TBB BUREAU CHENNAI, SEPT 14, 2021 India’s leading toy manufacturer Funskool India Ltd. has launched 15 new products ahead of the festive season. Conceived and designed by their in-house toy developers, the launches include games, puzzles, role-play toys and DIY kits. The new range from the acclaimed Funskool brands like Giggles, Fundough, Handycrafts and Play n Learn, will help the ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR/TALCHER, SEPT 13, 2021 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) would be the top performing company in the coal sector by the end of the current financial year, said M Nagaraju, Additional Secretary in the Union Coal Ministry. Reviewing the performance of coal production and dispatch during his visit to Talcher Coalfields today, Nagaraju lauded MCL for ensuring growth in ...

TBB BUREAUBHUBANESWAR, SEPT 13, 2021East Coast Railway (ECoR) has earned the distinction of becoming the first railway to achieve 100 MT freight loading in the current financial year. ECoR loaded 100.30 MT of freight during April 1-September 10, 2021 period as against 77.58 MT carried in the corresponding period in the previous fiscal, registering a growth of 29.3 percent.It has ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, SEPT 13, 2021 NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters organized Hindi elocution and Quiz competitions for its employees and their families in virtual mode as part of the ‘Hindi Pakhwada’ which commenced on September 1. All the employees and their families enthusiastically participated in the competitions. The theme of the Hindi speech competition was “Hindi is our national language” ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 13, 2021 As part of the ongoing 10th anniversary celebrations, Renault India launched the all-new Kiger RXT(O) and KWID MY21, here on Monday. Priced at Rs 7.37 lakh (ex-showroom Bhubaneswar),the new RXT (O) variant of the newly launched Renault KIGER is available in 1.0L Energy Engine in both MT and AMT transmissions. The RXT(O) variant gets ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, SEPT 12, 2021 Additional Secretary, Union Ministry of Power, and Independent Director of NTPC Ltd, Vivek Kumar Dewangan, visited NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters at Ranchi and reviewed the activities of coal mining projects of NTPC on Saturday. Regional Executive Director (Coal Mining) Partha Mazumder welcomed Dewangan and made a presentation on the activities of the coal mining. ...

TBB BUREAUBHUBANESWAR, SEPT 12, 2021The Odisha Government has urged the Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry for sanction of Rs 1300 crore for the development of 31 road projects in the State.In a letter to the Under Secretary in the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, State Works Secretary Dr Krishan Kumar has sought approval of the road projects ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, SEPT 12, 2021 Under Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) initiative, a Mobile X-Ray Container Scanning System (MXCS) has been installed by Paradip Port near the PICT Terminal at an investment of Rs. 30 crore for the purpose of reducing physical examination and dwell time of containers at the Port. After a successful trial run of the MXCS, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 11, 2021          With the central grants and share from central taxes diminishing, the Odisha Government has chalked out a robust Resource Mobilization Plan, and its implementation has resulted in high growth in Own Revenue Collection. State Principal Secretary (Finance) Vishal Dev is continuously monitoring the resource mobilization measures as more funds are required for social, ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, SEPT 11, 2021 An in-house technological intervention by a team of employees of Continuous Casting Shop-I (CCM-1), the casting shop of Steel Melting Shop-I, has helped Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) accrue huge savings and optimize operational efficiency. The team has successfully developed and installed a Propane Gas fuelled Sub-Entry Nozzle (SEN) Preheating Assembly at Tundish Car of ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI/BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 11, 2021 India’s leading express logistics service provider Blue Dart Express has successfully commenced Visual Line of Sight (VLOS) drone delivery trials under the Blue Dart Med-Express Consortium in Vikarabad, Hyderabad on Thursday. The event was graced by Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Telangana Minister for ITE&C, I&C and MAUD KT Rama Rao, Union ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, SEPT 11, 2021 As a part of the safety awareness and skill development initiative under “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”, to celebrate and commemorate the 75th year of progressive India and its achievements, NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters, Ranchi under the guidance and supervision of Partha Mazumder, Regional Executive Director (Coal Mining), NTPC, started a chain of Safety programmes ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, SEPT 10, 2021 “Mushroom cultivation is interesting and will help me in earning my pocket money,” said Vidyakant, a student of Bisra High School. Vidyakant along with other students of the school had heard about the benefits of mushroom cultivation and hence came to the Institute for Peripheral Development of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in the year ...

TBB BUREAU SUNDERGARH, SEPT 10, 2021 The Sundergarh district administration has decided to open 81 Millet Shakti Kiosks at different places of the district to popularise ragi and other nutritious crops and provide nutritious food to people. The kiosks would be opened jointly by the Odisha Millet Mission (OMM) and Mission Shakti with assistance from the District Mineral Fund (DMF). ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, SEPT 9, 2021     The much-awaited affordable smartphone ‘JioPhone Next’ is in advanced trials and its festive season roll-out will commence before Diwali, Jio said in a statement on Thursday. Jio and Google announced today that they have made considerable progress towards launching JioPhone Next, the made-for-India smartphone being jointly designed by the companies          Reliance Industries ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 9, 2021 ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India), a joint venture between ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel, on Thursday announced the commencement of operations at the Ghoraburhani-Sagasahi iron ore mine in Sundargarh district of Odisha. Spread across 139.165 hectares, the iron ore block has estimated resources of around 98.61 million tonnes and is the first to be auctioned in India under ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKWELA, SEPT 9, 2021  An overhauled Turbo Blower-I was commissioned at Power Blowing Station (PBS) of CPP-I of Rourkela Steel Plant on Tuesday in presence of S R Suryawanshi, ED (Works). A manual on overhauling with photographs of different stages of overhauling was also released on the occasion by the ED (Works). The major overhaul of Turbo Blower-I ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 9, 2021 Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will flag off of the new LHB Rake of Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express on Friday through videoconferencing from Rail Bhawan, New Delhi. Indian Railways has decided to run Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express with modern Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) coaches by replacing conventional coaches, in its bid ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, SEPT 9, 2021 Jio-bp, the fuels and mobility joint venture between Reliance Industries Limited and bp announced a partnership with BluSmart, India’s first and largest all-electric ride-hailing platform to set up a network of commercial large scale EV charging stations. As part of the partnership, Jio-bp will set up these stations for passenger electric vehicles and fleets ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 8, 2021 Continuing its efforts in the fight against COVID-19, Reliance Foundation has initiated community vaccination in Odisha, this week. Aiming to ensure COVID-19 vaccination of the excluded community as well as people having any sort of hesitation for vaccine, Reliance Foundation has partnered with local NGOs and voluntary organisations in this initiative. As part of ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, SEPT 7, 2021 NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters, Ranchi is celebrating ‘Hindi Pakhwada’ from September 1 to 14.  As part of the celebration, Hindi Poetry recitation was held for employees’ children for Junior (Class 1 to 6) and Senior (Class 7 to 12) classes. Hindi Elocution competition was also organised for senior class children. The competitions were organised ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 5, 2021 JSPL Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL), celebrated Teachers’ Day on Sunday in a unique way by launching ‘Project Utkarsh’ to provide free online interactive pre-recruitment coaching for youths of socially and economically weaker sections in the Angul district of Odisha. The project has been started in collaboration with ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR/MUMBAI, SEPT 5, 2021 Five years ago, on this day Reliance Jio commercially launched its pan India telecom service. This marked the beginning of a new era of 4G mobile network and data revolution. The affordable high-speed data pushed internet penetration in the country by 312 percent from 192.30 million broadband subscribers in September 2016 to 792.78 million ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, SEPT 4, 2021 In line with the National Steel Policy, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) plans to increase its annual Hot Metal production capacity from the current level of 4.5 Million Tonnes per Annum (MTPA) to 4.855 MTPA. Simultaneously, Crude Steel Production of RSP, a unit of Maharatna company SAIL, will go up from 4.2 MTPA to 4.85 ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, SEPT 3, 2021            Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has said that he is convinced that climate change is an opportunity for human civilisation to renew itself in the 21st Century. Speaking at the International Climate Summit 2021, he said that this opportunity for civilizational renewal will be realised by New and Renewable Energy. If Old Energy ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, SEPT 3, 2021 The Lanjigarh Unit of Vedanta Limited is working towards inclusion of underprivileged sections of the society in social security schemes by the Government of India, under NITI Aayog’s Aspirational Districts Program. With the objective of sensitizing communities living in remote areas on schemes like Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, SEPT 3, 2021 Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), a unit of the state-run SAIL, posted outstanding performance in key areas in the month of August, 2021. The Steel Plant produced 3,80,109 tonnes of hot metal, 3,55,433 tonnes of crude steel and 3,18,151 tonnes of saleable steel to clock its Best August performance since inception. Besides, RSP also produced 1,67,164 tonnes ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 3, 2021 IndianOil launched two new premium lubricants – SERVO Greenmile and SERVO Raftaar, specifically designed for BS-VI vehicles to help reduce emissions and improve engine performance. These novel and eco-friendly lubricants will help reduce carbon footprint and meet the stringent specifications for the most advanced petrol and diesel vehicles. SERVO Greenmile meets SAE 5W-30 and ...

TBB BUREAU AHMEDABAD, SEPT 2, 2021 India’s largest renewable energy company Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) has priced its maiden ListCo senior issuance of USD 750m through a 3-year issuance under the 144A/Reg S format, at a fixed coupon of 4.375%. The issuance was oversubscribed by 4.7x. This issuance establishes AGEL as India’s leading credit in the renewable sector with a ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 2, 2021 Expanding its digital transformation capabilities across a range of digital technologies to drive delivery excellence and customer experiences for global enterprise clients, leading global information technology and consulting services company Tetrasoft on Thursday opened a state-of-the-art Technology Innovation Hub (TIL) in Bhubaneswar. Expected to hire over 100 highly-skilled digital experts initially, the hub will ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 01, 2021 Aditya Birla Group company Aditya Aluminium is actively engaged with the people of Rengali Block in Sambalpur district, and working closely with the Odisha Government to create awareness on the importance of nutritious diet. Aditya Aluminium is among the pledge partners of the Government’s ‘Suposhan’ project.  The objective is to generate awareness among the ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, SEPT 1, 2021 Coal India Limited (CIL) Chairman Pramod Agrawal on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of Rs 285.05 crore first mile connectivity (FMC) project — Lajkura SILO, which would add 15 million tonnes per annum dispatch capacity to the Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL). Agrawal, who is on a two-day visit to Ib Valley coalfields of MCL, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 31, 2021            State-run power giant NTPC on Tuesday said the second unit of Darlipali Super Thermal Power Station in Sundargarh district of Odisha will start commercial operation from September 1. “The second unit of the power plant with 800MW capacity that completed its trial operation on July 21 will start commercial generation from September 1, ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, AUG 31, 2021 The Jharsuguda Unit of Vedanta Ltd. has bagged runner-up position at the prestigious BRICS India Solutions for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Awards 2021. The company won the coveted award in SDG 5: Gender Equality category for its flagship community development project in women empowerment – Subhalaxmi Co-operative, a 4100-plus members strong all-women co-operative society ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, AUG 31, 2021 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, today recorded the highest ever coal dispatch by rail-mode, with 102 rakes chugging from Ib Valley and Talcher Coalfields  to various power stations in a single day. MCL Chairman-cum-Managing Director PK Sinha has complimented the teams involved in achieving the record dispatch through environment-friendly ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 30, 2021 Continuing its dominance in Odisha as the most preferred digital service provider, Reliance Jio further extended its leadership position with 52.3 per cent gross revenue market share in the sector, as per the latest financial report published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for the April-June quarter (Q1FY22) of the current fiscal. ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, AUG 30, 2021 The highly power-dependent aluminium industry is in for a tough time. This is because of Coal India Ltd (CIL)’s recent move to significantly reduce coal supplies and railway rakes for Captive Power Plants (CPPs), resulting in coal crunch for the Indian Aluminium Industry. Aluminium is a metal of strategic importance and an essential ...

TBB BUREAU CHATRAPUR (GANJAM), AUG 29, 2021 The Gopalpur Port on Sunday inaugurated a safe drinking water ATM project in Takiria Brahmapur village under Kanman Gram Panchayat, and a children’s park in Arjeepalli Primary School at Arjeepalli Gram Panchayat under Chatrapur Block in Ganjam district. The water ATM and the children’s park were inaugurated by Chhatrapur MLA Subash Chandra Behera. ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 28, 2021 NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters, Ranchi organised a camp in its office premises today to administer the second dose vaccine for protection against the deadly coronavirus. Around 50 persons including employees, their family members and associates took Covishield vaccine. The vaccination camp was conducted through Medica Hospital, Ranchi. The HR Department of the Coal Mining ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 28, 2021 An Ayurvedic poly-herbal formulation, NEERI-KFT, has potential to not only slow down the progression of chronic kidney disease but also restore normalcy in functional parameters of the vital organ, a team of researchers has claimed. In a review published in the latest edition of Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, they concluded that “phytopharmacological evaluation ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 28, 2021 Reiterating her commitment to educate girls and empower them, former Haryana Cabinet Minister and Emeritus Chairperson of OP Jindal Group, Savitri Jindal, said her dream is that daughters should also get equal opportunity to serve the country with their ability. “Now a change has come and daughters are taking the lead in several fields. ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 27, 2021 NMDC, the largest iron ore producer of India, has stepped in to provide technical and financial support to Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL) for resumption of their mining operations in Odisha. The operations of NINL iron ore mines at Mithirda mine block have resumed today. The inaugural function was attended by Sumit Deb, CMD ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, AUGUST 26, 2021  On Women’s Equality Day, India’s largest integrated energy company NTPC Ltd has recruited its first all-Female Engineering Executive Trainees (EETs) batch to reaffirm its stand on diversity and inclusion.  NTPC received an overwhelming response of the recruitment advertisement, which was published in April, 2021. The engineering graduates were selected based on the performance ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, AUG 26, 2021 Vedanta Aluminium has dedicated 16 community ponds and 14 bore wells in Katikela, Dalki, Parmanpur and Badmal Gram Panchayats of Jharsuguda region, to ensure post-monsoon water availability for households, agriculture, and livestock. The company worked with local communities to carry out deep cleaning of the ponds for ground water recharge and rainwater harvesting, and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 26, 2021 Vedanta Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Vedanta Group, has announced the opening of 100 new livelihood-linked skill training centers across the country between August 15 and September 15. The newly established centers, also known as Rojgar centers, will be in addition to its current 170 centres functional across India. Thirty seven such centres were ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 25, 2021 As part of its CSR initiative, Vedanta Aluminium & Power Business, India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added aluminium products, has introduced solar lighting and fuel-efficient cooking stoves to 25 villages of Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district. This project has a two-fold objective – reduce emissions arising out of using traditional fuels and methods, and ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, AUG 25, 2021 The Sundargarh District administration on Wednesday held a public hearing on land acquisition in Raiberna, Keshramal and Jhagarpur Gram Panchayats under Rajgangpur Block for expansion of the Lanjiberna Limestone mines of OCL India Limited.  Sundargarh Collector had issued notification to hold public hearings for acquisition of of 57.80 acres of land in Raiberna, 293.25 acres in Keshramal ...

PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, AUG 24, 2021 India produces an estimated 226 million tons of fly ash annually, out of which about 188 million tons is being utilized. This results in close to 40 million tons of fly ash being stored in ash dykes or simply dumped in open area, without proper guidelines, posing a serious threat to the environment. Utilization ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 23, 2021 Cementing its leadership position even further as the most preferred and No. 1 digital service provider in the state, Reliance Jio has added 2.53 lakh new mobile subscribers in Odisha in the month of June 2021, as per the latest telecom subscriber data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). With this, ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, AUG 23, 2021 The Sundargarh District administration on Monday held public hearings at Kukuda Gram Panchayat and Alanda Gram Panchayat for land acquisition for expansion of the Lanjiberna Limestone mines of OCL India Limited.  Sundargarh Collector had issued notification to hold public hearings for acquisition of 164.82 acres of land in Alanda Gram Panchayat and 162.96 acres ...