Holds cancer screening camp across Lanjigarh and Bhawanipatna TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, NOV 22, 2023 Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, recently organised a three-day cancer screening drive in Lanjigarh to generate wider awareness about cancer detection and treatment. The drive was undertaken in association with the BALCO Medical Centre (BMC) – one of India’s foremost cancer hospitals, known for ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, NOV 21, 2023 SAMRIDH Healthcare Blended Finance Facility, a multi-stakeholder innovation and financing platform supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by IPE Global, in collaboration with a leading Indian startup, Redwing, launched a pilot drone network to enhance accessibility and affordability of healthcare services in the Rayagada district of Odisha. This ...

TBB BUREAU KOLKATA, NOV 16, 2023 Medica Group of Hospitals, the leading healthcare chain in Eastern India, reaffirms its unwavering dedication to delivering exceptional medical care through the successful completion of a complex reimplantation surgery at its flagship facility in Kolkata. The intricate procedure was skilfully performed by renowned Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Akhilesh Kumar Agarwal, Consultant, Department of Plastic Surgery, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, NOV 10, 2023 Dalmia Bharat Foundation (DBF), the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of Dalmia Bharat Ltd. (DBL) in partnership with the National Health Mission organized a Tuberculosis (TB) screening and awareness camp for communities around its Kapilas Cement Works (KCW) manufacturing unit located in Cuttack. During the camp, essential screening and consultation services were provided for ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, NOVEMBER 07, 2023 In India, the battle against blood cancer rages on, with an alarming statistic: someone gets diagnosed with this devastating disease every 5 minutes, resulting in an estimated 70,000 incidences of it annually. Blood cancer continues to be a grave public health concern, characterized by its high prevalence and mortality rates. Leukemia stands as the ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, NOV 06, 2023 Supriya Lifescience, one of India’s leading specialty active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) manufacturing company and CDMO signs an agreement with Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) for further development of GelHeal, a protein-based cross linked Hydrogel. The gel-based cream is mapped out and designed taking into account the In-Situ scaffolding for mechanical support into the ...

TBB BUREAU GURUGRAM, NOV 06, 2023 Torque Pharma, a prominent player in the pharmaceutical sector, has unveiled its Anti Lice Cream Wash as part of the Torque Kvach Personal Care Brand. This product harnesses the benefits of natural ingredients to effectively eliminate lice without causing any harm to your hair. Containing a blend of natural components, including Reetha and Shikakai, ...

PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, NOV 03, 2023 Amid rapid surge in diabetes cases in India, a recent study has suggested that a healthy lifestyle and diet coupled with anti-diabetic properties enriched herbal formulations like BGR-34 can help control blood sugar levels in diabetic patients within 14 days. The study, conducted by a team of researchers from Patna-based Government Ayurvedic College and ...

TBB BUREAU AHMEDABAD, NOV 2, 2023 Sterling Accuris Diagnostics, one of the fastest-growing network of NABL-accredited pathology laboratories, on Thursday announced a strategic alliance with VPL Diagnostic, a prominent provider of specialty allergy testing services located in Ahmedabad. This strategic alliance further solidifies Sterling Accuris’ strong presence in the diagnostics industry. VPL Diagnostic is a specialized ImmunoCAP & ELISA allergy ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, OCT 23, 2023 Mumbai-based specialized active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) manufacturing company Supriya Lifescience Ltd. has collaborated with Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Bhubaneswar, to develop Quickblue, one of its kind oral cancer detection kit. This oral cancer detection kit is designed to detect oral cancer in a cost-effective and efficient manner. This kit seamlessly detects oral ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, OCT 19, 2023 More than one thousand patients suffering from various arthritis and autoimmune diseases are coming to AIIMS Bhubaneswar General Medicine OPD every month. More than 50 patients suffering from these diseases are admitted every month in General Medicine wards, said eminent medical scientist and AIIMS Bhubaneswar Executive Director Dr. Ashutosh Biswas. In a public awareness ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, OCT 18, 2023 Rourkela Ispat Trust (RIT) and Apollo Hospitals on Wednesday formally announced the launching of the partnership for operation of the state-of-the-art Ispat Post Graduate Institute and Super Speciality Hospital (IPG & SSH). The function was graced by Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) Director In Charge & RIT Governing Board Chairman Atanu Bhowmick, Rourkela ADM Dr. ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, OCT 16, 2023 With the objective of supporting the elderly patients of the local communities with quality and accessible eye care, Vedanta Limited Lanjigarh, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina organised its annual mega cataract camp at Vedanta Hospital, here in collaboration with Mahanadi Netra Chikitsalaya, Sonepur. The camp was flagged off by the senior leaders ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, OCT 16, 2023 Reinforcing its prowess in research and innovation towards its efforts to foster a healthier nation, Amway India recently introduced all-new Multivitamin & Multimineral health supplement, Nutrilite Daily Plus. This revolutionary formulation is power-packed with 24 essential vitamins and minerals and double the quantity of plant concentrates. Nutrilite Daily Plus is the first-ever product in ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, OCT 12, 2023 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, has inaugurated a state-of-the-art sanitary napkin manufacturing facility as part of Project Saukhyam. This initiative is the result of a collaboration between Vedanta, Subhalaxmi Co-operative, and the Technology Business Incubator at KIIT University in Bhubaneswar. The facility was inaugurated by the Vedanta Ladies Club in the presence ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, OCT 10, 2023 YourDOST (www.yourdost.com), one of India’s largest emotional wellness platforms, joined the universal community in commemorating World Mental Health Day on Tuesday, by reiterating its pledge to make emotional wellness support accessible to all. In recognition of this year’s theme, ‘Mental health is a universal human right’, YourDOST recognizes the fact that mental health is ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, OCT 8, 2023 In a dedicated pursuit of its commitment to the vision of a Hunger-Free India, the JSP Foundation, inspired by the Hunger-Free India vision of Jindal Steel & Power (JSP) Chairman Naveen Jindal who had introduced a private bill in the Lok Sabha to end hunger in the country, is set to expand the operational ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 29, 2023 City-based KALINGA Hospital Ltd. (KHL) Bhubaneswar organised a cycle rally (Cyclothon) on Friday to mark the World Heart Day and make people aware of heart-related diseases. During the event, the participants were told about the importance of cycling for maintaining a healthy heart. “The accomplishments of this Cyclothon event is a result of Kalinga ...

TBB BUREAU JODA, SEPT 23, 2023 In a bid to combat spread, and raise awareness about dengue among the communities, Tata Steel Foundation (TSF) has started a campaign in Joda municipality and its surrounding villages under Jalhari, Jurudi and Jaganj gram panchayats of Keonjhar district. The awareness drive is being conducted through intense fogging, spraying of anti-larva, public address system ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 22, 2023 On World Rose Day, Vedanta’s BALCO Medical Centre (BMC), one of India’s leading cancer care hospitals, reaffirms its commitment to providing quality healthcare service to cancer patients, especially those hailing from rural India. The state-of-the-art cancer treatment centre, which commenced operations in 2018, has since gone on to establish itself as a national ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU/KOLKATA, SEPT 20, 2023 Manipal Hospitals, the second-largest hospital chain in India, on Wednesday announced its acquisition of 84 per cent stake in AMRI Hospitals Ltd. The acquisition fits into the growth strategy of Manipal Hospitals to have a larger footprint and expanded presence in Eastern India as the largest hospital chain in that region. The clinical expertise ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 19, 2023 Khyaal, India’s number 1 senior citizen app, on Tuesday announced its strategic partnership with Tata 1mg, a leading digital healthcare platform. This collaboration marks a significant step towards enhancing the quality of life for senior citizens across India. Under this alliance, Khyaal and Tata 1mg will work in tandem to offer integrated health ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, SEPT 14, 2023 Vedanta Limited’s Lanjigarh unit, India’s premier producer of metallurgical alumina, provides a wide range of basic and specialized health services to the underserved communities in remote regions of Odisha. This year Vedanta Lanjigarh extended its healthcare support to Sibapadar village in Muniguda Block of Rayagada district through a mega health camp, reaching out to ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 13, 2023 Vedanta Aluminium observed National Nutrition Week by rallying its employees, their families and community members to participate in several events aimed at raising awareness around the need for enhanced nutritional practices. To boost community engagement and participation in the initiative, the company integrated its awareness efforts with the #RunForZeroHunger campaign, a social impact ...

TBB BUREAU HYDERABAD, SEPT 12, 2023 Heartfulness App, a premier meditation app by the Heartfulness Institute promotes meditation as a daily practice towards personal transformation. The free app that has more than 650,000 users is being brought in 11 languages and rapidly being adopted by over 700,000 users worldwide by both vernacular and international users. The app currently supports Gujarati, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 10, 2023 Infertility is the inability to conceive even after a year and almost 15 per cent of Indian couples face infertility issues. Erratic lifestyle, obesity, hormonal issues, delayed parenthood, smoking, excessive consumption of alcohol and environmental factors have become the major reasons for the rise in infertility in India. The societal mindset about infertility hasn’t ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, SEPT 9, 2023   Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, recently conducted a filaria awareness and medicine distribution program at Jharsuguda, reaching out to more than 7000 beneficiaries. As part of the awareness drive, Jharsuguda MLA Deepali Das flagged-off Vedanta’s ‘Filaria Awareness Rath’, a mobile unit well-equipped with visual teaching aids and announcement systems, aimed at ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 5, 2023 Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL) remains at the forefront of supporting the health and wellbeing of the community. Demonstrating an unwavering commitment to this cause, TPCODL CEO Arvind Singh inaugurated two more Mobile Health Dispensaries (MHDs) under the discom’s Project ‘Arogya’. These MHDs have been strategically positioned to serve specific areas under ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, AUG 28, 2023 Jindal Steel & Power (JSP) Chairman Naveen Jindal and JSP Foundation Chairperson Shallu Jindal flagged off a specially designed Mobile Veterinary Ambulance for animal welfare in Angul district. This initiative focuses on creating a stronger support system for veterinary care, supplementing the existing governmental initiatives. The Mobile Veterinary Ambulance is equipped with a team ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 22, 2023 In its bid to transform emergency medical care, Zenzo, the leading provider of holistic and reliable pre-hospital care to patients, launched its first 5G ambulance service in Mumbai that uses superfast 5G technology to change how diagnoses and treatment is provided to critical patients on board. This ambulance is fitted with cutting-edge equipment and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR/ANGUL, AUG 16, 2023 In a bid to reduce the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) in Angul district, JSP Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel & Power (JSP) joined hand with the District Administration to launch a technology-driven initiative “Project SPARSA” on Tuesday. Inaugurating the project, Odisha Industries Minister Pratap Keshari Deb handed ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, AUG 14, 2023 Strengthening its commitment to women across the world, Ayurveda-backed women’s healthcare company Gynoveda conducted a study at Dhanwantari Ayurveda Centre, Pallakad, Kerala, in May 2023. Based on the study, 85 percent of women achieved ovulation on time after consuming Gynoveda’s Ayurvedic supplement (within 3 months). Moreover, no adverse drug reaction was observed, offering women ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, AUG 11, 2023 Signalling its commitment to improve the state’s healthcare services and address the skills gap in the healthcare sector, the Government of Arunachal Pradesh (GoAP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Religare Group’s CSR arm Religare Care Foundation (RCF) in Itanagar today. In the presence of Arunachal Pradesh ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, AUG 10, 2023 Observing World Breastfeeding Week, Vedanta Aluminium, the largest aluminium producer in India, has undertaken comprehensive endeavours to promote and support breastfeeding among rural communities in the vicinity of its operations in Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Focused on remote locations that have limited access to quality healthcare and often rely on unscientific myths for medical ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, AUG 2, 2023 JSP Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of Naveen Jindal-led Jindal Steel & Power (JSP), took a significant step towards eradicating filaria in the vicinity by flagging off a tableau. The program aimed to raise awareness among villagers about the importance of consuming Diethylcarbamazine (DEC) combined with Albendazole (ABZ) and Ivermectin. The campaign was ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 31, 2023 In its bid to offer quality healthcare services to rural poor people, Centurion University on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with GAIL India to set up tele-health kiosks in all 7 rural campuses of the University in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh Poor people in rural areas who are deprived of healthcare services, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 27, 2023  A heartwarming tale of hope and kindness unfolded when a 29-year-old man from Kerala stepped forward to save the life of a complete stranger. Atanu Kishor, a resilient 22-year-old youth from Bangladesh, has been locked in an unwavering battle with blood cancer since 2017. His teenage years were full of immense difficulty as he ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 03, 2023 A diabetes diagnostic counselling center was inaugurated by Ypsomed India Pvt. Ltd Country Manager Sanjay Rajpal at the Community Diagnostic here on Sunday. The center was launched by Centurion University’s School of Paramedics and Allied Health Sciences in the presence of CUTM Provost Dr. Radhakant Padhi, Vice Chancellor Dr. Supriya Patnaik, SoPAHS Dean Prof. ...

TBB BUREAU PURI, JULY 01, 2023 Prioritizing the health and safety of the visitors during the Bahuda Yatra, Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL) deployed 3 mobile health dispensaries (MHDs) for the devotees visiting Puri. Nearly 6000 devotees benefited from these mobile health dispensaries during Rath Yatra, Bahuda Yatra and Suna Besha. The beneficiaries lauded the health services provided by ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, JUNE 27, 2023 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, has announced the successful completion of the first phase of the Ni-kshay Mitra program in Jharsuguda. As part of this initiative, aimed at supporting the Government of India’s ambitious “TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan (TB-Free India Campaign)”, the company has been supporting nearly 550 tuberculosis patients across Jharsuguda ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 19, 2023 Sickle cell disease (SCD) poses significant challenges for patients in India as the availability of curative stem cell transplants remains limited. With only a few centres offering this life-saving procedure, patients face barriers due to limited access to care and a lack of awareness among the public about stem cell donation. The absence of ...

TBB BUREAU KERALA, JUNE 14, 2023 Researchers at Humanitarian Technology (HuT) Labs of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, ranked the 7th Best University in India in the 2023 National Institution Ranking Framework, have developed India’s first device that enables people with speech impairment to communicate with the world by using simple eye signs. The device, called Netravaad, consists of a camera, display, ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, JUNE 2, 2023 ICICI Bank on Friday committed Rs 1,200 crore to help Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) to expand its cancer treating facilities. ICICI Bank will donate the money from its CSR funds to set up three new buildings spanning over a combined area of 7.5 lakh square feet and equip them with state-of-the-art machines at TMC’s ...

Launches “Addiction Free Amrit Kaal” campaign TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 2, 2023 Welcoming the Union Government’s decision to implement tobacco regulation on OTT (over-the-top) platforms which have seen nearly cent percent rise in viewership on kids’ content during the pandemic, health experts and child rights activists led by National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) are of the opinion ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 01, 2023  “As we aim to become a developed nation in our Amrit Kaal, it is essential that our citizens are healthy. Swasth Nagrik creates a Swastha Rashtra, which leads to a Samruddha Rashtra,” said Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya at the inauguration of the state-of-the-art National Training Centre for ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MAY 30, 2023 Vedanta Aluminium reached out to over 2300 women to raise awareness around women’s health as part of the Menstrual Hygiene Week across its operations in Odisha and Chhattishgarh. Aligned to this year’s UN theme of ‘Making menstruation a normal fact of life by 2030’, the company launched a series of crucial initiatives in ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 30, 2023 Aditya Birla Group company Hindalco at Sambalpur in Odisha has taken several healthcare initiatives to ensure better and meaningful lives for the locals. During last year, around 14,000 people from 5 wards of Hirakud availed its healthcare facilities. Through its Mobile Health Unit (MHU) under the ‘Healthcare at Doorsteps’ initiative, Hindalco is providing primary ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 30, 2023 There are at least 400 medicinal plants which can be very effective in reducing sugar level in blood, thus treating Diabetes mellitus naturally, but only a small number of these have received scientific and medical evaluation to assess their efficacy, says a team of Indian researchers while advocating for in-depth research to explore the ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MAY 25, 2023 The Ministry of Ayush and Ministry of Minority Affairs have jointly taken a significant step to promote and develop Unani system of medicine in India. Ministry of Minorities Affairs has approved a grant of Rs. 45.34 crore under Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK), a centrally sponsored scheme (CSS), for this purpose. With ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 25, 2023 The risk of death for hospitalized cirrhosis patients is more than twice as high in lower-or lower-middle income countries compared to high-income countries including india, largely because of limited access to diagnostic and therapeutic resources, according to a study published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology journal. Stages of liver disease leading to Cirrhosis ...