TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, DEC 7, 2021 India’s leading fashion and beauty destination Shoppers Stop is turning 30 and is all set to celebrate this illustrious journey with its customers. With evolving times, the brand has consistently innovated with the changing consumer dynamics to ensure an impeccable shopping experience for its customers. There is a stellar collection of defining and landmark ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, DEC 6, 2021 The Indian Captive Power Producers Association (ICPPA) in a recent representation to Ministry of Coal, Railways and Power, has sought urgent support for normalizing the coal supplies to Captive Power Plant (CPP) based industries. It has highlighted the issue of insufficient coal rake supplies to CPP based industries at levels of 40 per ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, DEC 6, 2021 Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has won the prestigious Greentech Environment Award 2021 for outstanding achievements in environment protection. The award was presented to the leading steel producer of the region at the Annual Greentech Award function held in Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu recently. RK Patra, CGM (SMS-I) and PC Das, GM (EMD), RSP received ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU, DEC 6, 2021 Leading global PC brand Acer on Monday launched its new gaming laptop ‘Predator Helios 500’ at a starting price of Rs 3,79,999 in the Indian market. The laptop comes with 11th Gen Intel Core i9 processor with up to 5.01 GHz on multiple cores, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, 64 GB of DDR4 3200 ...

TBB BUREAU TIKIRI/BHUBANESWAR, DEC 6, 2021 In line with the Government’s clarion call for Swachh Bharat Mission and to spread awareness about cleanliness, the Baphlimali Mines of Utkal Alumina, a subsidiary of Hindalco Industries Limited of Aditya Birla Group, has observed a cleanliness drive to mark Swachhata Pakhwada. Through wall paintings, street plays, awareness rallies, essay and speech competitions at ...

TBB BUREAU BASEL (SWITZERLAND), DEC 6, 2021 Syngenta Group has appointed Feroz Sheikh as Chief Information and Digital Officer, effective January 1, 2022. Sheikh, based in Basel, will join the extended Syngenta Group leadership team and report to the CEO. He is currently the head of digital engineering and data science at Syngenta. Sheikh takes over from Greg Meyers, who ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, DEC 6, 2021 IIM Sambalpur organised a two-day specially designed Women Leadership Programme in its campus under its Management Development Programme (MDP) to 30 women officers of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited. The program was inaugurated by Prof. Mahadeo Jaiswal, Director IIM Sambalpur; and Keshav Rao, Director – Personnel, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited. IIM faculty members and resource persons Prof. ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, DEC 6, 2021 Post announcing the unified store ‘Amazon Fresh’ across 300+ cities, Amazon.in is now live with ‘Super Value Days’, bringing up to 45% off on grocery and household essentials, packaged foods, personal, baby and pet care and much more. Super Value Days will be live till December 07, 2021, with grocery deals starting at Re.1 ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, DEC 4, 2021 Reliance Foundation hosted several multi-location audio conferences and YouTube live sessions for thousands of farmers, livestock farmers and in-land fish farmers on Cyclone Path, Pre and post cyclone crop protection measures, precautionary measures for livestock farmers and inland fish farmers in 16 districts of Odisha with technical support of KVK Nayagarh, KVK Dhenkanal, KVK ...

TBB BUREAU RAYAGADA / BHUBANESWAR, DEC 4, 2021 India’s largest and fastest growing apparel and accessories specialty chain of Reliance Retail, TRENDS, announced the launch of its new store in Gunupur town of Rayagada district in Odisha. Trends is truly democratizing fashion in India, by strengthening its reach & connect with consumers in India – right from Metros, mini metros, ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, DEC 3, 2021 JSPL Foundation observed the International Day of Persons with Disabilities-2021 at its ‘Asha the Hope’ centre in Jindal Nagar, Angul. Various games were organised for the children with special needs, who are receiving therapeutic service at the Centre. Narayan Mohapatra, DSSO, Angul; Anita Mittal, Anindita Bandyopadhyay, Atanu Rath, Principal OPJS; K.P. Behera, CMO of ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, DEC 3, 2021 Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) to realize its green energy objectives. The MoU was signed by ONGC CMD Subhash Kumar and SECI MD Suman Sharma on behalf of the two national energy companies here on Thursday. The ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, DEC 2, 2021 To attract the leading sports goods and equipment manufacturers, the Odisha government is now keen on making the sports goods manufacturing sector a priority sector and bringing a fresh policy to attract the sports, fitness and wellness sector companies, a senior official said on Thursday. Principal Secretary, Industries, Hemant Sharma said this while speaking ...

PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, DEC 2, 2021 Earning enough to sustain his five-member family was not an easy task for Nimai Charan Mohanty, a farmer from Giria Village under Rajkanika Block of Kendrapara District in Odisha. Forty-five-year old Nimai is a small farmer who holds 3.5 acres of agricultural land in which he grows paddy in Kharif season and vegetables like ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, DEC 2, 2021 A training programme on “Waste to Wealth,’ sustainable organic farming techniques was introduced at Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) recently. PK Satapathy, ED (P&A) of RSP and  Prof. Simanchalo Panigrahi, Director, NIT Rourkela were present at the inaugural function organized at Institute for Peripheral Development, Sector-20 and inaugurated the Vermicompost Unit to mark the commencement ...

TBB BUREAU KANIHA, DEC 2, 2021 NTPC Talcher Kaniha organised a two-day state level painting competition on ‘Energy Conservation’ on behalf of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency under the Union Ministry of Power. Students from classes V to X, of DAV Public School, Kendriya Vidyalaya and Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir participated in the event. The painting competition was conducted under ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU, DEC 2, 2021 Leading end-to-end drone solutions startup AUS acquired Algopixel Technologies, a Bengaluru-based software solution provider for drone operation management and cloud-based data processing for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition will accelerate AUS’s journey towards building robust and scalable end-to-end solutions for sectors like mining, infrastructure, land records, and precision farming. Algopixel was founded by Abhiroop ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, DEC 2, 2021 Coastal Corporation Limited today announced that it has started work on its Ethanol Plant. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik performed groundbreaking ceremony of the plant at Maringhi Village in Gajapati District of Odisha on Tuesday. Coastal Biotech Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coastal Corporation Limited will set up an ethanol project with ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, DEC 2, 2021 India’s leading digital ecosystem for consumers and merchants Paytm today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Directorate of General Training, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to train 6000 individuals over a period of three years in the rapidly growing Fintech industry. This is in continuation with Paytm’s dedication to building ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, DEC 1, 2021 JSPL Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) observed the World AIDS Day-2021 at different places of Angul District. The field functionaries of JSPL Foundation, along with the representatives of Odisha State AIDS Control Society (OSACS) and Utkal Sevak Samaj sensitised the community about the consequences of HIV/AIDS and its ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, DEC 1, 2021 The Jharsuguda Unit of Vedanta Limited has entered into a long-term partnership with the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for supplying fly-ash for construction of green highways in and around Odisha. Fly-ash being an industrial by-product generated at thermal power plants, this partnership aims at ensuring gainful utilization of industrial by-products in circular ...

TBB BUREAU CHHATRAPUR, DEC 1, 2021 In a bid to ensure improved health and well-being of communities, Gopalpur Ports Limited (GPL), under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, today inaugurated a newly constructed primary health check-up centre building at Takiria, Berhampur.  The health check-up centrewas inaugurated by Ganjam Collector Vijay Amruta Kulange in the presence of Gopalpur Port Chief Executive ...

TBB BUREAU GURUGRAM, DEC 1, 2021 CollegeDekho, India’s largest college admissions and higher education services platform, closes its Series B funding with Disrupt ADQ and QIC coming on board recently. The USD 35 million (Rs 260 crore) round has been led by Winter Capital, ETS Strategic Capital – the private equity investments arm of ETS (creator of the TOEFL tests ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, DEC 1, 2021 Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited, a leading Indian cement major and a subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat Limited, has been awarded the prestigious GreenPro Ecolabelling Certificate by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), a part of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). The company, which is India’s 4th largest cement brand, is now the first ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, DEC 1, 2021 The gross GST revenue collected in the month of November 2021 is Rs 1,31,526 crore of which CGST is Rs 23,978 crore, SGST is Rs 31,127 crore, IGST is Rs 66,815 crore (including Rs 32,165 crore collected on import of goods) and Cess is Rs 9,606 crore (including Rs 653 crore collected on ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, DEC 1, 2021     Ducati presents its new clothing collection for 2022, consisting of products suitable for all types of needs, designed to meet the requirements of all motorcycle enthusiasts. Within the 2022 Apparel collection there are technical garments, conceived and intended to make riding Ducati motorcycles even more enjoyable and safer. These products are designed ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, NOV 30, 2021 Reiterating its commitment to quality TP Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL), a joint venture between Tata Power and Government of Odisha, observed the month of November as Quality Month with an intent to enhance level of quality awareness among the consumers and the employees.  The theme for this year’s Quality Month – Sustainability: Improving ...

TBB BUREAU BANGALORE, NOV 30, 2021 ACER, the leading consumer technology brand, on Tuesday unveiled two new air purifiers in India – acerpure cool C2 and acerpure pro P2 – a new line of smart air purifiers that takes control of air quality with a 4-in-1 HEPA filter which removes harmful viruses, bacteria, allergens and pollutants from room making home ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, NOV 30, 2021 Gruhas Proptech LLP, promoted by serial entrepreneur Abhijeet Pai and Zerodha’s Co-founder Nikhil Kamath, joins Lumos Alternate Investment Advisors Private Limited (Lumos) as anchor investor and general partner. The joint venture Gruhas & Lumos is in the process of raising Rs. 500 crore for a real estate fund focused on structured debt, last-mile funding, ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, NOV 30, 2021 India’s leading digital ecosystem for consumers and merchants Paytm today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Paytm Payments Services Ltd (PPSL) has made strides with its card-on-file tokenization or “Paytm Token Gateway”. The company has partnered with platforms such as Myntra, Oyo, Domino’s and others, while also joining hands with payment giants like Visa, Mastercard ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU, NOV 30, 2021  Redmi India, a sub-brand of Xiaomi India, the country’s number one smartphone and smart TV brand, on Tuesday announced the launch of its 11th gen smartphone under its Redmi Note series, Redmi Note 11T 5G. As the next-gen performer, the Redmi Note 11T 5G boasts a powerful flagship-level 6nm MediaTek Dimensity 810 chipset offering ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU, NOV 29, 2021 Ather Energy, India’s leading EV scooter brand, commissioned its second manufacturing facility in Hosur to cater to the growing demand of its electric scooters – the 450X and 450 Plus. The company plans to manufacture 4 lakh units per annum, a significant jump from its current capacity of 1.2 lakh units. Ather Energy had ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, NOV 29, 2021 Capri Global Capital Limited (CGCL), a leading NBFC focused on lending to MSMEs, and affordable housing finance segment has entered into a Co-Lending agreement with country’s largest public-sector bank State Bank of India (SBI) to offer MSME loans. Through this collaboration, CGCL and SBI aim to disburse MSME loans initially across 100-plus touch points ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 29, 2021 Leading real estate developer RPS Group will invest around Rs 600 crore to establish World Trade Centre in Faridabad, Haryana. The Group has tied up with Infrastructure group Viridian RED for this purpose. Located at Sector-27C (adjacent to Badarpur Border), considered the gateway of Faridabad, the upcoming World Trade Centre (WTC) Faridabad will ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, NOV 29, 2021 India’s homegrown payments bank Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL) today announced the launch of the Paytm Transit Card, bringing together the power of One Nation, One Card. The Bank aims to equip millions of Indians with one physical card for all their everyday needs — from travel in metro, railways, state-owned bus services, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, NOV 29, 2021 Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd. has launched the new Solarium Qube Plus Water Heater which offers precision heating, smart energy management and a contemporary digital display. With its smart LED temperature display, precision hot-water technology and not having to worry about electricity bills with its energy saving PUF, this latest innovation is the absolute ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, NOV 28, 2021 In line with its commitment to further strengthen a sustainable telecom industry, where every Indian is empowered with a true digital life, Jio on Sunday announced its new unlimited plans. These plans will provide the best value in the industry. Upholding the Jio promise of providing the best-quality service at the lowest price globally, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, NOV 27, 2021 Jewellery retail chain Senco Gold & Diamonds on Saturday launched their first premium luxury showroom – D’SIGNIA in Bhubaneswar. Located at Patia, Near Kiit Square, this is the second store by Senco Gold & Diamonds in Bhubaneswar and eighth in the state. The new four-storey D’SIGNIA store spread across 5000 sq. ft area will ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, NOV 27, 2021  Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. (JSPL)’s Barbil business unit has won the coveted Greentech Transformative HR Award-2021 for outstanding achievement in ‘Employee Engagement’. The award was conferred to the leading steel producer at the Annual Greentech Award function held at Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu on Friday. Sarat Kishore Panda, Head, HR of Barbil unit, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, NOV 26, 2021 Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA), India’s leading fully integrated producer of ferro alloys on Friday celebrated its 60th Foundation Day which also coincides with the 90th birth anniversary of its Founder Dr Bansidhar Panda. Commemorative events were held at the Corporate Office in Bhubaneswar besides Therubali, Choudwar and Sukinda. The special anniversary ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, NOV 26, 2021 Vedanta Jharsuguda, India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added products, has bagged the prestigious 19th FICCI CSR Award 2020 in the women empowerment category for its flagship community development project – Subhalaxmi Co-operative, a 4100-plus members strong all-women co-operative society operating in Jharsuguda. The FICCI CSR award recognizes the efforts of companies in integrating ...

TBB BUREAU BANGALORE, NOV 25, 2021 Xiaomi India, country’s No.1 smartphone and smart TV brand, on Thursday announced its partnership with Saahas Zero Waste to extend support for an e-waste awareness drive, initiated by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). In a month-long initiative, KSPCB along with the help of Saahas Zero Waste, Xiaomi India and other participating brands ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, NOV 25, 2021 Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India’s premier communications solutions provider, on Thuesday said that it has successfully conducted India’s first 5G trial in the 700 MHz band in partnership with Nokia. Airtel has been allotted test spectrum in multiple bands by the government’s Department of Telecommunications for the validation of 5G technology and use cases. The ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, NOV 25, 2021 As many as 120 units of blood were collected at a voluntary blood donation camp organised by the Lanjigarh Unit of Vedanta Limited in collaboration with Odisha Blood Centre, Bhawanipatna recently, to support District Headquarters Hospital, Kalahandi. The camp was inaugurated in the presence of Mr. GG Pal, Deputy CEO – Alumina Business, Vedanta ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, NOV 25, 2021   South Korean video game developer KRAFTON, Inc. is driving a ‘Game Responsibly’ campaign for BGMI (BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA). Starting with a series of films, the campaign encourages gamers to take a pledge of taking care of themselves and their squad mates’ mental health as they take on the Battlegrounds. It promotes safer ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, NOV 24, 2021 Two iron ore mines of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) – Kiriburu Iron Ore Mines and Meghahatuburu Iron Ore Mines – received 5-star rated awards for sustainable mining practices and all round performance in the Iron Ore category at the 5th National Conclave on Mines & Minerals held in New Delhi on Tuesday. ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, NOV 24, 2021 Vedanta Ltd on Wednesday said that it aims to be the leader in ESG (environmental, social, and governance) performance in the natural resources sector and has committed to reducing carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. The company announced the evolution of its mission statement to strengthen the group’s commitment to ESG performance. ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, NOV 24, 2021          Capri Global Capital Limited (CGCL) has entered into a co-lending agreement with the Union Bank of India (UBI) to offer MSMEs loans. Through this collaboration, CGCL and UBI aim to disburse MSME loans across 100+ touch points pan-India. The loan disbursement under this arrangement would commence from December 2021. This agreement is signed ...

TBB BUREAU DELHI, NOV 24, 2021 India’s leading digital ecosystem for consumers and merchants Paytm today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Paytm Money has launched ‘Margin Pledge’ feature. The feature will allow users to pledge their existing stocks and ETFs in return for a collateral margin that can be used for trading in stocks, ETFs, futures, and options. Investors holding ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, NOV 24, 2021 Tata Steel has executed a blockchain enabled paperless export order with a metals major in Bangladesh. This makes it the first such deal executed between an India based company and a counterparty in Bangladesh assisted by different banks at respective ends. This transaction was facilitated by Standard Chartered, India, and was conducted on Contour’s ...