TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 30, 2021 In an effort to improve emergency ambulance service in Odisha, the state government has merged 102 ambulance service with 108. This integration now enables the 108 ambulance service to transport pregnant women and kids below one year to nearest authorized Govt hospitals. Informing about this, Sabysachi Biswal, Project Head – 108 Ambulance said, “This ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, JUNE 30, 2021 In a new CSR initiative, Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd. (MCL) is extending financial support to the tune of Rs. 3.65 crore to the Balangir district administration under project ‘PRAGATI’ for improving health and education infrastructure of the district. An MoU to this effect was signed by Chanchal Rana, Collector & DM, Balangir and PK Chakraborty, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 29, 2021 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium and its value-added products, has dedicated a second COVID facility to the people of Odisha, developed at Eklavya Model Residential School, in Deogarh. With the new COVID facility at Deogarh, and a similar one at Kalahandi, Vedanta has added 300 critical care beds to bolster Odisha’s medical ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 29, 2021 In the last few months, TPCODL has faced a few challenges like Cyclone ‘YAAS’, regular Nor’westers, second wave of Covid-19 pandemic etc., but it’s focus on uninterrupted power supply has been undeterred. In its bid to prevent breakdown/forced outages and reduce inconvenience to its customers, it has been working on condition based maintenance, which ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, JUNE 28, 2021 IIM Sambalpur concluded yet another successful academic year with the 4th (2018-2020) and 5th (2019-2021) annual convocation in the virtual mode. A total of 187 students were felicitated in the convocation with the 5th Batch having highest gender diversity across all IIMs with 46 female students in a batch strength of 95. The convocation ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 28, 2021        Aluminium major NALCO on Monday said that its net profit recorded a nine-fold jump to Rs.1299.56 crore for the financial year 2020-21. The state-run firm had clocked a net profit of Rs Rs.138.23 crore in the year-ago period. “National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has posted an impressive net turnover and net profit of ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, JUNE 22, 2021 Continuing its fight against COVID-19, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) has launched the vaccination drive at its Angul steel making facilities. The vaccination drive would cover the company’s employees and the entire workforce along with their families. Pursuing the vision of its founder OP Jindal to serve the society in a holistic way ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 22, 2021 An Automated Ticket verification and Management Access (ATMA) system has been set up at the Bhubaneswar railway station for the safety of passengers and railway authorities. The ATMA system is an information technology (IT) system that helps in effectively monitoring the temperature of passengers and to check tickets from a safe distance by staff ...

TBB BUREAU KANIHA, JUNE 22, 2021 NTPC Talcher Kaniha Chief General Manager Sudip Nag has been elevated to the post of Executive Director, Talcher Kaniha with effect from June 19, 2021. A graduate in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Durgapur, Nag joined NTPC Ltd as an Executive Trainee in the year 1987. Sudip Nag Starting his career in NTPC Farakka, Nag ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, JUNE 21, 2021            As part of its corporate social responsibility, the Rajgangpur Unit of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd. (DCBL) has renovated the Shani Temple at Khadagali Sahi in Ward 3 of Rajgangpur Municipality.             Keeping in view the religious sentiments of the local people, the CSR wing of DCBL Rajgangpur has spent over Rs 4 lakh ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 19, 2021 Vedanta Aluminium Power and Business, India’s largest producer of aluminium and its value-added products, has dedicated a 200-bed state-of-the-art COVID Hospital to the people of Odisha, to support the state government in providing timely and proper care to the critically ailing patients. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday inaugurated Vedanta’s largest Covid hospital ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 17, 2021 State-run Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) has contributed Rs 500 crore to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) on Thursday for supporting the State government’s efforts to control the present COVID-19 situation. OMC Chairman Surendra Kumar handed over a cheque worth Rs 500 crore to State Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra at Lok Seva Bhawan ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR/TIKIRI, JUNE 17      Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL), a unit of Hindalco Industries Limited, and Entrepreneurship Development Initiative of India (EDII) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday, to set up a Rural Business Incubation Centre ‘UDYAMEEE’ in Kashipur Block under Rayagada District.   The MoU was signed by Utkal Alumina Unit Head Mazhar Beig, and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 16, 2021 As the Covid-induced lockdown made it difficult for its employees to visit consumers’ premises to take meter reading, Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Ltd (TPCODL) on Wednesday announced the launch of its Self-Meter Reading App – ‘TPCODL MITRA’, which enables customers to scan their meter reading and generate the bill instantaneously through simple steps. ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, JUNE 16, 2021 The Lanjigarh Unit of Vedanta Limited has launched ‘Sashakti Suvidha Kendra’ to help local women sustain their livelihood through various challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Sashakti Suvidha Kendras are aimed at facilitating the marketing and sales of various products like turmeric, ragi, various spices, dry snacks, puffed rice, pulses, rice, paper plates, ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 14, 2021 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended his best wishes to the people of Odisha on the auspicious occasion of Raja Parba on Monday. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, “Best wishes on the auspicious occasion of Raja Parba. I pray for the good health and well-being of everyone.”

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 13, 2021 ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) today delivered the second tranche of a consignment of 5,020 medical grade oxygen cylinders and 2,000 units of flowmeters to Odisha for people affected with COVID-19. Lakshmi Mahapatra, Head of Corporate Affairs (Odisha Operations) at AM/NS India, handed over the oxygen cylinders to Odisha State Medical Corporation Limited ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 13, 2021 Keeping vaccination drives for all sections of the society in mind, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced a unique one for students going abroad for higher studies. While 83 students are enlisted after verification of the necessary documents, 19 have already been administered the Covishield doses at two designated centres at PN College, ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, JUNE 12, 2021 In line with its efforts to support Odisha’s fight against Covid-19, the Rajgangpur Unit of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited [DCBL] has donated eight Oxygen Concentrators to the Sundargarh District Administration for the benefit of the people affected with the novel coronavirus. DCBL Rajgangpur Deputy Executive Director Saroj Kumar Rout and Corporate Affairs Department’s Sanjib ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, JUNE 11, 2021 JSW Steel (mines division) in Odisha has intensified its precautionary measures against COVID as per the guidelines of the Government and the health authorities. All the mines and its offices continue to operate, ensuring adherence to stringent COVID-19 guidelines issued by the central and state authorities. Following the increase of positive cases in the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 10, 2021 The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) on Thursday signed an MoU with Odisha State Open University (OSOU) for academic collaboration. The prime objectives of the MoU are to work together in the field of Academics, Training, Research, Faculty development, and organising joint workshops and seminars for the benefit of the students and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 10, 2021 HCL TechBee is an early career program, meant for aspirants waiting to get full time jobs after completion of class XII. The program offers IT engineering jobs by equipping the students with future-ready skills. It prepares students technically and professionally for entry-level IT jobs in HCL where candidates undergo extensive 12-month training for these ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, JUNE 9, 2021 Accepting the proposals of the Odisha Government and the Jagatsinghpur District Administration to actively participate in the ‘Mo School Abhiyan’ scheme, Paradeep Phosphates Limited (PPL) has contributed Rs 60 lakh from its CSR fund for the development of three schools in the district. PPL Chief Operating Officer Ranjit Singh Chugh handed over cheque worth ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 8, 2021 Vedanta Aluminium and Power Business has unveiled its maiden Sustainable Development Report, which encapsulates the Business’ performance across key sustainability parameters such as Energy Management, Water Management, Biodiversity Management, Air Quality, Health & Safety, Social Impact and Governance etc for the FY 2019-20 performance period. Launching the Sustainability Report for the business, Vedanta ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 8, 2021 Converting the dreadful COVID-19 crisis into an opportunity, a handful of rural women from underprivileged communities in Bhubaneswar are raising vegetable gardens at home, with the support of SOS Children’s Villages of India (SOSCVI), a child care NGO, as a viable source of income during the lockdown that saw men, the primary breadwinners of ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, JUNE 7, 2021             With the unwavering commitment and steely grit to serve the country, the collective of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) have performed remarkably in areas of production, dispatch and techno-economics in the first two months of FY2021-22 in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic. While the Steel Plant left no stone unturned to ensure safety of ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, JUNE 5, 2021 Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) joined the rest of the world in observing World Environment Day on Saturday. RSP CEO Dipak Chattaraj hoisted the Environment Flag at Shilpa Konark premises in presence of senior executives and employees of the company. The Environment pledge was administered to all present on the occasion. Environment badges were also ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, JUNE 5, 2021 Commemorating World Environment Day 2021 on the theme ‘Ecosystem Restoration’, Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) organised a massive plantation programme in the residential area and pellet plant premises at Barbil on Saturday. Adhering to COVID guidelines and maintaining physical distancing, more than 100 workers, employees and their family members of various age groups ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 4, 2021 Vedanta, one of the world’s leading Oil & Gas and Metals companies, will launch a mega green cover initiative to commemorate World Environment Day on Saturday. As part of the Vedanta Cares Green Cover initiative, which will be virtually inaugurated by Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal, the company’s employees and business partners will be able ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, JUNE 4, 2021 JSPL Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) has come forward to support the needy and struggling farming community in this global pandemic and distributed fertilizer among them for the Kharif paddy cultivation. About 60 marginal and Covid-hit farmers of nearby villages under Deojhar and Kandra gram panchayats of Keonjhar ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 3, 2021 Reliance Jio, the No. 1 digital service provider in Odisha, has successfully completed deployment of the additional 20 MHz spectrum acquired in the recent spectrum auctions, across Odisha, further enhancing subscriber experience in the state. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL) in March announced that it had successfully acquired the right to use spectrum in ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 2, 2021 Tata Power’s TP Central Odisha Distribution Ltd. (TPCODL) on Wednesday celebrated the completion of the first year of its successful operations in Odisha. Since its acquisition a year ago, TPCODL has consistently presented sustainable, affordable and innovative energy solutions to its customers in Odisha. As India’s largest private sector power distribution company, Tata Power ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 2, 2021 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), the apex regulatory body for overall regulation and licensing of regional rural banks and apex cooperative banks in India, has sanctioned Rs 254 crore to Odisha under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for setting up of two mega piped drinking water supply projects, official sources said. ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 1, 2021 State-owned steel maker RINL on Monday said Kishore Chandra Das has been assigned additional charge as its Chairman and Managing Director with effect from June 1, 2021.          The additional charge to Das has been given for a period of one month or until further orders, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) said in a statement.        ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, JUNE 1, 2021 Union Minister Petroleum & Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday dedicated a 270-bed COVID Care Centre at Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) Plant Angul, in presence of Odisha Health & Family Welfare Minister Naba Kisore Das and JSPL Chairman Naveen Jindal. Sambalpur MP Nitesh Ganga Deb, Chhendipada MLA Susanta Kumar ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 31, 2021 The Odisha State Government on Monday announced that its dedicated COVID-19 WhatsApp helpdesk is now equipped to help citizens get access to official COVID-19 updates, verified information and vaccination slot bookings. The helpdesk will guide citizens through the vaccination process right from registration on the CoWin app to finding a vaccine slot in their ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 31, 2021 There is a special joy in the ‘Art of Giving’ and Prof. Achyuta Samanta, the founder of KIIT & KISS, has made it to another global fame for his obsessive bend towards humanitarian causes. His ‘Art of Giving’ has won the second position in the 2021 MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship by Talloires Network ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 31, 2021 In a major step towards ensuring fully logistic support to the Odisha Government, Orissa Stevedores Limited (OSL) carried out the Customs and Airport clearances of a special cargo flight carrying the consignment of 1300 medical grade oxygen cylinders as well as other medical consumables which were airlifted from China and landed at Biju Patnaik ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 31, 2021 The Bhubaneswar Circle of the State Bank of India (SBI) and SBI Foundation today donated a Covid Testing Van and medical equipment including masks, hand gloves and sanitizers to Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) for management of Covid-19 in the capital city. SBI Bhubaneswar Circle Chief General manager Ruma Dey handed over the van and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 22, 2021 In its continuous efforts to fight against Covid-19 pandemic, the Aditya Birla Group company, Aditya Aluminium has extended support to the Jharsuguda District Administration  by donating 10 oxygen concentrators, 200 N95 masks, 200 PPE Kits, 100 double layered Sambalpuri cotton masks (stitched by the SHGs supported by the company), recently. Aditya Aluminium Unit Head ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 22, 2021 One of the leading firms of Eastern India and a flagship company of the OSL Group, Odisha Stevedores Limited (OSL) has extended  full logistic support in unloading of 24 medical oxygen cylinders of 40-litre capacity each, 5 medical oxygen cylinders and oxygen regulators-humidifiers brought in by MV Anna Maria from Singapore through Paradip Port ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 20, 2021 Keeping in view the second upsurge of the Covid-19, the Aditya Birla Group company, Hindalco has come forward to extend support to the Sambalpur District Covid Hospital and the VIMSAR (Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research). On the request of the District Administration, Hindalco has donated 50 jumbo cylinders, 20 oxygen ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 20, 2021 As part of its support to the fight against the second wave of COVID pandemic, Vedanta Aluminium has supplied 2000 filled medical oxygen cylinders to the Government of Odisha on Thursday. The medical oxygen cylinders were handed over to the state government here today in presence of Industrial Promotion & Investment Corporation of Odisha ...

TBB BUREAU TIKIRI/BHUBANESWAR, MAY 19, 2021 In its relentless efforts to fight against COVID-19, Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL), a unit of Hindalco Industries of Aditya Birla Group, has donated 30 oxygen concentrators, 30 oxygen jumbo cylinders, 100 pulse oximeters, 100 thermometers and 12 thermal guns to the District Headquarters Hospital, Rayagada to safeguard the people of the district from the ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR, MAY 17, 2021   Vedanta Aluminium & Power Business, India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added aluminium products, has on the occasion of International Day of Families, extended the COVID Kavach Term Insurance Policy for employees of business partners across its plants in Jharsuguda and Lanjigarh in Odisha, and BALCO in Korba, Chhattisgarh. Ajay Kapur, CEO – ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 14, 2021 Moved by the second wave of the COVID pandemic, Navratrna CPSE National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) is leaving no stone unturned to stand in solidarity with the people of Odisha, in the fight against COVID-19. Deeply concerned by the surge in the number of cases and sufferings of people, NALCO is now supporting the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 11, 2021 Aditya Birla Group company Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL) is engaged in meaningful welfare initiatives in communities living in proximity of its plant. One of its initiatives “Project Saksham” is reaching out to the unemployed rural women and helping them become self-reliant through income generation. Since its commencement in February 2015, it has trained ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, MAY 8, 2021 India is currently undergoing through unparalleled circumstances that has not been witnessed before across generations. The brutal second wave of the Covid pandemic has left the country crippling. With over 37 lakh active COVID cases, the country needs immediate solutions to address the crisis. IIM Sambalpur has signed a memorandum of onderstanding (MoU) with ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, MAY 7, 2021 The highly determined Captive Power Plant-3 (CPP-3) team has helped Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) accrue substantial financial savings by executing several high skill jobs.  The team successfully revamped and commissioned four Acid and Alkali tanks associated with the de-mineralised (DM) water treatment plant of the unit using in-house resources and expertise. Notably, the DM ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MAY 7, 2021 With a massive population seeking jobs, skilling youth becomes highly important to make them employment ready, while providing a skilled talent pool to industries and enterprises to add to their workforce. As India grapples with the socioeconomic and health impact of the pandemic for over a year now, skilling Indian youth for the big ...