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 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 NEW DELHI, SEPT 15, 2022 Energy giant NTPC Ltd on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Sports Development Funds (NSDF) and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) for the development of archery in India. Union Power Minister RK Singh and Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Singh Thakur were present during the MoU ...

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 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 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 RANCHI, SEPT 06, 2022 Swayamsiddha Ladies Club of NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters in Ranchi on Teachers’ Day felicitated the teachers of one of the oldest schools of Ranchi, St. Michael Blind School, residential school for children with visual impairment. On this occasion, Mahua Mazumder, President, Swayamsiddha Ladies Club conveyed good wishes to the teachers on the occasion of ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, SEPT 4, 2022 Swayamsiddha Ladies Club of NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters distributed essential food items at Adim Jati Sewa Mandal, Ranchi, home for underprivileged tribal children and physically challenged children, as part of the observance of National Nutrition Month (Rashtriya POSHAN Maah). The Ladies Club distributed rice, dal, vegetable oil, pulses, health drink, fruits etc. under its ...

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 ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, SEPT 02, 2022 India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, Vedanta Limited – Lanjigarh, has bagged a trio of awards for its initiatives in environment, healthcare, and education. The company bagged the first prize for ‘Environmental Protection’ at the 22nd Greentech Environment Awards-2022, and also stood first with its impactful initiatives in ‘Promotion of Healthcare’ and ‘Promotion ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA/LANJIGARH, AUG 30, 2022 On National Sports Day, Vedanta Aluminium pledged to strengthen grassroots sporting culture with the participation of young talent from local communities in and around its areas of operations. In pursuit of this aim, Vedanta Aluminium has been actively supporting several sports formats, events and training programs in Jharsuguda, Lanjigarh and nearby areas. Sports being ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, AUGUST 27, 2022 Five young kickboxers brought laurels for Keonjhar district by winning four medals, including one gold, in the just concluded Wako India Seniors and Masters National Kickboxing Championship in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Sponsored by JSW Foundation, kickboxers Ashish Rout, Jaspreet Singh and Budhuram Munda, won one gold and three bronze medals in the Championship held ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, AUGUST 26, 2022       In a major boost to the transportation infrastructure in the Jharsuguda district, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) under its CSR initiatives is set to develop roads in rural areas. In this regard, MCL has taken up the project for construction of Bituminous Road from village Godhan to Bhoipali (Bhoipada) at Barpali village in Jharsuguda ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 26, 2022 The United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCC) secretariat has enrolled CSM Tech as a participant in its Climate Neutral Now initiative. Climate Neutral Now was launched in 2015 with the goal of encouraging and supporting all levels of society to take climate action to achieve a climate neutral (net zero) world by midcentury, ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, AUGUST 25, 2022 As a responsible partner of Angul District Health Administration, JSP Foundation on Thursday provided a 5.5KVA, 48V inverter and 230AH 4 batteries for the safekeeping of various vaccines at Kosala Community Health Centre (CHC) during power cuts. The Inverter will maintain the quality immunisation programme and cold chain maintenance in the ILR Point. Chhendipada ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 25, 2022 Indian Navy’s Navy Welfare and Wellness Association (NWWA) on Thursday signed an MoU with the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) to promote the wellness and welfare of tribal students. Under the pact, KISS shall also provide educational enhancement courses through KIIT for the naval families from the ongoing academic year. The MoU was ...

TBB BUREAU JAGATSINGHPUR, AUGUST 23, 2022 In the wake of the recent flood in Jagatsinghpur district, JSW Foundation and district administration distributed special relief packages in the flood-affected areas. Recently, coastal belts of Odisha received an unprecedented monsoon rainfall causing the Mahanadi River basin to flood. Some villages of Jagatsinghpur district have been submerged in the flood water. Particularly, Kujang ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 23, 2022 HCL Technologies (HCL) has won the prestigious National CSR Award 2020 instituted by Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The award recognizes the path-breaking work by the HCL Foundation, the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of HCL Technologies, toward equitable and sustainable development of communities living below the poverty line in urban slums. HCL Foundation’s ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, AUGUST 22, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium organized a voluntary blood donation camp at its Aluminium Smelter operations in Jharsuguda, to support local blood banks. Employees and their families and business partners came forward and donated around 210 units of blood which were given to the Red Cross Blood Bank at Burla and Odisha Red Cross Blood Bank at ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 22, 2022 As part of its corporate social responsibility, Aditya Birla Group company Ultratech Cement extended support to the flood victims in Odisha. Recently, Ultratech Cement handed over tarpaulins and gas cylinders to the people of Kaspa village in Jajpur district where 10 wards of the villages were submerged in flood water due to breach of ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, AUGUST 19, 2022 Members of Subhalaxmi Co-operative, one of India’s largest rural women’s co-operatives supported by Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, responded to the Prime Minister’s clarion call of ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ by stitching more than 4000 national flags for the public. Employees of Vedanta Aluminium’s Jharsuguda plant volunteered to distribute these flags to thousands ...

TBB BUREAU BALIAPAL, AUGUST 18, 2022      Subarnarekha Port Private Limited (SPPL) is going to set up a centre of JN Tata Vocational Training Institute (JNTVTI), the premier skills training institute of Tata Steel, at Baliapal in Balasore district of Odisha. The Institute seeks to benefit local youth by enhancing their skills and providing them various job opportunities. The centre, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 12, 2022 Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL), a 100 percent subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group company Hindalco has been helping the farmers of Kashipur Block in doubling their income through Project Wadi. Launched in 2018 in partnership with NABARD with a six-year tenure for implementation, UAIL’s Project Wadi covers 17 villages of Kashipur in Rayagada District and ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, AUGUST 11, 2022 The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) Ministry proposal for continuation of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U) up to 31st December 2024 wherein financial assistance is to be provided for the completion of already sanctioned 122.69 lakh houses till 31st ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 10, 2022 JSPL Foundation, the CSR wing of Jindal Steel & Power (JSP), offered scholarships to 508 meritorious girls from weaker sections of the society in Odisha and Chhattishgarh to support their vocational training and higher education under its Jindal Swayam Sampanna Nari programme. JSPL Foundation Chairperson Shallu Jindal inaugurated the programme and distributed scholarship letters ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 9, 2022 Dalmia Bharat Foundation (DBF), the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) arm of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd (DCBL), is facilitating a range of training and exposure programs for Se​l​f Help Groups (SHGs), to ensure a dynamic and​ ​enabled environment geared towards growth and development. In continuation of its women empowerment initiatives for communities​ ​surrounding its Cuttack ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 6, 2022 Aditya Aluminium, Lapanga which has been actively working on improving the nutrition intake amongst women, adolescent girls and children under its Project Suposhan, observed World Breastfeeding Week-2022 with the theme “Step up: Support and Educate” in six gram panchayats of Rengali Block from August 1. On each day of the week, an event was ...

TBB BUREAU CHHATRAPUR, AUGUST 6, 2022          As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Gopalpur Ports Ltd. (GPL) organised a mobile health check-up camp at the Government Upper Primary School in Kalipali Gram Panchayat with an aim to provide quality healthcare to people living in the port periphery. Over 300 people from different villages under the panchayat participated in ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 6, 2022 The growth of native Self-Help Groups is crucial to the nation’s development and women empowerment, said Odisha’s Energy Minister Pratap Keshari Deb while speaking to Abha Shakti members (women self-help groups) at a programme organised by Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Ltd. (TPCODL) here on the eve of National Handloom Day. The event was ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 2, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, is undertaking a series of awareness sessions on breastfeeding practices for pregnant and lactating mothers in Jharsuguda and Kalahandi districts of Odisha during World Breastfeeding Week. Themed on “Step up for Breastfeeding”, the sessions will be held in partnership with National Rural Health Mission, Vedanta Hospital (Lanjigarh) ...

TBB BUREAU ANGUL, AUGUST 1, 2022 JSPL Foundation in association with the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), National Health Mission (NHM) and Odisha Livelihood Mission (OLM) of Angul District observed the first day of the World Breastfeeding Week 2022 at Natada Gram Panchayat under Chhendipada Block. The week-long program aims to spread the message ‘Step Up for Breastfeeding: Educate and ...

TBB BUREAU JODA/BARBIL, AUGUST 1, 2022 Empowering women is paramount for inclusive and holistic social development.  Pursuant to this mission, JSPL Foundation organized a two-day workshop-cum-capacity building program in Joda and Barbil region under its women empowerment initiatives with the objective of making rural women self-reliant by inculcating entrepreneurship spirits in them. The program was inaugurated by Padmashree Tulasi Munda and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 1, 2022 India’s leading player in steel manufacturing and mining, Rungta Mines Limited (RML) developed an open gymnasium at Barbil in Odisha as part of its CSR initiative. The project has outdoor gym equipment like a step-trainer, air walker, leg press, abs trainer, chest press, fun rower, pendulum, shoulder press, rider, twister, and spinner among others.  ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JULY 29, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, launches the FY23 edition of its GreenHearts campaign during which it will plant more than 2 lakh saplings across its operations in Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Launched last year, GreenHearts is an annual bio-investment campaign, whereby the company’s business units undertake mass plantation drives during monsoon, for ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 19, 2022 As part of its CSR initiative, Jindal Steel & Power (JSP) launched a mobile cold drinking water van and school bus services in the villages around Kasia Iron Mine region today. The services were inaugurated by Kasia Iron Mine Head Ajit Patra in presence of Serenda GP Sarpanch Sasmita Sidhu, Bhadrasahi Sarapanch Pramila, JSP’s ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, TIKIRI, JULY 17, 2022 Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL), a subsidiary of Hindalco Industries Limited of Aditya Birla Group which is committed towards the health and wellbeing of its periphery villagers, sprang into action as soon as came to know about the outbreak of diarrhoea in Kashipur Block. A responsible corporate, UAIL sent its medical team along ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 15, 2022 As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Navaratna CPSE National Aluminium Company Ld. (NALCO) participated in the iconic week celebration of the Union Mines Ministry, by launching 300 smart classrooms in 120 government-run schools. At a function held in hybrid mode, Union Mines Secretary Alok Tandon in presence of NALCO Chairman-cum-Managing Director Sridhar Patra ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JULY 15, 2022 On World Youth Skills Day, Vedanta Aluminium reaffirms its commitment to scaling upskill development programs for rural youth, helping them learn employable skills and find livelihood opportunities. Through various skill development initiatives, the company has, till date, helped more than 12,000 youths get trained in solar energy technology, housekeeping, industrial sewing machine operations, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 14, 2022 Water scarcity is a perennial issue in Rengali Block of Sambalpur District, and shortage of irrigation water poses a grave threat to the agricultural economy of this area, given the erratic rainfall. To provide relief from water scarcity, Aditya Birla Group company Aditya Aluminium has come forward to restore water bodies and conserve runoff ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 14, 2022 Celebrated on July 15th every year since 2014, when the United Nations instituted World Youth Skills Day (WYSD), the theme for WYSD 2022 is “Transforming Youth Skills for the Future.” WYSD highlights the vital need to equip young people with future-ready skills, making them employment ready. With rapid technological advances and evolving socio-economic trends ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 11, 2022 JSPL Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel & Power, offered service to more than 3.30 lakh devotees during the world famous Rath Yatra festival in Puri. In coordination with the District Administration, the Foundation provided freshly cooked traditional Odia meals (Rice, Dalma, Khajur Khata), chilled drinking water, and glucose packets during the grand ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 9, 2022 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium, in association with the Vedanta BALCO Medical Centre (BMC) cancer hospital conducted a cancer screening camp and awareness campaign at District Headquarters Hospital of Jeypore in Koraput district. A cancer detection van, equipped with various cancer detection tests such as pap smears and oral cytology was deployed ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, JULY 8, 2022 Supported by Vedanta Jharsuguda, India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added aluminium products, Rupsi Meher, a housewife from Kelendamal in Jharsuguda, Odisha scripted her own success story.  When Rupsi first heard about Subhalaxmi Cooperative, her family barely managed to make ends meet but her biggest worry then was not being able to send her ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 8, 2022 Dalmia Bharat Limited (DBL) has reiterated its commitment towards its region-building efforts in Odisha during the world-famous Rath Yatra’s 2022 edition through its ‘Saluting the Expert’ initiative aimed at the artisan community involved in the construction of the chariots of the Trinity – Lord Balabhadra, Lord Jagannath and Devi Subhadra. Building on shared synergies ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JULY 5, 2022 In the first ever ‘State Ranking Index’ under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) released on Tuesday, Odisha has topped the list of general category states while Tripura topped the list of special category states. Odisha is followed by Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat in the general category states, while in the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 4, 2022 On the Auspicious Day of the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath, the Lord of the Universe, Corporate Leaders and Civil Society members united over a conclave called the ‘Nation Builders Day’ to celebrate the first ever event calling for citizen empowerment igniting Citizen Social Responsibility of Building a nation for even better. Organised by ...