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 ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, NOV 23, 2022 As part of its CSR initiative, JSW on Tuesday deployed a 32-seater school bus in Narayanposhi village of Sundargarh district. This is the second bus that the company has provided to this village for hassle-free transportation of students. The school bus was flagged off by Koira Sarpanch HK Deora in the presence of JSW ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, NOV 20, 2022  Realising that proper nutrition helps in leading a healthy life, Swayamsiddha Ladies Club of NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters, Ranchi distributed essential food items to the needy children of Asha Children Shelter Home in Tupudana, here as part of its CSR initiative. Swayamsiddha Ladies Club and its members distributed rice, dal, vegetable oil, pulses, health ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, NOV 19, 2022 The Lanjigarh Unit of Vedanta Limited recently concluded its month-long skill augmentation programme for anganwadi workers, geared towards improving the quality of early childhood education in Kalahandi, Rayagada, Ganjam and Dhenkanal districts of Odisha. The programme was developed and implemented in collaboration with Sesame Workshop India, which conducted the training across Vedanta’s Nand Ghars ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, NOV 14, 2022 Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd. has launched ‘Project Hastakala’, an innovative economic upliftment programme for the women in Jhagarpur village in Rajagangapur tehsil of Sundargarh district in Odisha. Project Hastakala will impart the women of Jhagarpur with the knowledge and skilled application of the globally appreciated tie & dye batik art form. This project is ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, NOV 13, 2022 To mark the importance of blended learning in the 21st century and infuse learning with fun, the Aditya Birla Public School Bhubaneswar on Sunday organized a fancy dress activity, here. Attired in different fancy uniforms, Adityans of class LKG-II showcased their talents with great enthusiasm. Dressed as doctors, soldiers, police, scientists, nurse, freedom fighters ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, NOV 12, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, carried out an avenue plantation drive along State Highway-10 in Jharsuguda. Working in close coordination with the District Administration, the company planted 3200 saplings on both sides of the State Highway, thereby significantly enhancing the green cover of the area. The mass plantation drive was initiated in ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, NOV 10, 2022 Pursuing its vision of inclusive development, JSP Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel & Power (JSP), on Thursday launched ‘Project Aashiana’ to provide financial assistance to poor and homeless people in building houses for their families. In the first phase, 529 needy people have been identified for support under this project. Launching the ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, NOV 8, 2022 On the occasion of the 48th NTPC Raising Day celebration on November 7, Swayamsiddha Ladies Club distributed Sanitary Pad Vending Machine and Incinerator for better hygiene and comfort among the adolescent resident girls of St. Michael’s Blind School, Ranchi under its CSR initiative. Distribution was held under the guidance of NTPC Coal Mining HQ Swayamsiddha ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, NOV 7, 2022 “Skills are passport to prosperity and opportunities. Along with education, it is necessary to possess a future-relevant skill so that it would be easier to remain competitive in the job market or entrepreneurship fields,” said Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, while addressing students and staff ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, NOV 7, 2022 The Jharsuguda Unit of Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, provided leaf blowers to the District Forest Office, Jharsuguda to aid the district administration’s efforts at mitigating forest fires in the vicinity. Vedanta Ltd. Jharsuguda CEO Sunil Gupta handed over the leaf blowers to Jharsuguda District Forest Officer Lalit Kumar Patra. With most ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, NOV 4, 2022 Vedanta Limited Lanjigarh, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, is fostering a plethora of waste-to-wealth MSMEs in Kalahandi district. The company has been supplying lime grit to local brick manufacturers, helping turn industrial by-products into value-added products for a circular economy. Lime grit is a by-product of refining bauxite (the ore of aluminium) ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR/TIKIRI, NOV 4, 2022 A couple of years ago, Suresh Naik of Surugunja village under Rayagada district used to work as a migrant labour in Kerala to eke out a living and meet the basic needs of his family. But now he is an entrepreneur who not only heads a fabrication unit but also offers jobs to others. ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, OCT 31, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, observed Global Handwashing Day at Jharsuguda in Odisha, under the theme of ‘Unite for Universal Hand Hygiene’. The company undertook a week-long awareness campaign to sensitize local communities on the importance of proper handwashing and hygiene practices. The campaign was conducted across 28 villages, including two schools ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, OCT 31, 2022 Fulfilling the long-felt need, the Paradip Port Hospital has set up a modern ‘Emergency Department’ at the hospital. The well-equipped ‘Emergency Department’ of Paradip Port Authority (PPA) Hospital was inaugurated by PPA Chairman PL Haranadh in the presence of Deputy Chairman AK Bose, and CMO Dr. Prahallad Chandra Panda on Monday. All the staff, ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, OCT 28, 2022 In a bid to make available more employee welfare benefits to its shop floor-level employees and business partners, the Lanjigarh Unit of Vedanta Limited has partnered with the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC). As part of this partnership, the Vedanta Hospital at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district is now recognized as an Employer’s Utilization Dispensary. ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, OCT 26, 2022 Core to the company’s philosophy, CSR has been an integral part of NTPC’s business of power generation and lighting up the lives of millions of Indians. In view of this spirit, for development of the local community, skill development plays an important part towards self-reliance and empowerment. NTPC Coal Mining has taken up the ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, OCT 26, 2022 “Paradip Port Authority (PPA) will continue its journey to remain in the forefront for providing a clean environment to the local populace,” said PPA Chairman PL Haranadh, here today. Launching three more Mechanised Road Sweeping Machines to clean the arterial and sub-arterial roads of the Port Township, PPA Chairman Haranadh said, “The newly commissioned ...

TBB BUREAU BALIAPAL, OCT 21, 2022 Subarnarekha Port Private Limited (SPPL) has set up a centre of J N Tata Vocational Training Institute (JNTVTI), the premier skill development training institute of Tata Steel, at Baliapal in Balasore district of Odisha. The institute seeks to benefit local youths by enhancing their skills, thereby boosting job opportunities. The centre was inaugurated today ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, OCT 20, 2022 As part of its noble initiative, Swayamsiddha Ladies Club of NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters, Ranchi distributed warm blankets to associates-cum-office supporting staff including members of Indian Coffee House (ICH), Private Security Guards, Office Assistants, Drivers, and House Keeping staff of NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters. The distribution was conducted under the aegis of Club President ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, OCT 20, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium has launched Mobile Health Unit (MHU) services in Sundargarh district, for making doorstep healthcare services accessible in remote villages. Through its MHU, Vedanta Aluminium will help people from multiple villages of Sundargarh district access quality healthcare services, which include preliminary medical consultation, blood tests, blood pressure monitoring, basic check-ups and essential medicines ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, OCT 18, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium has been transforming the lives of farmers in Jharsuguda through its ‘Jeevika Samriddhi’ project. This initiative is envisaged as a sustainable livelihood project in agriculture, which aims to introduce small and marginal farmers to better, more efficient, and sustainable methods of farming, thereby increasing their quantum of yield and sustained return on ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, OCT 18, 2022 Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur and SIDBI have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Tuesday, to strengthen the small business/micro enterprise ecosystem of various weaving and craft clusters across Odisha and the nation. Several strategic interventions will be undertaken under the partnership focused on strengthening the supply-chains, helping clusters become self-sustainable and developing ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, OCT 17, 2022 JSP Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel & Power (JSP), observed the World Food Day 2022 at various places across the country. Aligning with this year’s theme “Leave NO ONE behind”, JSP Foundation observed this special day in Odisha with the members of Angul District Farmer’s Club Federation, Women Self Help Groups, inmates ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, OCT 15, 2022 Satyabrat Mohapatra, a student of JSP Foundation’s Utkarsh programme, has cleared the Odisha Civil Services Examination 2020. Son of a hawker in Angul bus stand and physically challenged, Satyabrat cracked this prestigious examination with a rank of 279. Hridayeswar Jha, Executive Director & Location Head of JSP Angul, felicitated Satyabrat for his remarkable achievement ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, OCT 14, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, is enabling thousands of rural women with skills, financial literacy, access to resources, technology & market, and welfare schemes, making them equal participants in the national socio-economic development. The company works on the fundamental principle that rural women’s involvement in sustainable development goals will be crucial ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, OCT 14, 2022 The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) today announced the launch of a sustainable agriculture project ‘Unnati Aamrit’ in Odisha under its flagship program Project ‘Unnati’, which is part of the ‘Fruit Circular Economy’ initiative. Project Unnati Aamrit, funded by The Coca-Cola Foundation, has been initiated in partnership with rural development organization SWADESI, in line with the ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, OCT 14, 2022 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) under its CSR initiative provided 6-month fully residential Skill Development Training on ‘Testing & Quality Control of Plastic Materials’ to the 25 ‘Divyang’ youths at Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Bhubaneswar. At the valedictory function of the Skill Development Training Programme, certificate of completion and joining letter ...

TBB BUREAU WASHINGTON, DC/MUMBAI, OCT 13, 2022 Building on their efforts to narrow the gender digital divide and empower women in India, Reliance Foundation and the US Agency for International Development (USAID), on Wednesday announced the launch of the Women Connect Challenge (WCC) India Round Two and are calling for grant applications. Reliance Foundation will provide up to Rs 10 ...

TBB BUREAU BALIAPAL, OCT 12, 2022 Subarnarekha Port Private Limited (SPPL) organised a mega health at Siddheswar College, Amarda Road in Balasore district where 833 patients received treatment.  Following the motto of the CSR initiatives of SPPL “Jal, Jeevan and Jivika”, the camp provided doorstep healthcare service to people from nearby villages like Agrada, Churupada, Barada, Chasipada, Hadmud, Bela, Bagaldiha, ...

TBB BUREAU CHHATRAPUR, OCT 12, 2022 With a noble intent of giving back to the society in this festive season, Gopalpur Ports Limited (GPL) under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) banner celebrated the biggest joy of giving week ‘Daan Utsav’ in the GPL premises. The week-long festival which started on October 2 on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, is an ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, OCT 11, 2022 JSW Foundation has taken a unique step to make its high-quality courses in Computer Science available to the students of Kolmonga. A total of 40 students from the Kolmonga area will enjoy the benefits of free computer classes. The Foundation has taken the initiative considering it as crucial in imparting basic knowledge about using ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, OCT 10, 2022 Rich tributes were paid by the Rajgangpur Unit of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited  to Utkalmani Pandit Gopabandhu Das, an illustrious son of Odisha, on the occasion of his birth anniversary on Sunday. A function was organised by the Gopabandhu Cultural Committee at the dalmia Cement Gopabandhu Parkhere to mark the occasion. Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited AED-Technical ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, OCT 10, 2022 Ten students of archery training program by Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh have become champions at the 23rd State Archery Championship 2022 held at Khaprakhol in Bolangir from October 1 to 4. As many as 230 participants from across Odisha took part in the championship. These included 19 toxophilites from Kalahandi, selected at an intra-district championship ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, OCT 7, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, observed Rashtriya Poshan Maah at Jharsuguda, undertaking a month-long awareness programme on good food and nutrition, healthy eating practices, balanced diet, importance of indigenous food, etc. The programme was held across 125 anganwadis, benefitting more than 2,000 women and children in Jharsuguda. The month of September was ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, OCT 6, 2022      Nilima Sahu from the Hirakud village of Sambalpur district who was once struggling to meet both ends, is a happy women now as she is supporting her family income now, thanks to the “Project Swabalambi” of Hindalco. “Project Swabalambi” has brought a sea change in the life of Nilima Sahu and families like ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, SEPT 30, 2022 The Lanjigarh Unit of Vedanta Limited recently observed the 6th Shaktimayee Foundation Day to celebrate the achievements of the Shaktimayee Foundation, a collective of women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) supported by the Lanjigarh Unit of Vedanta Limited in partnership with the Mahashakti Foundation, an organisation working towards livelihood development among underprivileged groups. Commencing operations in ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESHWAR, SEPT 28, 2022 Reinforcing its social welfare initiatives within the region, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited (DCBL), a leading Indian cement major and a subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat Limited, successfully completed its medical drive in Odisha benefiting over 11,000 community residents of the State. The camp was organized by DCBL’s Kapilas Cement Manufacturing Works (KCMW) plant in Cuttack, ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, SEPT 27, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, felicitated 114 meritorious students from local communities, who are children of Subhalaxmi Cooperative members, for their superlative performance in matriculation examinations, conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha. On this occasion, the meritorious students were also awarded scholarships through the Subhalaxmi Mahila Kalyan Panthi to encourage ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, SEPT 26, 2022 The Lanjigarh Unit of Vedanta Limited has commenced a six-month training programme for students in the tribal art form of ‘Saura’, at the SSD High School here. Thirty-six students have been handpicked for the training programme, based on their interest and aptitude. Saura art features prominently in the tribal arts heritage of Odisha. The ...

TBB BUREAU CHHATRAPUR, SEPT 24, 2022 Gopalpur Ports Limited (GPL) on Saturday conducted a mobile health camp at K Aryapalli village of Aryapally Panchayat today as part of its “Concern for Community Health” drive. It’s the third such health camp organised by GPL as part of its CSR initiative, after successful organisation of two mega mobile health camps at Haripur-Bandar ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, SEPT 23, 2022 Pursuing its mission of ‘Hunger-free India’ and ‘Nutrition for All’ in the country  and  aligning with the Government policies,  JSP Foundation, the CSR wing of Jindal Steel & Power in coordination with Integrated Child Development Scheme, Odisha Livelihood Mission, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department and National Health Mission  organised a mega sensitization event ...

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 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 NEW DELHI, SEPT 21, 2022 Flag Foundation of India (FFoI) is remembering the historic day of 22nd September 1995 as a milestone day in the struggle to democratize the Indian Tricolour, our beloved Tiranga. On this day in 1995, present FFoI President, Naveen Jindal filed a writ petition in Delhi High Court seeking to amend the Flag code ...

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 GANGTOK, SEPT 19, 2022 International Red Panda Day is celebrated every year on the third Saturday of September to support Red Panda conservation. It is a day to celebrate the Himalayan Mountains’ elusive Firefox and generate much-needed awareness about the species. Taking a step forward in the conservation efforts, SBI Foundation and WWF India entered into a partnership ...

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 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 ...