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TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 23, 2022 PayU announced today said that it has successfully tokenized over 50 million cards to date. PayU has the potential to tokenize 90% of all domestic transactions, as it is live with India’s largest payment networks – Visa, Mastercard and RuPay, and fully certified by them as a token requestor and token provider. PayU ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, SEPT 23, 2022 The Kingdom of Bhutan today reopened its borders to international guests after the COVID-19 pandemic. The country has unveiled a new tourism strategy, underpinned by transformations in three key areas: enhancements to its sustainable development policies, infrastructure upgrades, and the elevation of the guest experience. Bhutan’s noble policy of High Value, Low Volume tourism ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 23, 2022 Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Friday said that it has acquired a 20 per cent stake in California-based solar tech firm Caelux for USD 12 million as it strengthens its new energy manufacturing capabilities. Reliance New Energy Limited (RNEL), a wholly owned subsidiary of RIL, today signed definitive agreements to invest in Caelux Corporation, ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, SEPT 23, 2022           Tata Steel Board of Directors on Thursday approved a proposal to merge with itself six of its subsidiary companies.           “The Board of Directors of Tata Steel considered and approved schemes for the proposed amalgamation of six subsidiaries into and with Tata Steel,” the statement issued by Tata Steel said.            The subsidiaries ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 22, 2022 Notwithstanding pandemic induced adversities, Navratna CPSE National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) achieved many new milestones in the financial year 2021-22 (FY22), said a senior executive of the Company. Addressing the shareholders during the 41st Annual General Meeting on Thursday, NALCO Chairman & Managing Director Sridhar Patra said that FY 2021-22 was a historic year ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, SEPT 22, 2022 In its effort to simplify the insurance buying process, SBI General Insurance has strengthened its collaboration with WhatsApp to launch an enhanced version of its WhatsApp chatbot. This will further enable easy access to insurance products through the popular messaging platform. It has made available a larger array of Health Insurance products and introduced ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, SEPT 22, 2022 Rajbhasha Quiz and Story Writing competitions marked observance of Hindi Pakhwada in NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters, Ranchi. NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters is observing Hindi Pakhwada from September 14 to 29. As part of the programme, various competitions among its employees and their family members are held. To encourage and popularise the use of Hindi ...

TBB BUREAU VARANASI, SEPT 22, 2022 Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited (USFBL), celebrated its 13th Foundation Day today with the inauguration of 22 branch outlets across the country. Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited MD & CEO Govind Singh virtually inaugurated the branches  across various States and Union Territories, namely Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha Karnataka, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan Maharashtra ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 22, 2022 German audio giant Sennheiser today announced exciting offers across its range of best-selling products during one of the biggest sales of the year – the Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale. Starting from 23rd September 2022 and 22nd September for Prime Members, the sale will offer customers an opportunity to get hands-on on Sennheiser ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 22, 2022 REC has been accorded with the status of a ‘Maharatna’ Central Public Sector Enterprise, thus getting greater operational and financial autonomy. An order to this effect was issued yesterday by the Department of Public Enterprises, under the Ministry of Finance. Incorporated in 1969, REC is an NBFC focusing on Power Sector Financing and ...

TBB BUREAU KOLKATA, SEPT 22, 2022 Sharvari Wagh, Bollywood’s latest heart-throb and P.C. Chandra Jewellers’ new brand ambassador, was recently congratulated by the leading jewellery brand on winning the Filmfare award in the Best Female Debut category for Bunty Aur Babli 2. Going by its tradition of recognising talent and supporting them to achieve their dreams, Uday Kumar Chandra, Managing ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 22, 2022 Private lender ICICI Bank on Thursday announced the launch of ‘Festive Bonanza’, a wide variety of offers for all its customers at the onset of the festive season. The customers can enjoy the benefit of discounts and cashbacks upto Rs. 25,000 which can be availed using the Bank’s credit cards, debit cards, internet banking, ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU, SEPT 22, 2022 L&T Technology Services Limited, a global leading pure-play engineering services company, today announced the launch of the first-ever Digital Engineering Awards, in association with Information Services Group (ISG), a leading global technology research and advisory firm, and business news channel CNBC TV18 in India. The Digital Engineering Awards recognize outstanding leaders who challenge the ...

TBB BUREAU PUNE, SEPT 22, 2022 Bajaj Finance Limited (BFL), the lending arm of Bajaj Finserv Limited and India’s largest and highly diversified NBFC company, is making the shopping experience for its customers more exciting this festive season. From September 23, 2022, customers can browse a range of products at Amazon Great Indian Festival at attractive prices and discounts and ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 22, 2022 To promote Digital India initiative over Indian Railways, digital method of transactions for purchase of food items through catering units at Railway Stations is being encouraged and 8,878 static units are having the facility of digital payment. This apart, handheld PoS machines are being provided at catering units to generate printed bills and ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, SEPT 22, 2022 Celcius Logistics, India’s fastest growing cold-chain marketplace startup, today announced the launch of its smart last mile delivery platform that addresses and fixes the most pertinent pain points in India’s fragile cold supply chains. The brand has also partnered with vehicle owners and automotive manufacturers to create a robust on ground network of reefer ...

TBB BUREAU JODA/BARBIL, SEPT 21, 2022 JSP Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel & Power (JSP), recently launched a Tailoring Training-cum-Production Centre at Jan Jeevika Kendra of JSP Pellet Plant in Deojhar Gram Panchayat, Barbil, reaching out to aspiring underprivileged women from the tribal predominant region of Joda-Barbil in Keonjhar District. The centre was inaugurated by JSP Pellet Plant ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 21, 2022 Dalmia Bharat Limited (DBL), one of the nation’s leading cement manufacturers, is accelerating its commitment towards becoming carbon negative by 2040 through its transformative and collaborative strategy roadmap. The company revealed its larger purpose that emphasized innovation, growth and sustainability through shared synergies with multiple organisations, social entities and governing bodies. These include ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 21, 2022 Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. was selected on Monday to develop the Tajpur deep sea port in West Bengal at a planned investment of Rs 25,000 crore, of which Rs 15,000 crore will go toward port development and the rest toward building related infrastructure. The latest win adds more muscle to India’s ...

TBB BUREAU PUNE, SEPT 21, 2022 Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance, one of India’s leading private life insurers, emerged as the top riser brand across industries in the latest Kantar BrandZ India 2022 Report. The Report features the Most Valuable Indian Brands based on financial value and overall brand contribution. This is the fourth time in a row that Bajaj Allianz ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU, SEPT 21, 2022  Loox5 encapsulates the essence of four generations of lighting systems that have redefined home ambience and ergonomics over the last 12 years. With its high-quality LEDs, the Loox5 system provides high quality illumination to every desired nook and corner. It impresses with assembly that easily integrates in furniture production processes, smart and easy-to-use light ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 21, 2022 Quantela Inc, India’ surban infrastructure digitization leader, and the registration wing of the government of Odisha jointly announced a new partnership to provide digital land registry services in Odisha. The partnership aims to enhance the land and property transaction process for the citizens by improving the current computerized e-Registration services offered at 191 registration ...

TBB BUREAU SAN FRANCISCO, SEPT 21, 2022 Mindtree, a global technology services and digital transformation company, on Wednesday announced the launch of Construction 360, a comprehensive, integrated cloud-based Salesforcesolution designed to enable construction companies to streamline processes and increase productivity.   Launched at Dreamforce 2022, Construction 360 combines Mindtree’s extensive domain expertise, cloud capabilities, and NxT product suite with Salesforce’s ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 21, 2022 The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the National Logistics Policy. The Policy lays down an overarching interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral, multi-jurisdictional and comprehensive policy framework for the logistics sector. The policy complements the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan. While PM GatiShakti National Master Plan is aimed at integrated infrastructure development, ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 21, 2021 Keeping in view the growing demand for semiconductors across the globe, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved certain modifications in the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for its manufacturing. Under the modified programme, a uniform fiscal support of 50 per cent of project cost shall be provided across all technology nodes for setting up ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 21, 2021 The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy’s proposal for implementation of the Production Linked Incentive Scheme (Tranche II) on ‘National programme on High Efficiency Solar PV Modules’, with an outlay of Rs.19,500 crore for achieving manufacturing capacity of Giga Watt (GW) scale in ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 21, 2022 Flag Foundation of India (FFoI) is remembering the historic day of 22nd September 1995 as a milestone day in the struggle to democratize the Indian Tricolour, our beloved Tiranga. On this day in 1995, present FFoI President, Naveen Jindal filed a writ petition in Delhi High Court seeking to amend the Flag code ...

TBB BUREAU NEW YORK/BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 20, 2022 Bhubaneswar-headquartered CSM Tech Pvt. Ltd, an Indian IT consulting firm with business footprints in Africa, the US and Dubai, has joined the league of 376 signatories to have signed the Climate Pledge for achieving a net-zero world by 2040. The company is the seventh Indian firm and the first from Odisha to be ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 20, 2022 HomeLane, India’s choice for on-time home interiors, launched its first Experience Centre in Bhubaneswar as part of the company’s strategic planto widen its presence in Tier-2 markets across India, including Odisha. HomeLane made an investment of Rs 50 lakh to set up the new Experience Centre here. The new 3,048 sq. ft HomeLane Experience ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI/ BHUBANESWAR, SEP 20, 2022 Honda Cars India Ltd. (HCIL), a leading manufacturer of premium cars in India, has announced a nationwide service camp across its authorized dealership facilities in 239 cities from September 21 to 30 as a part of the company’s customer-centric initiatives to provide an enhanced ownership experience. Honda customers can avail attractive offers ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, SEPT 19, 2022 On World Ozone Day, Vedanta Aluminium, in association with the Regional Office of Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) and DAV Public School, conducted an awareness campaign for students at Jharsuguda to sensitize the students on ozone depletion, its impact on the climate and individual responsibility, aligned to this year’s theme of ‘Montreal Protocol@35: ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 19, 2022 Eminent Odia writer and veteran journalist Dr. Gourahari Das has been selected to get the 43rd edition of the prestigious Sarala Puraskar. Dr. Das will receive the award for his short-story collection “Bagha O Anyanya Galpa”, published by Timepass Publication in 2018. Dr. Das, who is the Editor (Feature) of leading Odia daily “The ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI/ BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 19, 2022 Union Bank of India on Monday announced an industry-first, farmer-focused end-to-end digitalization of Kisan Credit Card (KCC) product as part of the flagship Digital Transformation project ‘Sambhav’, to digitize KCC lending process, making it more efficient and farmer friendly. Digitalization of Kisan Credit Card is a Fintech initiative of Union Bank of India ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 19, 2022 Pepperfry, the leading ecommerce furniture and home goods company, announced the launch of its New Studio in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The offline expansion is in line with the company’s aim to penetrate into niche markets and strengthen its omnichannel consumer engagement in home and living space in India. Pepperfry’s studio footprint currently spans across 90+ ...

TBB BUREAU JODA, SEPT 19, 2022 The Khondbond Iron and Manganese Mine of Tata Steel, located at Joda in Keonjhar district of Odisha, has won prestigious Pollution Control Excellence Award-2022 under ‘Mines’ category. The award instituted by Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB), was presented by State Forest & Environment Minister Pradip Kumar Amat on the occasion of OSPCB’s 39th ...

TBB BUREAU GANGTOK, SEPT 19, 2022 International Red Panda Day is celebrated every year on the third Saturday of September to support Red Panda conservation. It is a day to celebrate the Himalayan Mountains’ elusive Firefox and generate much-needed awareness about the species. Taking a step forward in the conservation efforts, SBI Foundation and WWF India entered into a partnership ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 19, 2022 Dalmia Bharat Limited (DBL), one of the nation’s leading cement manufacturers, celebrated the valuable contributions of 123 veteran contractors across the Eastern region, including 35 from Odisha, at its ‘Aap Hai Sachche Viswakarma’ felicitation initiative. Saluting elderly retired contractors whose expertise and craftsmanship have made innumerable dream homes of individual house builders a reality, ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, SEPT 17, 2022 NTPC Coal Mining on Saturday entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET) for skill development programme for the coal mining project-affected youths. The MoA was signed at a function held at the NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters (CMHQ), here. Under this agreement, CIPET will provide job-oriented ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, SEPT 17, 2022 Naveen Jindal-led Jindal Steel and Power (JSP) on Saturday celebrated Vishwakarma Puja at its Angul Plant premises. JSP Managing Director Bimlendra Jha, Chief Executive Officer (Steel Business) Dinesh Kumar Saraogi, Executive Director Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay and ED Damodar Mittal along with employees and their families and the villagers from the periphery joined the Vedic puja ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 17, 2022   Gopalpur Ports Limited (GPL) in association with the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Station, Gopalpur organised a mega beach cleanup drive on the occasion of the International Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday.  More than 400 participants along with senior port officials, Coast Guard personnel, civilians and volunteers took part in the cleanup drive organised ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 16, 2022 Following the success of their premium innerwear line, One8 by Virat Kohli, from Artimas Fashions, a subsidiary of Lux Industries, introduced a brand-new collection of luxury innerwear for men – One8 Luxury. The new collection will include 14 new styles and continues to prioritize the brand’s primary objective to bring “Comfort to the Restless,” ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 16, 2022 AJIO, India’s leading online fashion e-retailer, known for its on-trend, freshest styles and aesthetic, got India to fashion up with the ‘All-Stars Sale’, which started today. Over 1 million styles across 3500+ top Indian and International fashion brands are available at 50-90 per cent discounts. What’s more, first-time customers get an instant Rs 500 ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 16, 2022 Known for its wide selection of men’s fashion styles and bespoke tailored pieces to choose from, Turtle Limited unveiled its latest range of collection “Easy Rider” with a glamorous fashion show recently. The collection boasts an exquisite range of garments that are designed to celebrate the city riders by dressing them for the perfect ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, SEPT 16, 2022 The Lanjigarh Unit of Vedanta Limited sensitized local communities on good nutritional habits and practices during the recently concluded National Nutrition Week 2022. Employees of the company volunteered to sensitize mothers on the nutritious benefits of local/indigenous food, assisted health practitioners in checking the height and weight of babies, and recording their immunization status. The ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 15, 2022 Reliance Jio cemented its lead in the Indian telecom market as it gained 2.94 million mobile subscribers in July, data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on September 15 showed. Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel added 0.5 million subscribers in July, the data showed. Vodafone Idea lost 1.54 million subscribers in July, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 15 2022 Tata Power Odisha Discoms, serving 9 million customers across the state, are fully committed to realise the Odisha Government’s vision of Make in Odisha through reliable and quality power supply. Since its takeover of Odisha Discoms, in the past two years, the company has made significant strides in various aspects of power distribution to ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, SEPT 15, 2022 The Executive Director of Jindal Steel and Power (JSP), Hridayeshwar Jha, inaugurated the Rahasabadi Centre of Jamunda Jungle village in Angul district in the presence of the villagers, community leaders and grass root level change makers. Rahasabadi is a prominent infrastructure related to rural art, culture & heritage established in the villages in many ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, SEPT 15, 2022 Steel major Jindal Steel and Power (JSP) Managing Director Bimlendra Jha on Wednesday visited various CSR facilities of JSP, promoted by its CSR arm JSP Foundation in Angul. Jha’s visit started from “Asha the Hope”, where he interacted with 94 specially abled children and parents. Asha the Hope Centre provides Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy, Sensory ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 15, 2022 Dalmia Bharat Foundation (DBF), the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of Dalmia Bharat Group is on an accelerated path to make India’s ‘Self-reliance’ vision a reality. For this purpose, DBF has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a not-for-profit education society, NIIT Foundation to develop state-of-the-art, community-centric skill-building and educational training courses that ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 15, 2022 Electropreneur Park (EP) Bhubaneswar, a Centre of Entrepreneurship in Electronic System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) set up by the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), launched the Mining Challenge Program 2022 (MAP 2022) recently inviting solutions from start-ups and innovators, from across the country, to address problems faced by the mining industry. MAP 2022 ...