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TBB BUREAU CHHATRAPUR, SEPT 15, 2022 As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, Gopalpur Ports Limited (GPL) has opened a primary health checkup center at Duburi Chhak under Kanamana Panchayat . GPL Chief Executive Officer (CEO) VJ Rao inaugurated the health checkup center in the presence of VP (HR/IR) Ajay Kumar Mishra, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Vikash Kumar, ...

TBB BUREAU GURUGRAM/ BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 15, 2022 Ecom Express Limited, one of India’s leading technology-driven full stack logistics solutions providers to the e-commerce industry, on Thursday announced that it has expanded its footprint to over 4 million sq. ft. across its network to manage the high demands of e-commerce shipping during the festive season. Additionally, the Company has added automation ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 15, 2022 Energy giant NTPC Ltd on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Sports Development Funds (NSDF) and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) for the development of archery in India. Union Power Minister RK Singh and Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Singh Thakur were present during the MoU ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 15, 2022 Spreading festive cheer ahead of the festival season, Tata 1mg, India’s largest digital health platform, has announced its much-awaited biggest sale event, Grand Saving Days (GSD), from September 16. The five-day biannual sale will offer the best and most exclusive healthcare offers across all brands and categories to customers, including medicines, health products, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 14, 2022 In its bid to increase the business volume from Odisha, the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port of Kolkata (SMPK) evinces interest in tapping seafood export opportunities from the State. This was stated by the SMPK Chairman Vinit Kumar during an interactive session with the stakeholders of the seafood export sector here today regarding business prospects ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 14, 2022 The Automotive Industry is at the inflection point and is poised to grow fast, said Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal, while addressing the 62nd Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA) Annual Session in New Delhi today. Touching upon the theme of session, ‘Future of ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, SEPT 14, 2022 “We (Vedanta) stand testimony to what is possible if you make in Odisha. It is amongst the most favourable investment destinations in India, ably led by the stable governance, leadership, and vision of Shri Naveen Patnaik Ji which is reflected in the state’s Ease of Doing Business rankings,” said Vedanta Resources Chairman Anil Agarwal ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 14, 2022 Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday called upon IAS Officers to work with dedication for improvement in delivery of services and grievance redressal to citizens, while maintaining the principle of anonymity. As many as 175 IAS officers of the 2020 batch posted as Assistant Secretaries in various Ministries called on the Vice President ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 14, 2022 Vedanta Ltd has won the bid for two coal mines in Odisha which were put up for e-auction by the government for commercial mining purpose on Wednesday. The Anil Agarwal-led conglomerate won the bid for Ghogharpalli and its Dip Extension mines. Both the coal mines are fully explored and the total geological reserves ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, SEPT 14, 2022 In a bid to spread awareness about nutrition, healthy eating practices, and locally available nutritious food, fruits and vegetables, the CSR wing of ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) observed Nutrition Awareness Week at Nuagarh in Paradip. About 300 women and adolescent girls, Anganwadi and ANM workers from periphery villages participated in the programme. ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 14, 2022 Bank of Baroda (BoB) has raised the interest rates on retail term deposits of below Rs 2 crore by up to 0.20 per cent. The new rates have come to effect from September 13, 2022. The one-year tenor domestic and NRO (Non-Resident Ordinary) term deposit will offer an interest of 5.50 per cent, ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, SEPT 14, 2022 A public hearing was held at Paradip on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Paradip ADM KC Dhir for expansion of the Paradeep Unit IFFCO for production of Nano Fertilizer (DAP and Urea). The public hearing programme was organised by the District Administration of Jagatsinghpur and Paradip Regional Office of the Odisha State Pollution Control ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, SEPT 14, 2022 Observing Hindi Diwas on Wednesday, NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters Ranchi inaugurated observance of Hindi Pakhwada, which would conclude on September 29. On this occasion, Regional Executive Director Partha Mazumder administered Rajbhasha pledge to employees in the presence of Head of departments and senior officials. Mazumder shared the importance of Hindi Diwas and encouraged the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 14, 2022 Samco Asset Management Pvt Ltd has for the first time introduced TimerSTP, a tool that determines the right time to invest more and the time to invest less in equities with the help of Samco’s proprietary Equity Margin of Safety Index (EMOSI) indicator which is based on the margin of safety investing principle. When ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 14, 2022 A day after announcing a $19.5 billion investment with Taiwan’s Foxconn to set up semiconductor and display production plants in Gujarat,  Anil Agarwal-led conglomerate Vedanta Ltd on Wednesday said that the company would look at creating a hub to manufacture Apple’s iPhones and TV equipment, along with possibly diving into the electric vehicle ...

TBB BUREAU GURUGRAM, SEPT 14, 2022 Clensta, a new-age start-up that specializes in personal and home care goods with a strong sustainability commitment, is assertive of the fact that technology can help us address and deal with several challenges we encounter on a daily basis, thereby making life way easier. Clensta is currently moving towards adopting these technologies to meet ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, SEPT 13, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium conducted a training camp on first aid at its Jharsuguda plant wherein more than 1000 employees and business partners were oriented on the basics of first aid, use of automated external defibrillators and artificial manual breathing units, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) through demonstrations. With first aid being a critical pillar in the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 13, 2022 Leading global technology company HCL Technologies has launched an updated version of HCL AEX, an end-to-end digital workplace solution to manage growing IT complexity, transform employee experience and foster productivity.  AEX enhances user productivity by pre-emptively resolving system and application issues through unassisted automation and self-healing mechanisms. It elevates employee experience by fulfilling everyday ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 13, 2022 Modicare Limited, one of India’s fastest growing direct selling companies, on Tuesday announced the launch of Well Sports, a specially designed range of products intended to complement the fitness goals of athletes and those with an active lifestyle. This launch marks Modicare Limited’s foray into the rapidly growing sports nutrition space as the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 13, 2022 The third largest economy in the world by PPP calculations, India is also the third largest steel producer after China and Japan. The industry contributes close to 2% of the GDP, with demand coming from domestic industries and exports. That said, recent times have been anything but helpful to the industry, especially the pandemic, ...

TBB BUREAU DELHI/AHMEDABAD, SEPT 13, 2022 In a major step towards making India self-sufficient in the critical area of semiconductors and displays in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bold vision to make India Aatmnirbhar (self-sufficient) in key futuristic technologies, Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta today signed two Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with the Government of Gujarat to set up a semiconductor ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 13, 2022 Expanding its radial tyre portfolio, tyre major JK Tyre & Industries launched two new product offerings – Jetsteel JDH XM and Jetway JUC XM – in Odisha on Tuesday. These tyres have been developed to capitalize on growth opportunities, overcome the rising input costs of transporters and to ensure long-term benefits toits customers, the ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, SEPT 12, 2022 National Recruiting Agency Secretary Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra, who is also the Central Nodal Officer – Jal Shakti Abhiyan, and Central Prabhari Officer – NITI Aayog, on Monday visited Vedanta Limited – Lanjigarh, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, during his official visit to Lanjigarh. He was accompanied by Kalahandi Collector P Anvesha Reddy, ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 11, 2022 The overall revenue of Indian Railways at the end of August 2022 was Rs 95,486.58 crore, showing an increase of Rs. 26271.29 crore or 38 per cent over the corresponding period of last year. The revenue from passenger traffic was Rs.25,276.54 crore with an increase of Rs 13,574.44 crore (116 per cent) over ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 11, 2022 Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal said that India is on the path to become a powerhouse driving global growth by 2047. Interacting with the Business Community of Southern California in the USA, the Minister said conclusion of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 10, 2022 The Union Government should create an institutional framework for proactive engagement between Centre and states to develop the science and technology ecosystem in the states, Minister for Science & Technology Ashok Chandra Panda, said today. Participating in the Leadership session of State S&T Ministers’ Conclave held in Ahmedabad, Panda emphasized strengthening the STI ecosystems ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 10, 2022 As part of the Teachers’ Week celebrations, the Bhubaneswar Chapter of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) on Saturday organised a faculty development programme titled “Empowering Educators” here. Delivering the inaugural address, Chief Guest of the conference and National Law University Odisha Vice Chancellor Prof. Ved Kumari said that teachers are nation ...

TBB BUREAU LOS ANGELES, SEPT 10, 2022 Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal today reaffirmed the desire of both India and USA to continue to work towards strengthening economic relations & strategic partnership. Addressing an event hosted by US-India Strategic Partnership Forum in Los Angeles, Goyal reaffirmed that both the ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 09, 2022           India’s rice production could fall by 10-12 million tonnes during the Kharif season this year due to a fall in paddy sowing area, the government said on Friday.            At a press conference to explain rationale behind the imposition of ban on exports of broken rice, Union Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey pointed ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 09, 2022 In its journey to enhance customer experience, Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Ltd (TPCODL) inaugurated a new Division Office at Khordha recently. The office, set up to cater to issues of Khordha Electrical Division, also houses a Customer Care Centre dedicated to the consumers in and around Khordha. This is TPCODL’s 16th Customer Care ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 09, 2022 With 70 per cent of the total coal produced in Odisha supplied to power plants based in other states and the continuing coal shortage threatening the survival of local industries, the Utkal Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ltd. (UCCI) has sought intervention of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to save thousands of SMEs in the ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 09, 2022 Power major NTPC Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding to supply electricity generated from renewable sources to Military Engineering Services (MES). This is the first ever agreement by the Indian armed forces for getting power supply from renewable energy sources, NTPC said in a statement. This will go towards the gradual decarbonization ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, SEPT 09, 2022 SAIL-run Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has scripted its best-ever April-August performance in major production areas. The steel plant produced 17,76,792 tonnes of hot metal, 16,57,623 tonnes of crude steel and 15,18,486 tonnes of saleable steel during the first five months of the current fiscal, registering growth of 1.7 per cent, 2.3 per cent and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 09, 2022 It is well known that children born to doctor parents usually have all the incentives to choose medicine for higher studies. However, having no doctors in the family can also turn out to be a powerful motivation for the children to fill the void. Priya Somadutta Nayak, a student of Aakash BYJU’S, Bhubaneswar, who ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU, SEPT 09, 2022 Strengthening their global collaboration, HCL Technologies (HCL) and Intel have launched a Center of Excellence to accelerate the creation and adoption of industry-tailored Digital Workplace (DWP) offerings. Equipped with cutting-edge technologies and experts, the Center of Excellence will leverage HCL’s DWP solutions and Intel’s technology portfolio to co-create solutions that enable seamless, connected and ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 09, 2022 Launching the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan virtually on Friday, President of India Droupadi Murmu said that it is the duty of all citizens to give high priority to the campaign and make it a mass movement as TB causes the largest number of deaths among all other infectious diseases in our ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPTE 09, 2022 The 16th edition of Tata Steel’s Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS), which seeks to identify and promote the talent of school students of Odisha in the field of space science, is now online. YATS, organised in association with Pathani Samanta Planetarium, is being conducted in a hybrid mode this time where students can participate ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 08, 2022 Britain’s longest serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II passed away today at the age of 96.

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, SEPT 08, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, is working to bridge the literacy divide by enabling rural communities’ access to quality education. In pursuit of this aim, the company has been running several high-quality educational interventions, right from supporting pre-school education to implementing e-learning programmes to address the learning gaps created by the pandemic ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 08, 2022 Expanding its foam mattress portfolio, Centuary Mattress on Thursday launched a collection of eco-friendly foam mattresses – The Foamtastic. The latest mattress range includes Posture Pro, Vibex, Softopedic 2.0 and Tuff 2.0. Foamtastic’s Posture Pro is a firm memory foam mattress powered by the new Copper Gel Technology that supports the back and ensures ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 08, 2022 Home-grown steel major Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSP) has been honoured with the “Best CSR Impact Initiative Award” for its high-impact sustainable social development interventions. On behalf of the Company, President & Group CSR Head Prashant Hota received the award in the Eastern India Leadership Awards programme held at Kolkata by World CSR ...

Priyadarshi Nanu Pany Let me roll back the calendar to October 2021. If you recall, Facebook (now Meta) then suffered a major outage for around six hours. Facebook-owned social platforms- WhatsApp and Instagram, too, faced blackout. It was an unanticipated shock for folks glued to these sticky platforms. At the same time, it triggered economic losses worth millions of dollars ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 08, 2022 Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on Thursday said while the Indian Diaspora in the US has been very professional and innovative in their approach, they have simultaneously maintained the strong connect with Indian culture and value system, thus keeping the soul of ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 07, 2022 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced that the Odisha Government would support towards excellence of Kho Kho and establish a stadium for Kho Kho and a High Performance Centre (HPC) to develop the game. Patnaik made this announcement while felicitating the Odisha Juggernauts for emerging champions at the inaugural edition of the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 07, 2022 The Odisha Government on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai for setting up a state-of-the-art Cancer Hospital at the NISER campus near the state capital. Director of Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai Dr Rajendra Badwi and Odisha’s Special Secretary Public Health Dr Ajit Kumar Mohanty signed the MoU ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, SEPT 07, 2022 Announcing a partnership with branchless banking network PayNearby, a senior executive of Axis Bank said on Wednesday that such tie-ups would aid the private lender in achieving priority sector lending aims. “The priority sector targets that we have in our own business, if we have a shortfall, we have to build up through PSLCs ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 07, 2022 ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) felicitated the team of Odisha Juggernauts, the champions of Ultimate Kho Kho Tournament 2022, at a glittering ceremony held here on Tuesday. AM/NS India-backed Odisha Juggernauts team clinched the Ultimate Kho Kho Champions trophy defeating Telugu Yoddhas in the final match held at Pune on Sunday, thus winning ...

TBB BUREAU JODA/BARBIL, SEPT 07, 2022  Bringing glory to the mineral-rich land of Joda-Barbil, four youths from Barbil, with all-round support of JSP Foundation, bagged two gold, one silver and one bronze medals while representing Odisha in the 21st National Junior Wushu Championship held at Kozhikode in Kerala from 1st to 6th September.  The team performed remarkably well in the ...

TBB BUREAU BERHAMPUR, SEPT 07, 2022 Tata Power Southern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPSODL) has launched all-women Customer Relation Centre in Berhampur. The centre is managed entirely by the female staff that includes the customer care executives, cashiers, housekeeping staff and the security guard. This Customer Relation Centre (CRC), inaugurated by Tata Power CEO & MD Praveer Sinha and equipped with ...

TBB BUREAU DELHI, SEPT 07 2022 Sterlite Power’s Mumbai Urja Marg Transmission Limited (MUML) successfully commissioned 400kV Banaskantha, Kansari and Vadavi Transmission lines in Gujarat. The high voltage transmission line will help in the evacuation of 1000 MW of renewable power from the pooling station at Bhuj in northern Gujarat to the national grid. In addition to that, the transmission ...