TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, OCT 8, 2021 As part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahostav’ celebration, Hindalco-Hirakud in collaboration with the Jawahar Udyan management, flagged off a cleanliness drive.  Led by Hindalco Hirakud Cluster Head Kailash Pandey, the volunteering by Hindalco employees and locals for a clean and green Jawahar Udyan was indeed encouraging. Plastic, polythene and other waste in the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, OCT 6, 2021 In line with its commitment to normalizing conversations around mental health and creating awareness on mental health issues, Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited is launching yet another disruptive initiative. Ahead of World Mental Health Day, the company will be launching unique designs of facemasks that carry curated messages on spreading awareness and acceptance ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, OCT 5, 2021 Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh, India’s premier producer of metallurgical grade alumina, has initiated ‘Jan Sampark Karyakram’ (Public Relations Programme) on Gandhi Jayanti to further greater connect with the communities in the region. The company also unveiled its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Annual Report for FY 20-21 that encapsulates its community development endeavours in Kalahandi and ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, OCTOBER 01, 2021 Dalmia Bharat Foundation (DBF), the CSR arm of Dalmia Bharat Group, felicitated 10 trainees from Dalmia Institute of Knowledge & Skill Harnessing (DIKSHa) who secured placement with KITEX Garments Pvt. Ltd. in Tamil Nadu at an average annual salary of Rs. 184,020. The trainees will soon join their new workplace. The students were provided ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI/ BHUBANESWAR, OCTOBER 01, 2021 JSPL Foundation, the CSR wing of leading steelmaker Jindal Steel & Power Ltd., has been honoured with the coveted Mahatma Award for its multidimensional social interventions to support the community during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Former Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, Dr. Kiran Bedi, presented the award to JSPL President and Group ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, SEPT 28, 2021 Ten organizations across India have been selected as grantees through the WomenConnect Challenge India, launched by Reliance Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).  Through this initiative, over Rs 11 crore (over $1.5 million USD) has been invested to help bridge the gender digital divide and of this, Reliance Foundation has supported ...

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned RIDF assistance of Rs.206 crore to the Odisha Government under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for construction of 25 rural road projects being implemented by the Works Department, in 11 districts of the State. These projects with a combined length of 203 km will improve rural road connectivity for 20.48 ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 25, 2021 As many as 2.82 crore households have been electrified since the launch of SAUBHAGYA, one of the largest household electrification drives in the world launched by India on this day four years ago. As of March 2019, 2.63 crore willing un-electrified households in rural and urban areas of the country were provided electricity ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, SEPT 24, 2021 In a bid to strengthen safety awareness among employees and to develop their skill, NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters, Ranchi organised a safety training program on “Behavioural Safety” on Thursday through virtual mode for employees of Pakri Barwadih, Kerendari, Dulanga, Talaipalli Coal Mining projects and Coal Mining Headquarters. The safety training programme was conducted in ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 24, 2021 Rotary Club of Temple City organised a plantation drive at the premises of Biju Patnaik International Airport Bhubaneswar on Thursday in presence of Rtn. Dr. Pravat Ranjan Beuria, Director of Biju Patnaik International Airport. More than 100 saplings of fruit bearing plants were planted during the programme, led by Rtn. Prashant Kumar Hota, President ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 21, 2021          Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday sought partnership with UN Women on skilling women and girls in the state for making them employable. Patnaik said this while interacting with the Country Representative of UN Women Susan Jane Ferguson who called on the Chief Minister at Naveen Niwas here today and discussed a ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 17, 2021 Indian Railways on Friday launched Rail Kaushal Vikas Yojana (RKVY) to impart skill training to youth in remote areas. Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw launched the RKVY under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana through videoconference from New Delhi. Under this scheme, the Ministry will also set up mobile skill training units to improve reach ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 15, 2021 NITI Aayog will launch a report on ‘Reforms in Urban Planning Capacity in India’ on Thursay. The report will be released by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Dr. Rajiv Kumar and Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan, in the presence of NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant and Special Secretary Dr K. Rajeswara Rao, and ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, SEPT 11, 2021 As a part of the safety awareness and skill development initiative under “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”, to celebrate and commemorate the 75th year of progressive India and its achievements, NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters, Ranchi under the guidance and supervision of Partha Mazumder, Regional Executive Director (Coal Mining), NTPC, started a chain of Safety programmes ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 10, 2021 Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday flagged off the new modern Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) rake of 08445/08446 Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar, Hirakhand Express, through videoconferencing from Rail Bhawan in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, Vaishnaw said, “Hon’ble Prime Minister has been stressing upon the need for bringing about reforms in Railways. ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, SEPT 10, 2021 “Mushroom cultivation is interesting and will help me in earning my pocket money,” said Vidyakant, a student of Bisra High School. Vidyakant along with other students of the school had heard about the benefits of mushroom cultivation and hence came to the Institute for Peripheral Development of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in the year ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 7, 2021 In a first of its kind campaign, concerned citizens across Odisha have joined hands to demand that the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) mandatorily issue timely health advisories publicly, to alert citizens on ‘bad air’ days, which will help save vulnerable groups from severe health impacts of air pollution. Bad air days are when the ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, SEPT 7, 2021 As part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd. has been planting saplings in Lanjiberna and its surrounding areas besides creating awareness on the importance of afforestation for the protection of the environment. As part of this initiative, Dalmia Cement has planted trees in some peripheral villages. The programme was attended ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 5, 2021 JSPL Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL), celebrated Teachers’ Day on Sunday in a unique way by launching ‘Project Utkarsh’ to provide free online interactive pre-recruitment coaching for youths of socially and economically weaker sections in the Angul district of Odisha. The project has been started in collaboration with ...

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, SEPT 3, 2021 The Lanjigarh Unit of Vedanta Limited is working towards inclusion of underprivileged sections of the society in social security schemes by the Government of India, under NITI Aayog’s Aspirational Districts Program. With the objective of sensitizing communities living in remote areas on schemes like Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 01, 2021 Aditya Birla Group company Aditya Aluminium is actively engaged with the people of Rengali Block in Sambalpur district, and working closely with the Odisha Government to create awareness on the importance of nutritious diet. Aditya Aluminium is among the pledge partners of the Government’s ‘Suposhan’ project.  The objective is to generate awareness among the ...

TBB BUREAU CHATRAPUR (GANJAM), AUG 29, 2021 The Gopalpur Port on Sunday inaugurated a safe drinking water ATM project in Takiria Brahmapur village under Kanman Gram Panchayat, and a children’s park in Arjeepalli Primary School at Arjeepalli Gram Panchayat under Chatrapur Block in Ganjam district. The water ATM and the children’s park were inaugurated by Chhatrapur MLA Subash Chandra Behera. ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 28, 2021 Reiterating her commitment to educate girls and empower them, former Haryana Cabinet Minister and Emeritus Chairperson of OP Jindal Group, Savitri Jindal, said her dream is that daughters should also get equal opportunity to serve the country with their ability. “Now a change has come and daughters are taking the lead in several fields. ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, AUG 26, 2021 Vedanta Aluminium has dedicated 16 community ponds and 14 bore wells in Katikela, Dalki, Parmanpur and Badmal Gram Panchayats of Jharsuguda region, to ensure post-monsoon water availability for households, agriculture, and livestock. The company worked with local communities to carry out deep cleaning of the ponds for ground water recharge and rainwater harvesting, and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 26, 2021 Vedanta Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Vedanta Group, has announced the opening of 100 new livelihood-linked skill training centers across the country between August 15 and September 15. The newly established centers, also known as Rojgar centers, will be in addition to its current 170 centres functional across India. Thirty seven such centres were ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 25, 2021 As part of its CSR initiative, Vedanta Aluminium & Power Business, India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added aluminium products, has introduced solar lighting and fuel-efficient cooking stoves to 25 villages of Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district. This project has a two-fold objective – reduce emissions arising out of using traditional fuels and methods, and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 20, 2021  On the occasion of Akshay Urja Divas or National Renewable Energy Day, SwitchON Foundation launched the Strengthening Energy Water and Agriculture (SEWA) Network, a network of grassroot organisations working in these domains to create an ecosystem for the promotion of solar pump, micro irrigation, ground water recharge and other sustainable agricultural practices in Jharkhand, ...

TBB BUREAU TIKIRI/BHUBANESWAR, AUG 11, 2021 Adding one more feather to its cap, Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL), a subsidiary of Hindalco Industries Limited, has bagged the IGMC (Indian Green Manufacturing Challenge) Award for its outstanding contribution to green manufacturing and in line with the efforts of leading Indian economy towards a sustainable one. In the special virtual telecast of ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, AUG 07, 2021 India’s home-grown e-commerce marketplace Flipkart, and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Sambalpur on Saturday announced a partnership to support and promote small businesses, artisans and weavers by leveraging technology, e-commerce platform and market insights. An MoU to cement this partnership will be signed in the next few weeks. Through this partnership, announced on National ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 5, 2021 As a part of its philanthropic initiatives, the Inner Wheel Club (IWC) of Bhubaneswar Metro has taken up several measures in the Capital City of Odisha. During her official visit to the City today, IWD 326 District Chairman Manisha Shrivastava distributed Lenovo and Samsung Tablets to the underprivileged students of Mahima Gyana Mandira at ...

TBB BUREAU TIKIRI/BHUBANESWAR, AUG 5, 2021 The transition of subsistence farming to commercial cultivation for small and marginal farmers in and around Tikiri in Rayagada District, has now become a reality, with Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL) driving the change from the front through its initiative “Project Sugandha”. The journey by the subsidiary of Hindalco Industries of the Aditya Birla ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, AUGUST 02, 2021 In a major outreach scheme to protect vulnerable communities, Reliance Foundation, the philanthropy arm of India’s most valuable company, will partner with Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to provide three lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses to communities across 50 locations in the city. The free vaccination drive, through Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital, ...

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, AUG 02, 2021 JSPL Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL), recently organised a workshop for local farmers on adoption of sustainable, scientific and organic farming. The event was attended by more than 60 farmers of Deojhar and Kandra gram panchayats under Joda Block of Keonjhar district. During the day-long session, the attendees ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 29, 2021 Lauding Odisha’s approach towards disaster management, British Deputy High Commissioner to Kolkata, Nick Low said that Odisha’s achievement in climate change adaptation has been immense. “As we’ve seen from its disaster response to Cyclone Amphan and Yaas, Odisha’s achievement in climate change adaptation has been immense.  I was delighted speaking to the decision-makers and influencers ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 27, 2021 Around 150 children from local communities took part in mega-weekend cleaning and tree plantation drives at the villages of Bhubaneswar. The drive was organized recently by SOS Children’s Villages of India (SOSCVI). The children were members of Bal Panchayats, the forums floated by SOS Children’s Villages of India to give opportunities for children to ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, JULY 16 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added products, has dedicated an approach road under the bridge (RUB) to residents of the Jharsuguda district. The RUB was inaugurated by State Health & Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das in presence of Vedanta Ltd. Jharsuguda CEO CN Singh, Bargarh MP Suresh Pujari, Jharsuguda Collector Saroj ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 12, 2021 Hindalco Industries Ltd, the metal flagship of Aditya Birla Group, has started the “Healthcare on Wheels” service in association with the Sambalpur District Administration in the adjacent villages of Hirakud in Sambalpur district with the objective of providing healthcare services at the doorstep of people. The MHU (Mobile Health Unit) of the company is ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, JULY 09, 2021 The Apollo Hospitals Foundation founded by Dr Prathap C Reddy and family contributes to society in ways few ever experience. One of the foundations main initiatives is to provide medical support to under-privileged children. Perfectly aligned with the vision, Joint MD Apollo Hospitals, Dr Sangita Reddy conceptualized an initiative with the objective of “ensuring ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 7, 2021 Country’s largest childcare NGO SOS Children’s Villages of India (SOSCVI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with District Child Protection Unit, Sundargarh for designing and implementing Kinship Care Programme for 50 children, who have lost parental care due to COVID-19, in and around the district. As a technical partner, SOSCVI will help the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 5, 2021 In its continuous endeavour to provide a better livelihood for all, Dalmia Bharat Foundation (DBF), the CSR arm of Dalmia Bharat Group, recently inaugurated a mini solar power grid of 5.5 kw at Alekh Mahima Tourist Peeth; and performed the groundbreaking ceremony of a piped drinking water project at Sapanpur village under Garudagaon Gram ...

TBB BUREAUBHUBANESWAR, JULY 5, 2021It has now been over two decades that the Microfinance industry has been helping women from the low income and under-served groups with access to collateral-free easy credit. A lesser-known fact is how microfinance institutions stand by the borrower as a strong pillar of support in difficult times and help in the holistic development of the ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 4, 2021 Reinforcing the safety awareness, Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Ltd (TPCODL) organised massive awareness campaigns on the occasion of the 2nd National Electrical Safety Week, held from 26th June to 2nd July 2021. TPCODL, committed to the safety of its employees and stakeholders, has been regularly taking up various initiatives to improve the safety ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JULY 2, 2021 Vedanta Aluminium, India’s largest producer of aluminium and its value-added products, has launched the ‘#GreenHearts’ campaign, encouraging all to plant a sapling in solidarity with the Covid warriors and all who have been affected by the pandemic during the Van Mahotsav week. Van Mahotsav is an annual celebration of plantation of trees observed ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 2, 2021 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs.388 crore to the Odisha Government under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for setting up of four Mega Piped Drinking Water Supply Projects in the State. The sanctioned amount would also be used for construction or up-gradation of 20 village roads across 15 ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, JULY 1, 2021 Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Group on Thursday announced a Rs 5,000 crore social impact programme with focus on nutrition, women and child development, healthcare, animal welfare and grass root level sports, including investments in a Corona-free village project across several states to combat the pandemic. The first of its kind social impact programme will ...

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 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 ...