian Football ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 25, 2021 As many as 14 coal blocks in Odisha are among the 67 coal blocks which will be auctioned as the Centre on Thursday launched its second tranche of auction of commercial coal mining. Machhakata, Mahanadi, Nuagaon Telisahi, Ramchandi promotion block, Alaknanda, Bartap, Burapahar, Dip extension of Belpahar, Dip side of Chatabar, Kardabahal-Brahmanbil, Kosala West, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 25, 2021 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday laid the foundation stone for re-development of Kalinga Studio, here. The Studio will be developed spreading into three different Zones comprising infrastructure such as multi sized indoor shooting halls with all modern facilities, make-believe shooting locales, theme based parks, post-production facilities such as dubbing and mixing studio, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 25, 2021 KIIT & KISS fraternity felicitated CA Bhavani Devi, a KIIT student, who qualified for Tokyo Olympics 2021 in Fencing. She has earned the distinction of becoming the first-ever Indian to qualify for the Olympics in Fencing. A felicitation ceremony for the ace fencer was organized at KIIT-DU in presence of distinguished personalities including KITT ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MARCH 25 2021  Extending the reach of its dynamic content catalogue, India’s first and leading aggregated real-life entertainment and learning streaming platform discovery+ today announced its launch on Jio set top box. Through this partnership, discovery+ will bring to JioFiber users its world-class content across 40+ genres such as Science, Adventure, Food, Lifestyle Animation among others. discovery+ ...

TBB BUREAU GURUGRAM, MARCH 25, 2021 BMW Motorrad India on Thursday launched the all-new BMW M 1000 RR – the first M model from the company. Available as completely built-up units (CBU), the motorcycles can be booked at all BMW Motorrad India dealerships from today onwards. The all-new BMW M 1000 RR is the first M model from BMW Motorrad ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR/ RAIPUR, MARCH 24, 2021 India’s leading infrastructure steel manufacturer Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) has been awarded the most prestigious Resilient Supply Chain of the Year -Manufacturing Award at the 6th India Logistics & Supply Chain Awards 2020 held in Mumbai recently. Renowned industrialist Naveen Jindal-led  company’s smart solutions and approach got recognized as “The Resilient ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, MAR 24, 2021 Paradeep Phosphates Limited (PPL) celebrated the 10th Foundation Day of its Group Adventz on Tuesday. PPL chief Ranjit Singh Chugh inaugurated a number of events to mark the celebration. The day started with Swatchh Bharat initiative at Township, followed by mini marathon, cyclothon and plantation drive. Chugh also inaugurated a dedicated Mobile Health Unit ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 24, 2021 Reaffirming the commitment to conduct business sustainably, Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd. (DBSIL) has launched a Sustainability Report which reflects the company‘s philosophy, approach, commitment and performance with regards to the triple bottom line i.e. social, environmental and financial approach to identify the societal impact created by an organisation. Developed in accordance ...

TBB BUREAU JODA, MAR 24, 2021 As part of its Affirmative Action Policy and efforts towards inclusive growth and development of Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities, Tata Steel Foundation awarded ‘Jyoti Fellowship’ to 209 meritorious students of Joda and Khondbond region at a mega function today. Champua Sub-Collector Pratap Pritimaya graced the occasion as chief guest along ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 23, 2021 The Union Government today allowed people above 45 years to get vaccinated against coronavirus from April 1. “It has been decided that from 1st April, the vaccine will open for everybody above 45 years of age. We request that all eligible should immediately register and get vaccinated,” said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar about the ...

TBB BUREAU AHMEDABAD, MARCH 23, 2021 India’s largest private ports and logistics company Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) Ltd. will acquire the 58.1 per cent stake held by DVS Raju and family in Gangavaram Port Limited (GPL) for Rs 3,604 crore. To recall, APSEZ had announced the acquisition of Warburg Pincus’s 31.5 per cent stake in GPL on ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 22, 2021 The Centre has made a co-contribution amount of Rs 57,078.22 lakh disbursed till February 2021 under Atal Pension Yojana, informed Anurag Singh Thakur, Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. The Minister further stated that the Central Government co-contributes 50 ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 22, 2021 Department of Posts will be organising Universal Postal Union (UPU)’s 2021 International Letter Writing Competition for Young People in all States of the country through the respective Postal Circle Offices. The subject for the Competition is “Write a letter to a family member about your experience with COVID-19” and shall be open to ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 22, 2021 Calling upon to step up water conservation efforts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the better India manages rainwater, the lesser the country’s dependence on groundwater. Launching the ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain’ campaign on World Water Day today via videoconferencing, the Prime Minister said that the challenge of the ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, MARCH 21, 2021 “For inclusive development of a country, strong socio-economic structure is necessary along with the industrial advancement,” said the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind. Speaking on the occasion of inauguration of a Super Specialty Hospital in the Rourkela Steel Plant today, the President said that Rourkela Steel Plant has played a major role in ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, MARCH 21, 2021  One objective of the National Education Policy is to make India a global knowledge super power in 21st century and institutions like NIT Rourkela have to play a major role in achieving these national aims, said the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, while addressing the 18th annual convocation of NIT Rourkela in Rourkela ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 20, 2021 The passing of the bill to amend the Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Act will play a vital role in enhancing the mining sector’s contribution to the employment and GDP of the country, and contribute to the vision of an Atmanirbhar Bharat, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, MARCH 20, 2021 JSPL Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (JSPL), carried out a slew of welfare activities to mark the birthday of Savitri Jindal Ji, Chairperson Emeritus of OP Jindal Group. The Foundation provided dry ration packets to the inmates of various care homes at Angul. Officials of Jindal Mahila Samiti, Angul ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 20, 2021 Following the International Chess Federation (FIDE)’s policy to include chess in school level study curriculum, the same is being executed in different nations across the world. In this context, All India Chess Federation (AICF) has also decided to include chess in school curriculum. Accordingly, AICF and All Odisha Chess Association (AOCA) have chosen Kalinga ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 20, 2021 Exclusive Motors Pvt. Ltd., the leader in the super luxury car market and pioneers in bringing super luxury and the most iconic brands to India, has brought the New Bentley Bentayga and New Flying Spur to the Capital City of Odisha to give the valued customers an opportunity to experience the luxury and comfort ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 19, 2021 Experts have underlined the importance of sleep for physical and mental wellbeing on World Sleep Day on Friday. The Shri Ram Chandra Mission (Heartfulness Institute) organised a well-being webinar “A capsule of energy – Yoga practices and sleep” as part of Yoga for Unity and Well-being programme by Heartfulness Institute being held in the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 18, 2021 State-run Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) today paid Rs 1,000 crore interim dividend to the State government for the financial year 2020-21. On behalf of OMC, State Steel & Mines Minister Prafulla Mallick handed over the cheque amounting to Rs 1,000 crore to Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, in presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Among ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, MARCH 18, 2021 JSPL Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL), on Wednesday awarded 60 rural women here for becoming community role models for their entrepreneurship skills. Recipients of JSPL Foundation-facilitated training in respective fields, the awardees of Deojhar and Kandra gram panchayats in Keonjhar district, have been able to bring a significant ...

PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 18, 2021 With a vision to expand its reach to the consumers, Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd. (DBSIL) on Thursday announced the launch of its packaged sugar under the brand name “Dalmia Utsav”. In the initial phase of the transition from B2B to B2C segment, DBSIL launches Sulphur Free White Crystal Sugar and Natural Brown ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 18, 2021 Scientists from Bangalore have developed a highly reliable, High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMTs) that is a normally OFF device and can switch currents up to 4A and operates at 600V. This first-ever indigenous HEMT device made from gallium nitride (GaN) is useful in electric cars, locomotives, power transmission and other areas requiring high ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 17, 2021       The Odisha government on Wednesday requested the Union Health Ministry for inclusion of journalists and many categories of persons who are at risk of exposure to infection due to the nature of their work, as frontline workers for Covid-19 vaccination. In a letter to Union Health and Family Welfare Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, Odisha ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 17, 2021 The Industrial Policy of Odisha recognizes Apparel and Textiles, including Technical Textiles as one of the five Focus Sectors and a number of attractive fiscal and non-fiscal incentives for the promotion and development of the sector have been laid out, said Odisha Industry and MSME Minister Captain Dibya Shankar Mishra.  Speaking at the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 17, 2021 Sunil Kumar Satya has joined as Regional Executive Director (Eastern Region-II) NTPC Ltd. A graduate in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Surat, Satya worked in Maruti Udyog Limited for one year before joining NTPC in the year 1987 as 12th batch Executive Trainee. He worked in various capacities in NTPC power plants such as Auraiya ...

PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 17, 2021 In a bid to expand its market reach and target the mass market, India’s leading air conditioning brand Blue Star has launched its new range of ‘Mass Premium’ split air conditioners. With this strategic foray, Blue Star has rolled out a series of split ACs at affordable prices, which are of the same high quality, reliability ...

L&T construction arm bags significant orders TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MARCH 16, 2021 The construction arm of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured ‘significant’ orders for setting water and effluent treatment plants in Odisha and a cement plant in Rajasthan. The water & effluent treatment business of L&T Construction has secured EPC orders from the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Department ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 16, 2021 In line with the 2021 theme of International Women’s Day #ChooseToChallenge, Amway India, one of the country’s leading FMCG direct selling companies, is commemorating Women’s month with a gamut of women-centric programs across India. Corresponding to the global theme which signifies that a, “challenged world is an alert world, and challenge leads to change” ...