TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, MAY 23, 2023 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of Aluminium, has established a state-of-the-art rehabilitation centre at its township in Jharsuguda for specially-abled children. The facility will serve as a dedicated hub for providing comprehensive care, therapy and support to children with various disabilities. It will offer a wide range of services, including speech therapy, physiotherapy and ...

TBB BUREAU KOLKATA, MAY 19, 2023 Medica Group of Hospitals, the largest private hospital chain in Eastern India, announced on Friday, the appointment of Dr. Nandakumar Jairam as its new Chairman, bidding adieu to Founder & former Chairman Dr. Alok Roy. Dr. Nandakumar Jairam comes with rich and varied experience in the country’s healthcare landscape. Formerly, he has served as ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MAY 18, 2023 New Delhi-based AIMIL Ayouthveda added one more feather to its illustrious cap on Wednesday as its skin care products brand ‘Ayouthveda’ won the “Best D2C Brand Of The Year Award-2023” under the Omnichannel Strategy category, at D2C India, India’s largest new commerce conference organised by IndianRetailer.com (IReC) in B​engaluru. IReC Awards recognises the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 17, 2023 Vedanta Iron Ore Odisha (IOO) organised a specialised health check-up camp at Nuagoan Primary School in Sundargarh district recently, providing specialised medical consultations and essential healthcare services to over 130 villagers from Sundargarh district. The initiative was aimed at providing quality healthcare facilities to the villagers near their homes and addressing the medical needs ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, MAY 15, 2023 The Lanjigarh Unit of Vedanta Limited, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, has undertaken extensive efforts to boost community awareness towards preventing and mitigating incidences of malaria in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts of Odisha. Recently, the company organised awareness drives across 13 villages in the vicinity of its operations, led by medical experts ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 15, 2023 Odisha Millets Mission is taking major strides in collaborating with Restaurants and Chefs to promote Odisha’s millets. Odisha’s mission of bringing its Millets from Farm-to-Plate is on the rise, as the State Government is taking various unique initiatives to promote the consumption of millets across the State. One such drive was seen at the ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, MAY 9, 2023 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, has now extended its Mobile Health Vehicle (MHV) services to additional locations in Sundargarh district of Odisha, helping make quality healthcare services accessible in more underserved areas of the state. Consisting of teams of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and expert medical technicians, Vedanta’s MHV services are inclusive of ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 8, 2023 Thalassemia is a genetic condition affecting millions worldwide. Every year, over 10,000 new cases of thalassemia are diagnosed in India, making the country the Thalassemia capital of the world. Despite its prevalence, there is a lack of awareness about this condition and its treatment options. This hereditary disease affects many children in their infancy, ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MAY 5, 2023 Doctors have warned that consumption of raw gallbladder of any fish can take a toll on the health of your kidney. Their warning followed after they investigated Seta Devi, 48, a resident of Ranchi, who was having severe kidney damage. When questioned, she admitted to having consumed the raw gallbladder of a locally ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 4, 2023 President of India Droupadi Murmu on Thursday launched a year-long campaign – Addiction Free Odisha (Nashamukta Odisha) at Rairangpur. The campaign will be helmed by the Brahma Kumaris in association with the Government of India. Jindal Stainless has joined this noble cause by becoming a primary sponsor of this initiative. Lauding the efforts of ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MAY 2, 2023 Lower grip strength and slower timed-up-and-go (TUG) i.e. time taken to rise from a chair, walk three meters and sit back down can be the warning signals of dementia in-waiting, researchers have said. Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, and reasoning — to such an extent that it interferes ...

Dr. Sudarsan Mandal Cancer is one of the emerging major public health issues that affect millions of people around the world, including India. In recent years, the incidence of cancer has been alarmingly rising in India. As per the ICMR “National Cancer Registry Programme” data, approximately 3.65 million people are affected with cancer, 1.5 million new cases are diagnosed annually and nearly ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, APR 25, 2023 JSP Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel & Power (JSP) provided foldable couches with partition screens to 50 Village Health, Sanitation and Nutrition Day (VHND) points under Banarpal and Chhendipada Blocks of Angul district. The VHND programme are conducted regularly for antenatal and postnatal checkup of  pregnant women and lactating mothers, basic health ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, APR 20, 2023 If you have diabetes, then you must avoid sugar-sweetened beverages like sodas, fruit punch, and lemonade to cut down the risk of premature death, according to a study published online in The BMJ. Led by researchers at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, the study showed that high consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages ...

Vedanta Aluminium Jharsuguda recognised as Ni-kshay Mitra partner TBB BUREAU Jharsuguda, APR 17, 2023 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, recently concluded a series of awareness drives on tuberculosis (TB) in Jharsuguda, reaching out to more than 3,500 residents across 13 villages. Organised in observance of World Tuberculosis Day, under the theme ‘Yes, we can end TB’, the company’s ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, APR 14, 2023 On National Safe Motherhood Day, Vedanta Aluminium conducted a series of awareness sessions on maternal health, nutrition and neonatal care for pregnant and lactating mothers in Jharsuguda. The sessions were conducted at a Nand Ghar in Brundamal village. As part of the program, essential checks for pregnancy-induced hypertension, gestational diabetes and other pregnancy-related ailments ...

National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai, J&K Directorate General of AYUSH and Aimil Pharmaceuticals ink pact for clinical trials TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, APR 11, 2023 In a first-of-its kind initiative, the National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA) under the Union Ayush Ministry, Tata Memorial Hospital-Mumbai, Directorate General of Ayush, J&K and Aimil Pharma have joined hands to ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APR 7, 2023 Community health interventions of Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, have benefitted over 2.5 lakh people in Odisha and Chhattisgarh in the financial year 2022-23 (FY23). On World Health Day, the company conducted a mega health camp at Vedanta Hospital at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi of Odisha which saw participation of more than 750 ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APR 7, 2023 Kalinga Hospital Ltd. (KHL) Bhubaneswar, one of the leading healthcare providers in Odisha, observed World Health Day with a blood donation camp. More than 100 employees of KHL voluntarily donated blood. The event elicited enthusiastic response from donors. This noble initiative was graced by eminent personalities of Odisha like KHL Chairman Dr. Sita Kantha ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APR 1, 2023 Kalinga Hospital Ltd. (KHL) Bhubaneswar, a leading healthcare provider of Odisha celebrated Utkal Divas with pomp and gaiety to commemorate the formation of Odisha as a separate province. A special function was organised to mark the glorious occasion. It was graced by eminent personalities of Odisha like Justice Choudhury Pratap Keshari Mishra of Orissa ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, MAR 24, 2023 Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, organized a voluntary blood donation camp at its Occupational Health Centre at Lanjigarh operations in association with Odisha Blood Center, Kalahandi District. Employees, families and business partners of Vedanta Aluminium joined in the blood donation camp, and over 200 units of blood were donated ...

The clinical services in Radiation Oncology Department at KIMS Cancer Centre (KCC)-Bhubaneswar has started from Tuesday with the practice of state-of-the-art linear accelerator-based radiotherapy for cancer patients and the related research works. KCC is poised to become the first resource-appropriate unique cancer management centre in Odisha for the multi-speciality treatments of all types of cancers. The highly precision linear accelerators ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 10, 2023 Adopting a healthy lifestyle such as limited intake of salt and potassium, quitting smoking and more physical activities besides proper awareness can help not only in checking kidney degeneration but also prevent it, health experts said here on the World Kidney Day on Thursday.  “Kidney diseases occur in five stages with kidney failure ...

PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 05, 2023 With India promoting the importance the Ayurveda for human wellbeing, Neeri KFT, an Indian traditional ayurvedic polyherbal formulation has been found to be effective in regulating the functions of at least six genes variants causing kidney dysfunction, researchers have said ahead of the World Kidney Day, which will be observed on March 9 this ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, FEB 27, 2023 Dalmia OCL Eye Centre has completed 8 years of serving underprivileged sections of the society in Sundargarh district of Odisha. The eye hospital was jointly instituted by LV Prasad Eye Institute and Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited (earlier OCL India Limited) at Rajgangpur in 2015, with the vision of making Sundargarh district blind free. The ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, FEB 26, 2023              Ayurveda has a cure for every disease and the world is returning to Ayurveda today, said Union Minister of State for Tourism Ajay Bhatt. Therefore, new research needs to be done in those areas, said the Minister while inaugurating the AYURYOG Expo 2023, in Varanasi. Ayurveda experts and pharmaceutical companies from ...

TBB BUREAU SUNDARGARH, FEB 19, 2023 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, conducted a week-long awareness campaign in Sundargarh district towards promoting better menstrual health amongst adolescent girls in the region. The campaign reached out to more than 650 teenagers living in the villages of Munderkhet, Jharpalam, Taparia, Luabahal, Chatbar, Bilaimunda and Girisima in the district. The informative sessions, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEB 16, 2023 This International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day on Wednesday, DKMS announced DKMS-BMST Patient Funding Programme, which aims to support financially underprivileged blood cancer and blood disorder patients in India by covering a part of the treatment costs for patients meeting the eligibility criteria. Each case is evaluated against a set of pre-defined socio-economic criteria. In ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEB 16, 2023 Tata 1mg, India’s trusted healthcare platform, has announced its much-awaited Grand Saving Days (GSD) sale, India’s biggest health and wellness sale. The sale will commence on February 17 and run through February 21, the company said in a statement on Thursday. The five-day biannual sale promises a “parade of offers” and will bring the ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, FEB 15, 2023 The Rajgangpur unit of Dalmia Bharat Foundation has been chosen as the Ni-Kshay Mitra of Sundergarh District under the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukta Bharat Abhiyan (PMTBMBA). The Ni-Kshay Mitra program was launched at the Community Health Centre (CHC) Rajgangpur on Wednesday with support from Dalmia Cement Bharat Limited, Rajgangpur unit. Sundargarh Chief District Medical ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, FEB 13, 2023 Ahead of the annual Protein Day on 27th February, ‘Right To Protein’, a dedicated awareness initiative, has announced ‘Easy Access to Protein for All’ as the theme for 2023. In its fourth year, the theme aims to draw much-needed attention to the accessibility of protein foods, encouraging citizens at large to learn more about ...

TBB BUREAU RAIPUR, FEB 6, 2023 Vedanta’s BALCO Medical Centre (BMC), one of India’s leading cancer care hospitals, has undertaken a series of awareness initiatives on the occasion of World Cancer Day, to educate individuals on the cruciality of timely preventive screening and mitigation measures against various forms of cancer. In this regard, senior medical experts from BMC are reaching ...

TBB BUREAU JODA/BARBIL, FEB 3, 2023           Taking forward its endeavour to improve the quality of life of the people in rural and tribal areas, JSP Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel & Power (JSP), has started building a hospital at Deojhar, Barbil in Keonjhar District. JSP Chairman Naveen Jindal and JSP Foundation Chairperson Shallu Jindal performed the Bhoomi ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, JAN 26, 2023 Fulfilling its commitment for improving healthcare facilities for people of Angul, JSP Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel & Power (JSP), on Thursday laid the foundation stone for a 100 bedded multispeciality hospital at Jindal Nagar in Angul. Jindal Steel & Power Chairman Naveen Jindal and JSP Foundation Chairperson Shallu Jindal performed the ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JAN 26, 2023 Union Health & Family Welfare Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday unveiled the world’s first intranasal COVID-19 vaccine iNNCOVACC in the presence of Union Minister of State (IC) for Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh. Developed by Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) in collaboration with Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance (BIRAC), iNNCOVACC is the ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, JAN 17, 2023 Vedanta Aluminium has pledged its support towards the Prime Minister’s ‘TB (Tuberculosis) Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan’ by launching the Nikshay Mitra program at Jharsuguda. The Nikshay Mitra program is the Central Government’s initiative to eliminate TB from the country by 2025 and intends to reduce the stigma around tuberculosis by urging citizens to adopt tuberculosis ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JAN 7, 2023 “AIIMS Bhubaneswar has won the trust of people in the field of quality health care within a decade not only in Odisha but also in adjoining states by fulfilling the mandate of equalizing the regional imbalance in tertiary health care delivery. This is a manifestation of the commitment of Govt of India under the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JAN 7, 2023 There is a huge gap in demand, supply of organs for transplant in India, it’s time we bridged that gap, opined experts at the National level CME & Workshop on Brain Death & Organ Donation, organised by city-based AMRI Hospitals, here on Saturday. More than 100 doctors and professionals from various government and private hospitals in ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR/KALAHANDI, JAN 5, 2023 Utkal Alumina International Limited, a subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group’s Hindalco Industries Limited, is always committed towards the health and wellbeing of its periphery villagers. As a responsible corporate, the company always demonstrates its affinity towards the community by safeguarding them from health crises and epidemic, thus contributing to the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, DEC 31, 2022 The Union Government has deepened the reach of the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) with the opening of more than 9000 stores covering 743 out of 766 districts across the country. The number of Jan Aushadhi Kendras has now increased to 9000 from 8610 in the last financial year. The Government has ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, DEC 18, 2022 Aditya Aluminium, Lapanga in collaboration with Blood Bank, Sambalpur organised a mega blo​​od donation camp on Sunday. A total of 260 units of blood was collected during the camp. The camp was inaugurated by Aditya Aluminium Lapanga Vice President & Unit Head (HR) Dr. Vivekanand Mishra, Head (CSR) Sweta Upadhayay and Chief Medical Officer ...

TBB BUREAU KOIRA, DEC 15, 2022 As part of its CSR initiative, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) has set up an advanced labour room at Koira Community Health Centre (CHC) in Sundergarh district. The new set up was inaugurated by Koira Sarpanch Rushikesh Deuri in the presence of Koira CHS Medical Officer Dr. Sarat Kumar Pashupalak, AM/NS India Head-CSR ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, DEC 10, 2022 In its bid to sensitize community members, employees and business partners on the effective prevention and management of HIV/AIDS, Vedanta Aluminium in association with the Jharsuguda District Health Department and the Odisha State AIDS Control Society (OSACS), observed a week-long awareness program based on the theme ‘Equalize’ to mark World AIDS Day. As part ...

TBB BUREAU               NEW DELHI, DEC 8, 2022 Mylab has received approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), TB Expert Committee, and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for its made-in-India kit that detects tuberculosis and multiple drug resistance to rifampicin and isoniazid through a single test. The RT-PCR-based PathoDetect MTB RIF and INH drug resistance kit will ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, DEC 8, 2022 MindMaze, the Hinduja Group backed Unicorn, on Thursday announced it has partnered with Vibra Healthcare of the US, a leader in post-acute hospital patient care, to deploy MindMaze’s digital health technology platforms  -MindPod and MindMotionGO – in-clinic and at-home for patients within select Vibra hospitals. It is a global pioneer in the development of ...

PRIYABRAT BISWAL Fifatrol, an ayurvedic formulation composed of time-tested herbs is effective in the treatment of upper respiratory tract infections, according to a study published in the International Research Journal of Ayurveda and Yoga. A team of researchers carried out the study on 203 patients with upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) in various health centres across the country. During the ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, DEC 1, 2022 JSP Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel & Power (JSP), observed World AIDS Day 2022 in association with the District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit (DAPCU) and others on Thursday. On this occasion, the field functionaries of JSP Foundation made the people aware about the consequences of the pandemic and how people should take actions against HIV/AIDS prevention, ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, DEC 1, 2022 The World AIDS Day was observed at PPA Hospital with the theme “putting ourselves to test: achieving equality to end HIV and discrimination”. On this occasion, a walkathon was organised to create awareness about AIDS among the denizens of the Port Township. The walkathon, flagged off by Paradip Ladies Club Vice President Suchismita Bose, started from the PPA ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, NOV 28, 2022 As part of its CSR initiative, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd. (DCBL) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bhubaneswar-based LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) for launching ‘Project Drushti’. Project Drushti was launched on Monday at Jaurumal Village in presence of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd. Executive Director & DCBL Rajgangpur Unit Head Chetan Shrivastav, LVPEI ...

TBB BUREAU BURLA, NOV 25, 2022 As a part of its CSR initiative, the Sambalpur Circle of Tata Power Western Odisha Distribution Ltd. (TPWODL) has conducted a blood donation camp at the VSSUT Club House here. The camp was inaugurated by TPWODL CEO Gajanan Kale in the presence of VIMSAR Director Dr. Lalit Meher, VSSUT VC Dr. Bansidhar Majhi and ...