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Children take part in SOS Children’s Villages’ tree plantation drive in Bhubaneswar

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 ...

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Vedanta dedicates new RUB to Jharsuguda residents

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 ...

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Hindalco starts “Healthcare on Wheels” at Hirakud

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 ...

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Apollo Hospitals Foundation to provide free digital consults for children in need

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 ...

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SOS Children’s Villages signs MoU with Sundargarh District Child Protection Unit for Kinship Care Programme

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 ...

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Dalmia Bharat Foundation’s support for rural infrastructure development in Odisha

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 ...

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Microfinance Industry ensuring holistic community development through, education, training & infrastructure development

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 ...

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‘Safety’ core value of TPCODL

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 ...

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Vedanta Aluminium launches ‘#GreenHearts’ plantation campaign for Van Mahotsav Week

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 ...

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NABARD sanctions Rs 388 crore for drinking water, road projects in Odisha

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 ...

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