TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR/MUMBAI, MARCH 26, 2022 The largest telecom and digital service provider of the country, Reliance Jio has announced two new plans dedicated to IPL fans. Two new mobility plans with Disney+ Hotstar Mobile subscription are introduced, Rs. 555 Jio Cricket Data Add-on plan with 55-day validity and Rs. 2999 annual plan. Under the new plan of Rs. 555 ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 26, 2022 Antara, a part of the USD 5-bn Max Group, today announced the launch of its 10-bed Care Home facility in Jasola. The launch closely follows Antara’s announcement to invest over Rs. 300 crore across Residences for Seniors, Care Homes and Care at Home services and MedCare products in the next 3-4 years. This ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 26, 2022 With the aluminium, steel and other captive power plant (CPP)-based industries in Odisha grappling with critically low levels of coal stock to run their CPPs due to curtailed supply, the Utkal Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ltd (UCCI) has sought immediate intervention of the State and Union Government for normalization of coal supply to ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 26, 2022 In its commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040, Amazon India today announced the company will ‘switch off’ lights across all its corporate offices and operations network across India, in support of this year’s Earth Hour. Through this initiative, Amazon India will contribute to a cumulative of 500 hours of electricity savings of ‘lights ...

TBB BUREAU BANGALORE, MARCH 26, 2022 Celebrating five successful years in India, Lexus India today announced the launch of its new Buyback Promise program starting with the ES 300h and a Loyalty program under the ‘Lexus Life’, umbrella. Lexus commenced operations in India in 2017, with the commitment of providing amazing experiences to its discerning guests. The buyback program for ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, MARCH 25, 2022 Vedanta Limited’s Lanjigarh unit, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, has launched a skill training program to create employment opportunities for local youth by enhancing their skill sets in the housekeeping trade. The company has partnered with NABARD for the program, which will be implemented by the Vedanta Foundation. Inaugurated by NABARD’s Kalahandi ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 24, 2022 Riding on a sharp increase in buying activities by different ministries and departments, procurement of goods and services from government portal GeM has crossed Rs 1 lakh crore during the current financial year registering a 160 per cent growth as compared to the previous fiscal, GeM CEO Prashant Kumar Singh said on Thursday. ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 24, 2022 One of the largest integrated Bauxite-Alumina-Aluminium-Power producers in the country, National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) has been adjudged the National Winner of the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Sustainability, in recognition of its relentless focus on Sustainable mining and environment-friendly practices. Golden Peacock Awards, instituted by the Institute of Directors (IOD), is regarded as ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 24, 2022 Jajang Iron Ore Mines of JSW Steel Ltd. has been conferred with the “Best Productivity Excellence Award” for its multiple innovative ideas applied in its mines. The prestigious award was presented by Odisha State Productivity Council on Wednesday during its 47th Annual General Body meeting. The top honour was bestowed on Jajang Iron Ore ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 23, 2022 Sadashiv Samantaray has taken charge as the new Director (Commercial) of Navratna CPSE National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), on Tuesday. Sadashiv Samantaray Samantaray is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar and MBA from Utkal University. After joining NALCO as a Graduate Engineer Trainee of the second ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, MARCH 23, 2022             The Blast Furnace-I Parvati of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) that was re-commissioned after upgradation on May 9, 2018, has surpassed the 3 Million Tonnes (MT) mark in hot metal production on March 21. RSP Director In-Charge Atanu Bhowmick visited the Department and congratulated the larger Blast Furnace collective on this commendable performance. Bhowmick ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, MARCH 23, 2022 Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Sambalpur has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Center for Adivasi Research and Development (CARD) to develop entrepreneurship skills among tribal youths and provide them with quality education. The MoU was signed recently for multi-modal initiatives and projects on teaching, skilling, training and global outreach, IIM Sambalpur said ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, MARCH 23, 2022 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) has successfully achieved the coal production target of 163 million tonnes (MT) fixed for the current financial year (FY22). The Coal India Limited subsidiary went past its target of 163 MT on Tuesday, making extra efforts to maximize coal production during the remaining nine days of the financial year and ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MARCH 23, 2022 Union Bank of India launched another set of its next-gen MSME focused branches i.e., Union MSME First Branches (UMFB’s) at 25 locations across the country, taking the total of UMFB’s to 50 locations pan India. The branches were inaugurated by Nidhu Saxena, Executive Director of the bank at a virtual event held on Tuesday. ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU/BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 23, 2022         Jio Platforms’ subsidiary Asteria Aerospace, a drone manufacturer and solution provider in India, has launched its end-to-end drone operations platform – SkyDeck. SkyDeck is a cloud-based software platform to deliver a DaaS solution for multiple industry verticals such as agriculture, surveying, industrial inspections, and surveillance and security, a company release said. SkyDeck provides ...

TBB BUREAU KANIHA, MARCH 23, 2022 NTPC Talcher Kaniha on Tuesday inaugurated a 500KW Solar Rooftop project. NTPC Talcher Kaniha Executive Director K Srinivasa Rao inaugurated the 500-Kilowatt project installed on the rooftops of various buildings at NTPC Kaniha. Around 1570 solar panels have been installed across 5000 sq meters of roof top area, which are set to generate 7.66 ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MARCH 23, 2022 Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance (SUD Life) and Dai-ichi Life Japan has partnered with Vakrangee to tap customers living in smaller towns and rural areas. SUD Life is a joint venture between Bank of India, Union Bank of India, and Dai-ichi Life Japan. The partnership with the fintech player, which is at the forefront ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, MARCH 22, 2022 JSPL Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL), awarded OP Jindal Star Scholarship and OP Jindal Jewel Scholarship to 28 meritorious students of Angul district. Angul Collector and District Magistrate Siddharth Shankar Swain presented the scholarship cheques to the selected meritorious students in presence of Jindal Steel & Power Angul Location ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 22, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium Business, India’s largest producer of aluminium, has recycled 14 billion litres of water as of January 2022 in FY 21-22, leveraging advanced technologies for focused control and monitoring of water consumption. Vedanta Aluminium’s water sustainability efforts are guided by its robust Water Management Policy. In line with the company’s commitment to ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, MARCH 21, 2022 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) has successfully achieved the highest ever annual target of 200 million cubic metres (MCuM) overburden removal (OBR) fixed for the current financial year. The Coal India subsidiary on Sunday went past this target of 200 MCuM, stepping towards a new record of OBR. OBR, which refers to removal of top-soil ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 21, 2022 With the alarming shortage in supply of coal rakes for industries now also extending to road-based supplies, an increasingly worried Aluminium Association of India (AAI) has written to the Prime Minister’s Office, Coal Minister, and Cabinet Secretary, seeking their urgent intervention to ward off the imminent disruptions to the sector. It has been prompted ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 21, 2022 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned financial assistance of Rs.4013 crore to the Odisha Government, highest in the country, for critical rural infrastructure development in the state under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) during the FY 2021-22. During the year, major thrust has been given to the improvement in ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 21, 2022 Adding yet another feather to its cap of scripting scores of success stories, Odisha’s veteran stevedoring firm Orissa Stevedores Limited (OSL), under the able stewardship of its Managing Director Mahimananda Mishra, has achieved its mission of handling and transferring heavy lift cargo via riverine navigation from Paradip Port.  Accordingly, OSL has been successful in ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 21, 2022 Leading steelmaker Jindal Steel & Power (JSP) has been honoured with CSR Excellence Award for its multidimensional initiatives in supporting the community and government to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The prestigious award was presented by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to Jindal Steel & Power President & Group Head (CSR) Prashant Hota ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 21, 2022 Groundwater – which exists almost everywhere underground – has the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives and be the world’s insurance policy against climate change. On the occasion of World Water Day, 2022, WaterAid is releasing a Report, titled “Groundwater: The world’s neglected defence against climate change”, which throws sharp focus into ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 20, 2022 Red Fort Festival – Bharat Bhagya Vidhata, one of the world’s largest cultural extravaganzas, will be held from March 25th until April 3rd, 2022, at the country’s iconic 17th century monument in New Delhi, Red Fort. Conceptualized by the Union Culture Ministry and Red Fort’s ‘Monument Mitra’ Dalmia Bharat Group, the 10-day event ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MARCH 20, 2022 Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) backed Retail Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL) on Sunday said it acquired a majority stake in Purple Panda Fashions Private Limited which owns and operates the women’s lifestyle brand Clovia for Rs 950 crore. RRVL announced the acquisition of 89 percent equity stake in Purple Panda Fashions Private Limited with an ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, MARCH 20, 2022 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) on Sunday achieved a milestone in the history of coal producing companies in the country by successfully dispatching over 170 million tonnes of dry fuel to the consumers during the current financial year (FY 2021-22). At the end of March 19, 2022, MCL was able to dispatch 170.2 million tonnes ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 20, 2022 Union of Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Sunday said that India’s total geographical area under mining has increased substantially during the last few years and the sector is providing employment opportunities to 12 million people across the country, both directly and indirectly. Addressing the 36th International Geological Congress ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 19, 2022 India’s largest Iron Ore producer National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (NMDC) became the first company in the country to cross 40 million tonnes (MT) iron ore production in a year. From a production of 4 MTPA (million tonnes per annum) in the late 1960s to 40 million tonnes now, the growth trajectory of ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 19, 2022 Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) would democratize e-commerce and will protect small businesses by granting them equal opportunity. He was virtually addressing the fifth edition of the annual Launchpad-The Entrepreneurship Summit organized ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 19, 2022 India’s largest Iron Ore producer National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. (NMDC), a CPSE under Ministry of Steel, on Wednesday signed a MoU with IIT Kharagpur for drone-based mineral exploration. NMDC has been exploring minerals for six decades for a wide range of minerals such as Copper, Rock phosphate, Limestone, magnesite, Diamond, Tungsten and ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 18, 2022 Department of Telecommunications, Government of India and the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO) organized an online event – ‘Digital Transformation Center Stage (DTCS) – India’ to showcase and highlight successes of India in effective Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) adoption to encourage CTO member countries for adopting transformative digital solutions. India is a member ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, MARCH 17, 2022 JSW Paradip East Quay Coal Terminal (EQCT) commenced its commercial operations of 30 MTPA fully mechanized coal loading facility at Paradip Port on Tuesday. The terminal was inaugurated by Paradip Port Trust Chairman PL Harnath and JSW Infrastructure Ltd JMD Arun Maheshwari in presence of senior officials from APGENCO, NTECL, Sembcorp Energy India Limited, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 17, 2022 With a vision to fuel the entrepreneurial aspirations of India’s homemakers, Britannia Industries announced the top 10 winners of its renowned Marie Gold My Startup Initiative season 3. Under this initiative, the 10 winners were felicitated and awarded Rs 10 lakh each to kick-start their business ventures. Britannia Marie Gold My Startup initiative is ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 17, 2022 J B Pany J B Pany, Director, Javastra Technology Private Limited, has been re-elected as the Chairman of the Odisha State Council of the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) for the year 2022-23 at the council’s AGM held here on March 15. Gupta Power Infrastructure Limited Managing Director M K Gupta, MD has been ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU, MARCH 17, 2022 Country’s leading smartphone and smart TV brand Xiaomi India today expanded its Electric Air Compressor lineup with the launch of Xiaomi Portable Electric Air Compressor 1S. A premium, pocket-sized travel companion, Xiaomi Portable Electric Air Compressor 1S has been designed to cater to all travel requirements without any need for an external power supply. ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MARCH 16, 2022 GO FIRST (formerly known as GoAir), on Wednesday announced the resumption of direct international connection and direct international cargo operations from Srinagar to Sharjah,thus reinforcing its gulf operations. GO FIRST was the first airline to introduce direct service from Srinagar to Sharjah last year, under the Air Bubble agreement. GO FIRST flight G8 1595 ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 16, 2022 EdIndia Foundation, the strategic CSR arm of Sterlite Power, has announced its partnership with the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (UNESCO MGIEP), to train more than 10,000 teachers in India. This partnership will enable government teachers across India to leverage digital tools and integrate socio-emotional context while ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MARCH 16, 2022 India’s leading green cement company JSW Cement has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd (PRESPL) to use agricultural waste as biomass energy in its cement-manufacturing operations. Punjab Renewable Energy Systems is India’s largest biomass aggregation and densification company.  According to the MoU, Punjab Renewable Energy Systems will ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 16, 2022 OPPO, the leading global smart-device brand, will launch its K Series of smartphones in India on 23rd March 2022. With this series, OPPO looks to initiate an online-focused strategy and build a direct relationship with its online consumers via e-commerce platforms. K10 will be available on Flipkart, OPPO online store and select retail ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MARCH 15, 2022 Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd (AEML), together with the Adani Foundation and the MOHAN Foundation, has launched ‘Jeevan Amrut – The Sweetest Gift of Life’, a program to create widespread awareness about the importance of organ donation. The ‘Jeevan Amrut’ awareness program encourages people to pledge to donate their organs to save others’ lives. Compared ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, MARCH 15, 2022 India’s largest power producer, NTPC Ltd, is striving to elevate fuel supply for pit head plants to reduce cost for electricity generation. In a step towards making NTPC a more cost-conscious organization and making electricity generation more affordable and sustainable, NTPC Darlipali Super Thermal Power Plant (STPP) has signed a pact with NTPC Dulanga ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, MARCH 15, 2022 Van Heusen, India’s leading power dressing brand from Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd (ABFRL), has announced the launch of a new sub-brand “Flex”. Van Heusen Flex is new age clothing crafted for modern-day professionals who seamlessly shift between work and play. The brand has also launched a distinctivecampaign ‘Fashion meets performance’ to announce ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 13, 2022 State-owned gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd has declared a second interim dividend of 50 per cent (Rs 5 per share) for the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. The total dividend payout will be Rs 2,220.19 crore with a record date of March 22, the company said in a statement. “The decision ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, MARCH 13, 2022 Coal India Limited subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) on Saturday crossed 157 Million Tonne (MT) in coal production in the current fiscal (FY22) surpassing the previous high achieved by every other company, to become the leading coal producing company in the country. On 12th March 2022, the company produced 7.62 Lakh Tonne of dry ...

TBB BUREAU KANIHA, MARCH 11, 2022 NTPC Talcher Kaniha has won an International Safety Award from the British Safety Council in recognition of its commitment to keeping its workers and workplaces healthy and safe during the 2021 calendar year. NTPC Kaniha is one of the 135 organisations to win a Distinction in the International Safety Awards 2022. Now in their ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 11, 2022 The Odisha Regional Office of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) under FIDF with the Odisha Government. The MoA was signed between State Principal Secretary (Finance) Vishal Kumar Dev and NABARD Odisha RO Chief General Manager C Udayabhaskar Chief General Manager in presence of ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, MARCH 11, 2022 The state-of-the-art New Plate Mill of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has surpassed the 5 Million Tonnes (MT) production mark on Thursday. The ultra-modern Mill began its journey with commencement of rolling in the year 2014. It produced the last one million tonnes of Plates in a record 13 months which signifies its high rate ...

TBB BUREAU JAGATSINGHPUR, MARCH 10, 2022 Country’s leading steel makerJSW Steel contributed an advanced oxygen plant and machinery to adequately cover the needs of people at Jagatsinghpur.  The Oxygen Plant has been installed at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) amid the third wave of Covid-19 outbreak. “At JSW we believe in inclusive industrialization and we are consistently taking people along ...