TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, SEPT 23, 2022 The Lanjigarh Unit of Vedanta Limited, in association with the Kalahandi District Athletics Association (KDAA), organised Kalahandi’s first-ever intra-district archery competition, here today. The event, which doubled as a selection trial for the upcoming State Open Archery Championship 2022 in October, witnessed close competition from 46 students from 5 schools in the district. The ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 23, 2022 Global sustainable agriculture specialist organisation Solidaridad has joined hands with Sarat Kar & Anima Kar Foundation and Idea-Vodafone Foundation to transform Cuttack and Kendrapada districts into climate- and digitally-smart agricultural districts. The project, launched at the ICAR-Central Institute for Women in Agriculture Bhubaneswar on Friday by senior bureaucrat Roopa Roshan Sahoo in the presence ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 22, 2022 Notwithstanding pandemic induced adversities, Navratna CPSE National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) achieved many new milestones in the financial year 2021-22 (FY22), said a senior executive of the Company. Addressing the shareholders during the 41st Annual General Meeting on Thursday, NALCO Chairman & Managing Director Sridhar Patra said that FY 2021-22 was a historic year ...

TBB BUREAU JODA/BARBIL, SEPT 21, 2022 JSP Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel & Power (JSP), recently launched a Tailoring Training-cum-Production Centre at Jan Jeevika Kendra of JSP Pellet Plant in Deojhar Gram Panchayat, Barbil, reaching out to aspiring underprivileged women from the tribal predominant region of Joda-Barbil in Keonjhar District. The centre was inaugurated by JSP Pellet Plant ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 21, 2022 Quantela Inc, India’ surban infrastructure digitization leader, and the registration wing of the government of Odisha jointly announced a new partnership to provide digital land registry services in Odisha. The partnership aims to enhance the land and property transaction process for the citizens by improving the current computerized e-Registration services offered at 191 registration ...

TBB BUREAU NEW YORK/BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 20, 2022 Bhubaneswar-headquartered CSM Tech Pvt. Ltd, an Indian IT consulting firm with business footprints in Africa, the US and Dubai, has joined the league of 376 signatories to have signed the Climate Pledge for achieving a net-zero world by 2040. The company is the seventh Indian firm and the first from Odisha to be ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 20, 2022 HomeLane, India’s choice for on-time home interiors, launched its first Experience Centre in Bhubaneswar as part of the company’s strategic planto widen its presence in Tier-2 markets across India, including Odisha. HomeLane made an investment of Rs 50 lakh to set up the new Experience Centre here. The new 3,048 sq. ft HomeLane Experience ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, SEPT 19, 2022 On World Ozone Day, Vedanta Aluminium, in association with the Regional Office of Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) and DAV Public School, conducted an awareness campaign for students at Jharsuguda to sensitize the students on ozone depletion, its impact on the climate and individual responsibility, aligned to this year’s theme of ‘Montreal Protocol@35: ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 19, 2022 Eminent Odia writer and veteran journalist Dr. Gourahari Das has been selected to get the 43rd edition of the prestigious Sarala Puraskar. Dr. Das will receive the award for his short-story collection “Bagha O Anyanya Galpa”, published by Timepass Publication in 2018. Dr. Das, who is the Editor (Feature) of leading Odia daily “The ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 19, 2022 Pepperfry, the leading ecommerce furniture and home goods company, announced the launch of its New Studio in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The offline expansion is in line with the company’s aim to penetrate into niche markets and strengthen its omnichannel consumer engagement in home and living space in India. Pepperfry’s studio footprint currently spans across 90+ ...

TBB BUREAU JODA, SEPT 19, 2022 The Khondbond Iron and Manganese Mine of Tata Steel, located at Joda in Keonjhar district of Odisha, has won prestigious Pollution Control Excellence Award-2022 under ‘Mines’ category. The award instituted by Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB), was presented by State Forest & Environment Minister Pradip Kumar Amat on the occasion of OSPCB’s 39th ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 19, 2022 Dalmia Bharat Limited (DBL), one of the nation’s leading cement manufacturers, celebrated the valuable contributions of 123 veteran contractors across the Eastern region, including 35 from Odisha, at its ‘Aap Hai Sachche Viswakarma’ felicitation initiative. Saluting elderly retired contractors whose expertise and craftsmanship have made innumerable dream homes of individual house builders a reality, ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, SEPT 17, 2022 Naveen Jindal-led Jindal Steel and Power (JSP) on Saturday celebrated Vishwakarma Puja at its Angul Plant premises. JSP Managing Director Bimlendra Jha, Chief Executive Officer (Steel Business) Dinesh Kumar Saraogi, Executive Director Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay and ED Damodar Mittal along with employees and their families and the villagers from the periphery joined the Vedic puja ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 17, 2022   Gopalpur Ports Limited (GPL) in association with the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Station, Gopalpur organised a mega beach cleanup drive on the occasion of the International Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday.  More than 400 participants along with senior port officials, Coast Guard personnel, civilians and volunteers took part in the cleanup drive organised ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, SEPT 16, 2022 The Lanjigarh Unit of Vedanta Limited sensitized local communities on good nutritional habits and practices during the recently concluded National Nutrition Week 2022. Employees of the company volunteered to sensitize mothers on the nutritious benefits of local/indigenous food, assisted health practitioners in checking the height and weight of babies, and recording their immunization status. The ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 15 2022 Tata Power Odisha Discoms, serving 9 million customers across the state, are fully committed to realise the Odisha Government’s vision of Make in Odisha through reliable and quality power supply. Since its takeover of Odisha Discoms, in the past two years, the company has made significant strides in various aspects of power distribution to ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, SEPT 15, 2022 The Executive Director of Jindal Steel and Power (JSP), Hridayeshwar Jha, inaugurated the Rahasabadi Centre of Jamunda Jungle village in Angul district in the presence of the villagers, community leaders and grass root level change makers. Rahasabadi is a prominent infrastructure related to rural art, culture & heritage established in the villages in many ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, SEPT 15, 2022 Steel major Jindal Steel and Power (JSP) Managing Director Bimlendra Jha on Wednesday visited various CSR facilities of JSP, promoted by its CSR arm JSP Foundation in Angul. Jha’s visit started from “Asha the Hope”, where he interacted with 94 specially abled children and parents. Asha the Hope Centre provides Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy, Sensory ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 15, 2022 Dalmia Bharat Foundation (DBF), the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of Dalmia Bharat Group is on an accelerated path to make India’s ‘Self-reliance’ vision a reality. For this purpose, DBF has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a not-for-profit education society, NIIT Foundation to develop state-of-the-art, community-centric skill-building and educational training courses that ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 15, 2022 Electropreneur Park (EP) Bhubaneswar, a Centre of Entrepreneurship in Electronic System Design & Manufacturing (ESDM) set up by the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), launched the Mining Challenge Program 2022 (MAP 2022) recently inviting solutions from start-ups and innovators, from across the country, to address problems faced by the mining industry. MAP 2022 ...

TBB BUREAU CHHATRAPUR, SEPT 15, 2022 As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, Gopalpur Ports Limited (GPL) has opened a primary health checkup center at Duburi Chhak under Kanamana Panchayat . GPL Chief Executive Officer (CEO) VJ Rao inaugurated the health checkup center in the presence of VP (HR/IR) Ajay Kumar Mishra, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Vikash Kumar, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 14, 2022 In its bid to increase the business volume from Odisha, the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port of Kolkata (SMPK) evinces interest in tapping seafood export opportunities from the State. This was stated by the SMPK Chairman Vinit Kumar during an interactive session with the stakeholders of the seafood export sector here today regarding business prospects ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, SEPT 14, 2022 “We (Vedanta) stand testimony to what is possible if you make in Odisha. It is amongst the most favourable investment destinations in India, ably led by the stable governance, leadership, and vision of Shri Naveen Patnaik Ji which is reflected in the state’s Ease of Doing Business rankings,” said Vedanta Resources Chairman Anil Agarwal ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 14, 2022 Vedanta Ltd has won the bid for two coal mines in Odisha which were put up for e-auction by the government for commercial mining purpose on Wednesday. The Anil Agarwal-led conglomerate won the bid for Ghogharpalli and its Dip Extension mines. Both the coal mines are fully explored and the total geological reserves ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, SEPT 14, 2022 In a bid to spread awareness about nutrition, healthy eating practices, and locally available nutritious food, fruits and vegetables, the CSR wing of ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) observed Nutrition Awareness Week at Nuagarh in Paradip. About 300 women and adolescent girls, Anganwadi and ANM workers from periphery villages participated in the programme. ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, SEPT 14, 2022 A public hearing was held at Paradip on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Paradip ADM KC Dhir for expansion of the Paradeep Unit IFFCO for production of Nano Fertilizer (DAP and Urea). The public hearing programme was organised by the District Administration of Jagatsinghpur and Paradip Regional Office of the Odisha State Pollution Control ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 14, 2022 Samco Asset Management Pvt Ltd has for the first time introduced TimerSTP, a tool that determines the right time to invest more and the time to invest less in equities with the help of Samco’s proprietary Equity Margin of Safety Index (EMOSI) indicator which is based on the margin of safety investing principle. When ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, SEPT 13, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium conducted a training camp on first aid at its Jharsuguda plant wherein more than 1000 employees and business partners were oriented on the basics of first aid, use of automated external defibrillators and artificial manual breathing units, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) through demonstrations. With first aid being a critical pillar in the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 13, 2022 Expanding its radial tyre portfolio, tyre major JK Tyre & Industries launched two new product offerings – Jetsteel JDH XM and Jetway JUC XM – in Odisha on Tuesday. These tyres have been developed to capitalize on growth opportunities, overcome the rising input costs of transporters and to ensure long-term benefits toits customers, the ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, SEPT 12, 2022 National Recruiting Agency Secretary Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra, who is also the Central Nodal Officer – Jal Shakti Abhiyan, and Central Prabhari Officer – NITI Aayog, on Monday visited Vedanta Limited – Lanjigarh, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, during his official visit to Lanjigarh. He was accompanied by Kalahandi Collector P Anvesha Reddy, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 10, 2022 The Union Government should create an institutional framework for proactive engagement between Centre and states to develop the science and technology ecosystem in the states, Minister for Science & Technology Ashok Chandra Panda, said today. Participating in the Leadership session of State S&T Ministers’ Conclave held in Ahmedabad, Panda emphasized strengthening the STI ecosystems ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 10, 2022 As part of the Teachers’ Week celebrations, the Bhubaneswar Chapter of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) on Saturday organised a faculty development programme titled “Empowering Educators” here. Delivering the inaugural address, Chief Guest of the conference and National Law University Odisha Vice Chancellor Prof. Ved Kumari said that teachers are nation ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 09, 2022 In its journey to enhance customer experience, Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Ltd (TPCODL) inaugurated a new Division Office at Khordha recently. The office, set up to cater to issues of Khordha Electrical Division, also houses a Customer Care Centre dedicated to the consumers in and around Khordha. This is TPCODL’s 16th Customer Care ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 09, 2022 With 70 per cent of the total coal produced in Odisha supplied to power plants based in other states and the continuing coal shortage threatening the survival of local industries, the Utkal Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ltd. (UCCI) has sought intervention of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to save thousands of SMEs in the ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, SEPT 09, 2022 SAIL-run Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has scripted its best-ever April-August performance in major production areas. The steel plant produced 17,76,792 tonnes of hot metal, 16,57,623 tonnes of crude steel and 15,18,486 tonnes of saleable steel during the first five months of the current fiscal, registering growth of 1.7 per cent, 2.3 per cent and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 09, 2022 It is well known that children born to doctor parents usually have all the incentives to choose medicine for higher studies. However, having no doctors in the family can also turn out to be a powerful motivation for the children to fill the void. Priya Somadutta Nayak, a student of Aakash BYJU’S, Bhubaneswar, who ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPTE 09, 2022 The 16th edition of Tata Steel’s Young Astronomer Talent Search (YATS), which seeks to identify and promote the talent of school students of Odisha in the field of space science, is now online. YATS, organised in association with Pathani Samanta Planetarium, is being conducted in a hybrid mode this time where students can participate ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, SEPT 08, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, is working to bridge the literacy divide by enabling rural communities’ access to quality education. In pursuit of this aim, the company has been running several high-quality educational interventions, right from supporting pre-school education to implementing e-learning programmes to address the learning gaps created by the pandemic ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 08, 2022 Home-grown steel major Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSP) has been honoured with the “Best CSR Impact Initiative Award” for its high-impact sustainable social development interventions. On behalf of the Company, President & Group CSR Head Prashant Hota received the award in the Eastern India Leadership Awards programme held at Kolkata by World CSR ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 07, 2022 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced that the Odisha Government would support towards excellence of Kho Kho and establish a stadium for Kho Kho and a High Performance Centre (HPC) to develop the game. Patnaik made this announcement while felicitating the Odisha Juggernauts for emerging champions at the inaugural edition of the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 07, 2022 The Odisha Government on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai for setting up a state-of-the-art Cancer Hospital at the NISER campus near the state capital. Director of Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai Dr Rajendra Badwi and Odisha’s Special Secretary Public Health Dr Ajit Kumar Mohanty signed the MoU ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 07, 2022 ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) felicitated the team of Odisha Juggernauts, the champions of Ultimate Kho Kho Tournament 2022, at a glittering ceremony held here on Tuesday. AM/NS India-backed Odisha Juggernauts team clinched the Ultimate Kho Kho Champions trophy defeating Telugu Yoddhas in the final match held at Pune on Sunday, thus winning ...

TBB BUREAU JODA/BARBIL, SEPT 07, 2022  Bringing glory to the mineral-rich land of Joda-Barbil, four youths from Barbil, with all-round support of JSP Foundation, bagged two gold, one silver and one bronze medals while representing Odisha in the 21st National Junior Wushu Championship held at Kozhikode in Kerala from 1st to 6th September.  The team performed remarkably well in the ...

TBB BUREAU BERHAMPUR, SEPT 07, 2022 Tata Power Southern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPSODL) has launched all-women Customer Relation Centre in Berhampur. The centre is managed entirely by the female staff that includes the customer care executives, cashiers, housekeeping staff and the security guard. This Customer Relation Centre (CRC), inaugurated by Tata Power CEO & MD Praveer Sinha and equipped with ...

TBB BUREAU JODA/BARBIL, SEPT 06, 2022 In a keenly contested final held at the Eden Garden Playground of Jindal Nagar, Barbil Pellet Plant recently, KGF Warriors (Maintenance Department) got the better of the Black Panthers (Operation Department) to lift the first edition of the ‘JSP Futsal Championship Cup’. In a thrilling and competitive final match, both the teams played exceptionally ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 06, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, on Tuesday said that its Aluminium Smelter-I at Jharsuguda in Odisha has emerged as a national benchmark in water efficiency amongst aluminium smelters in India. The smelter has substantially reduced its Specific Water Consumption (water consumed per unit of metal produced) by around 11per cent in the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 04, 2022 TPCODL-Skill Development Centre (SDC) is an endeavour of TP Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL) to ensure skill development, technical training and exposure to new practices in the power distribution sector. The company inaugurated its first such training centre in Bhubaneswar recently for its employees working under Bhubaneswar 1 Electricity Circle. TPCODL plans to open ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 02, 2022 City-based Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) which has been at the forefront of path breaking research work and advanced medical care, has been ranked the 16th best private medical institute in India. In the latest survey conducted by the Week Magazine in association with Hansa Research, KIMS, a constituent of KIIT Deemed-to-be-University, has ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 02, 2022 Indian conglomerate Vedanta Limited​ ​announced its support for distance running as it  inked a five-year deal as the title sponsor for the world’s prestigious Delhi Half Marathon, promoted by Procam International. The World Athletics Elite Label Race will now be known as Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon. Along with this, the natural resources major will ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, SEPT 02, 2022 Coal India Limited (CIL)’s skill development programme for the local youth in Sundargarh, Jharsuguda and Angul districts of Odisha has turned out to be a boon in disguise. The youth, after successful training, have been bagging jobs. Eighty two of the 115 youth trained by CIL so far, have joined reputed companies like Amara ...