TBB BUREAU PANJIM, APRIL 11, 2022 Top B-School Goa Institute of Management (GIM) recently hosted its largest virtual convocation ceremony for all four PGDM program batches of 2020 and 2021. It was the first convocation ceremony of the Big Data Analytics program. After having completed over 22 months of academically packed intensive training with exposure to industrial projects, a total ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, APRIL 11, 2022 The state-of-the-art New Hot Strip Mill-2 of SAIL-run Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has crossed a major milestone with its successful commissioning recently. The Mill is now gearing up for the Performance Guarantee Test in the next phase. RSP Director In-charge Atanu Bhowmick visited the Mill to congratulate the collective on successful completion of the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 11, 2022 In today’s era, digital connectivity has become one of the basic needs and essential parts of everyday life for almost everyone, be it for communication, education, entertainment, or fulfilment of daily needs. The role and importance of staying digital connected assumed further greater significance during the pandemic. However, many people from remote pockets and ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, APRIL 11, 2022 With the aim of scaling up its ambition in the financial services sector, Godrej Industries Limited (GIL) today announced the launch of Godrej Capital Limited (GCL). GCL is a subsidiary of Godrej Industries and is the holding entity for Godrej Housing Finance (an HFC) and Godrej Finance Limited (an NBFC). With a near-term aim ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 10, 2022 The Utkal Chamber of Commerce & Industry Ltd. (UCCIL), the apex association of large, medium, MSMEs, trade, commerce & services, has urged the Rajya Sabha Petition Committee to address the issue of emerging stress on MSME sector by recommending policy intervention by the Union Government to streamline the funding by banking sector. In a ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 10, 2022 Highlighting various entrepreneurial offers Odisha offers in every sector, a senior bureaucrat of the State Government urged industry bodies to bring in enterprising spirit among youth. ???????????????????????????????????? Addressing the first meeting of FICCI Odisha State Council for FY 2022-23 here on Friday, Odisha Industries Department Principal Secretary Hemant Sharma said, “FICCI and other industry ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 9, 2022 In a bid to facilitate and implement scaling of organic and natural farming in Odisha, Jagadguru Kripalu University (JKU) on Saturday launched a pilot project, ‘The Organic Odisha’ in Bhubaneswar. This endeavor will promote natural and organic farming by the small and marginal farmers of Odisha for their sustainable livelihood and food security. It ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 8, 2022 Creating a stunning new destination for Apple buyers in the Temple City, iDestiny opened its Apple Authorized Reseller Store at Janpath, Saheed Nagar here on Friday. The store, company’s second one in Bhubaneswar, was inaugurated by Ollywood actress and model Elina Samantaray. iDestiny offers a wide range of Apple products and third party accessories. ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, APRIL 8, 2022 An in-house fabricated Sample Collection Trolley for Track Hopper–2 site of the Raw Material Handling Plant of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) was inaugurated recently by Atish Chandra Sarkar, CGM (Quality) and SS Roychoudhary, CGM (RMHP). Notably, iron ores (fines) received from various sources from SAIL mines are unloaded in Track Hopper-2 and Track Hopper-3. ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, APRIL 7, 2022 Contrary to popular belief, the largely unorganized and underserved MSME sector turned out to be a better bet for lending, than large corporates. At a NPA rate of 12.5% they were significantly better than large corporates who had a NPA rate of 19.7%. The total lending of Rs 64.45 lakh crore (as of ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, APRIL 5, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, dispatched its first rake consignment of 4,000 tonnes of fly-ash from Jharsuguda plant to one of the plants of Holcim India – ACC Cement, Chaibasa Cement Works, for the production of low-carbon cement. This initiative is a part of Vedanta Jharsuguda’s waste-to-wealth imperatives and ensures gainful utilization ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, APRIL 5, 2022   Jio-bp and TVS Motor Company on Tuesday announced that they would collaberate for the creation of a robust public EV charging infrastructure for electric two-wheelers and three-wheelers in the country, building on Jio-bp’s growing network in this space. Under this proposed partnership, the customers of TVS electric vehicles are expected to get access ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 5, 2022 Jindal Steel & Power (JSP)’s Advisor (Legal) Manish Kharbanda has been featured in the recently published Forbes Legal Powerlist 2021 as one of the Top 50 General Counsels in India. Kharbanda received this prestigious recognition for his performance and leadership in legal advisory services. He has been selected for this prestigious honor by a ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 5, 2022 A bright young student who always dreamed of skyrocketing his Olympiad dreams, has made India proud by winning the gold medal at the 18th International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) held in Dubai this year. Rajdeep Mishra, a Class 10 student from Odisha, was among the six students who represented India and won the competition ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, APRIL 5, 2022 India’s leading air conditioning brand Blue Star on Tuesday unveiled its range of ‘affordable-yet-best-in-class differentiated’ split ACs for this summer season. Overall, the Company has launched 110 models, including 50 new models across the spectrum of inverter, fixed speed, and Window air conditioners (ACs). The Company’s strategic repositioning as a mass premium brand began ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, APRIL 5, 2022 Country’s largest Bank, State Bank of India (SBI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Border Security Force (BSF) to offer special benefits to the serving and retired BSF personnel and family pensioners through the Central Armed Police Salary Package (CAPSP) Scheme. The MoU will ensure extensive benefits to the security forces ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, APRIL 4, 2022 The Rourkela Chapter of the Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) on Sunday organised a function to celebrate the 18th Foundation Day of PRCI. PRCI Rourkela Chapter Chairperson Archana Satpathy presided over the function and cut the cake to mark the occasion. BN Mishra, Editor, Koshal Horizon & former PR Executive of Rourkela Steel ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 4, 2022 In an endeavor to improve the emergency service infrastructure in the State, the Odisha Government along with Odisha Police has deployed 106 numbers of 112 Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) in the first phase across the State. The aim of this new service is to address the distress calls by the citizens in a more ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, APRIL 4, 2022            Mortgage lender Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltc. (HDFC) will merge with the country’s largest private sector lender HDFC Bank, according to a regulatory filing.            The scheme of amalgamation will be subject to various regulatory approvals, including from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Securities and Exchange Board of ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, APRIL 4, 2022 A series of records and benchmarks were set by SAIL-run Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in the Financial Year 2021-22 in varied fields of endeavour right from production and productivity to techno-economics and projects. Annual Business Plan (ABP) targets were achieved in number of areas for the first time while many old Mills too recorded ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, APRIL 4, 2022 Jio Institute on Monday announced the appointment of Prof. Guruswami Ravichandran from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) as the Provost to further strengthen its academic leadership. Prof. Ravichandran will join Jio Institute as its founding Provost and Professor of Engineering, on July 1, 2022. Prof. Guruswami Ravichandran Prof. Ravichandran served as the Otis Booth ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, APRIL 4, 2022 Further widening its reach in the rural areas, Renault India has announced opening of 300 Renault Booking Centres across India in collaboration with CSC Grameen e-Stores, a subsidiary of CSC e-Governance Services India Ltd (CSC-SPV). Through this initiative, Renault India and CSC aim to increase accessibility in remote regions and provide rural customers ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, APRIL 4, 2022 In a move to protect the bank customers against large value cheque frauds, Punjab National Bank (PNB) has made Positive Pay System (PPS) mandatory for cheque of Rs.10 lakh and above from April 4, 2022. As per the Positive Pay System (PPS) developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), a customer ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, APRIL 4, 2022 The 10-day ‘Red Fort Festival – Bharat Bhagya Vidhata’ showcasing India’s history, art, heritage, culture, crafts and cuisine came to an end here on Sunday. The cultural extravaganza, a collaboration of the Union Culture Ministry and the Dalmia Bharat Group, which has adopted the Red Fort as its ‘Monument Mitra’, witnessed a footfall ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, APRIL 3, 2022 The 31st Foundation Day of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) was celebrated on Sunday at the Company’s Headquarters in Sambalpur.  The celebrations started early in the morning with the “Run for Excellence” wherein, former CMDs, present Board Members, President & Vice-Presidents of Jagruti Mahila Mandal, MCL employees and their families participated with great enthusiasm and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 3, 2022 Centre For Sight Group of Eye Hospitals entered Odisha with the opening of its state-of-the-art eye hospital in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. Unveiling the advanced world-class eye care hospital with the latest technology backed by a trusted team of doctors, Centre for Sight group has taken yet another step towards providing better and qualitative eye ...

TBB BUREAU PUNE, APRIL 2, 2022 Pinnacle Industries subsidiary and electric vehicle manufacturing & technology company, EKA, on Saturday launched its newest 9-metre pure electric & zero-emission bus, EKA E9. The E9, EKA’s first battery-electric bus, features a new streamlined vehicle design, maximized power & range due to its monocoque stainless steel chassis and complete composite structure. With a Total ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 2, 2022 This year, to uphold the occasion of the 86th Foundation Day of Odisha, Reverie Language Technologies in association with Mool Innovation Labs is organizing “JantraJuga ‘22: The Utkala Dibasa Hackathon.” So far 34 teams have registered for JantraJuga.The hackathon aims at bringing together Odisha’s young and booming student developer community to leverage technology to ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 1, 2022           For the financial year 2021-22, the Central GST, Central Excise & Customs, Bhubaneswar Zone has shown remarkable growth in revenue realisation. Till March 31, 2022, total revenue to the tune of Rs. 50978 crore (approx.) has been collected from various taxes, namely, GST, Customs and Central Excise registering a phenomenal growth of 27 ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 1, 2022 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated a state-of-the-art cancer centre on the premises of the Apollo Hospitals Bhubaneswar on Friday. The Apollo Cancer Centre is equipped with the latest technology amid the need to treat the growing number of cancer cases. It is the first and only cancer centre in the state to be ...

TBB BUREAU  BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 1, 2022 Coal India Limited (CIL) subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) ended the financial year 2021-22 (FY22) on a high note, clocking 168 million tonne coal production with an impressive growth of about 14 percent over the previous fiscal. In the financial year 2020-21, MCL produced 146 million tonnes of coal and dispatched 146 million tonnes. ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, APRIL 1, 2022 Paradip Port Authority (PPA) registered highest cargo handling of 116.13 million metric tonnes during the financial year 2021-22 (FY22), surpassing the previous best of 114.55 million metric tonnes achieved during the year 2020-21. During FY22, the Iron Ore traffic dropped by around 30 percent due to international market conditions and poor demand for iron ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 1, 2022 JSW once again emerged as the single highest contributor to the total mining revenue earned by the Odisha Government with close to Rs 18,284 crore contributions in way of premium and other statutory dues during financial year 2021-22 (FY22). The revenue by means of premium and other dues from the auctioned captive mines of ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 1, 2022 Naveen Jindal-led Jindal Steel & Power (JSP) bagged Utkal B1 and B2 Coal blocks in the Angul-Talcher Coal belt. Added with the coal reserve of Utkal C, JSP has secured sufficient reserves of coal to enable the mega steel company to enhance its capacity for green steel making. JSP is the first steelmaker in ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, MARCH 31, 2022 The Occupational Health and Safety Month which was being observed in Rajgangpur-based Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd.  (DCBL) since March 1, concluded today. Employees and officers of the Company enthusiastically participated in the programme which reiterated Dalmia safety. Speaking on the occasion, Assistant Director (Factories & Boilers)-Rourkela Bibhu Prasad who graced the closing ceremony as chief guest, ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, MARCH 31, 2022 India’s largest power producer NTPC along with its joint ventures and subsidiaries clocked highest ever annual electricity generation of 360 billion units (BU) in the current financial year (FY2021-22), registering a growth of 14.6 per cent compared to the previous fiscal. The state-run power major also recorded the maximum single-day generation of 1,215.68 million ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, MARCH 31, 2022 The Angul Unit of Jindal Steel and Power (JSP) observed the 17th death anniversary of the founder of Jindal Group of Companies Om Prakash Jindal (Bauji) with a series of spiritual and charitable activities. The employees along with the local villagers paid their respect with floral tributes. The observance began with a special prayer ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, MARCH 31, 2022 Jindal Steel and Power (JSP) observed the 17th Punya tithi (death anniversary) of its founder Om Prakash Jindal, fondly called Bauji, at the pellet plant premises here on Thursday. A series of programs were organized at the pellet plant, Kasia Mine, and Tensa Mine to commemorate the day. Barbil business unit head Brij Badhadra ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 31, 2022 Symphony Limited, world’s largest manufacturer of air-coolers has recently launched its Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) website. At a time when more consumers prefer ordering online, Symphony Ltd wants to ensure that the brand is omnipresent and is easily accessible across all touchpoints by their consumers. With the launch of the D2C website, the company has gone ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU, MARCH 31, 2022 Taiwanese multinational hardware manufacturer Acer on Thursday launched the Nitro 5 gaming laptop powered by 12th Gen Intel core i7 processor at a starting price of Rs 84,999. The laptop has a thin bezel with an 80 per cent screen-to-body ratio, 165Hz refresh rate, and 3ms response time. It also comes with Windows 11 ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 31, 2022 Oasis Fertility, one of the leading fertility chains in India, announced the launch of its new state-of-the-art full-fledged IVF centre in Odisha at Bhubaneswar. Backed by a highly competent team of Fertility Specialists, India’s finest Embryologists and scientists, Oasis Fertility enables couples to achieve their parenthood dreams through systematic, holistic, compassionate, and tech-based advanced ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 30, 2022 Country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on Wednesday organised a mega SGG Credit Linkage programme at Pipili. Inaugurating the programme, SBI Bhubaneswar Circle Chief General Manager Vidya Krishnan handed over loan sanction letters to local self-help groups (SHGs). On the occasion, 730 new SHG loans and renewals were disbursed to group members ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, MARCH 30, 2022 Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has set a fresh record in single-day hot metal production. The three Blast Furnaces (BF) of the plant namely BF-1, BF-4 and BF-5 produced 16,167 tonnes hot metal on Tuesday to achieve the feat, surpassing the previous single-day best of 15,505 tonnes registered on March 27, 2021. Similarly, Blast Furnace-5 ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 30, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, commemorates the rich cultural heritage of Odisha and commits to mainstream the beautiful and ancient art form of Dhokra by working with artisans from the Kankeri village, situated near its Alumina Refinery at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district on the occasion of Utkal Divas.    Dhokra artisans of Kankeri ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 30, 2022 India’s largest and fastest growing apparel and accessories specialty chain of Reliance Retail, TRENDS, announced the launch of its new stores in Balugaon town of Khorda district and Daspalla town of Nayagarh district in Odisha. Trends is truly democratizing fashion in India, by strengthening its reach & connect with consumers in India – right ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, MARCH 28, 2022 The state-of-the-art New Plate Mill (NPM) of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has surpassed the Annual Business Plan (ABP) target of 920,000 tonnes in the current financial year for the first time since inception. The ultra modern Mill went past the benchmark which also is the rated capacity of the Mill in the A Shift ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MARCH 28, 2022 GO FIRST (formerly known as GoAir) today announced the resumption ofits Oman operations from March 27, 2022. GO FIRST is the first ULCC Indian carrier to restore services in the region. The first flight on the sector arrived at Mumbai on Sunday from Muscat, Oman at 05:45 hours (Local time). This comes after the ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 28, 2022 To celebrate the resumption of scheduled commercial international flight operations from India, Singapore Airlines (SIA) is pleased to announce faredeals starting from INR 17,900 for travel from India to key destinations across the globe. Customers planning travel from India to Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the United States of America and other countries in ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU, MARCH 28, 2022 POCO, India’s third-largest online smartphone brand today launched its latest smartphone from the X-Series, the all-rounder, POCO X4 Pro 5G. The latest smartphone is geared towards enthusiasts requiring an uncompromised smart computing experience. The POCO X4 Pro 5G is the first in POCO’s X-Series to provide a 120Hz Super AMOLED screen with a 360Hz ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 27, 2022 Actor Akshay Kumar continues as the brand ambassador of CarDekho, the leading auto-tech company in India. He features in the company’s latest TVC, which will go live on March 26, during the inauguration of IPL 2022. With the tagline Bharosa Kar Ke Dekho, the TVC highlights the importance of Trust and Convenience of ...