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TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 24, 2021 Emphasising that the newly inducted Product Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme on Speciality Steel will improve the production capacity to 60 MTPA from 18 MTPA, Odisha State Industries Department Principal Secretary Hemant Sharma on Friday invited various steel companies to set up their units in Odisha to produce Speciality Steel. Speaking at a webinar ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 24, 2021 As schools, colleges, and educational institutes reopen across various states, there are still serious concerns about the safety of students, teachers and staff, especially since children are not eligible for the vaccine against the novel coroavirus yet. Besides the standard protocols of hand hygiene, double vaccination of all staff, regular disinfection of spaces, ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, SEPT 24, 2021 In a bid to strengthen safety awareness among employees and to develop their skill, NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters, Ranchi organised a safety training program on “Behavioural Safety” on Thursday through virtual mode for employees of Pakri Barwadih, Kerendari, Dulanga, Talaipalli Coal Mining projects and Coal Mining Headquarters. The safety training programme was conducted in ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 24, 2021 Rotary Club of Temple City organised a plantation drive at the premises of Biju Patnaik International Airport Bhubaneswar on Thursday in presence of Rtn. Dr. Pravat Ranjan Beuria, Director of Biju Patnaik International Airport. More than 100 saplings of fruit bearing plants were planted during the programme, led by Rtn. Prashant Kumar Hota, President ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 23, 2021 Odisha FC has launched its home kit for the upcoming season of the Hero Indian Super League (Hero ISL). The first kit represents the rich handloom tradition of Odisha with Sambalpuri, specifically Pasapali designs on it. The home colours – black and purple – remain the same like the previous season. The Club is ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, SEPT 23, 2021 CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune jointly with Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) and several other companies from Pune have achieved a breakthrough to manufacture useful moulded plastic components from COVID-19 PPE waste. The successful pilot project has the potential to scale up and replicate throughout the country to convert PPE waste into useful and safe ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, SEPT 23, 2021 Both Power Plants at Vedanta Jharsuguda, India’s largest producer of aluminium and its value-added products, were awarded as the ‘Best Water-Efficient Plant’ at the Water Optimization Conference, organised by the Mission Energy Foundation. Vedanta’s 4×600 MW Thermal Power Plant (TPP) and 9X135 MW Captive Power Plant (CPP) won the awards in the ‘>=500MW’ and ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, SEPT 23, 2021 IIFL Finance, one of India’s largest non-banking financial companies, will open a public issue of secured bonds on September 27, 2021, to raise up to Rs. 1,000 crore, for the purpose of business growth and capital augmentation. The bonds offer up to 8.75 percent yield and high degree of safety.  The Fairfax-backed IIFL Finance ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, SEPT 23, 2021 Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday appealed to students to work towards bringing a synergy of modern knowledge and traditional values and represent as the true brand ambassadors of India. Addressing the students at the 7th Foundation Day programme of IIM Sambalpur, Pradhan said, “As students of IIM Sambalpur as you embark ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 23, 2021 Continuing its dominance as the most preferred digital service provider in Odisha, India’s largest telecom operator Reliance Jio has added over 3.19 lakh new mobile subscribers in the State in July 2021, according to the latest data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). As per the TRAI data, Reliance Jio added highest ...