The Business Bytes

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 5, 2023 To mark the International Day of the Girl Child on October 11, the British High Commission is offering young Indian women a chance to spend a day as one of the UK’s top diplomats. The annual ‘High Commissioner for a Day’ competition, with focus on Sustainable Development Goals, will provide an opportunity to Indian ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, AUG 3, 2023 LIC Housing Finance on Thursday reported a 43 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 1,324 crore in the April-June quarter (Q1) of the current financial year (FY24). The housing finance subsidiary of LIC had posted a net profit of Rs 925 crore in the year-ago period. The total income in the first ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, AUG 3, 2023 Riding on the best-ever monthly steel production in July this year, SAIL-run Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) recorded its best ever April-July production performance in key areas in the current financial year (FY24). During April-July 2023 RSP  produced 1503879 tonnes of hot metal, 1373483 tonnes of crude steel and 1381750 tonnes of saleable steel, thereby ...

TBB BUREAU BERHAMPUR, AUG 3, 2023 Taking another major step towards operational excellence, Tata Power Southern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPSODL) has set up SCADA-enabled Area Power System Control Center (APSCC) in Phulbani. Equipped with advanced technology to enable remote operation and monitoring of the 33/11KV PSS (Power Substation), the APSCC which commenced operations on Thursday, was inaugurated by TPSODL CEO ...

TBB BUREAU JAJPUR, AUG 3, 2023 As part of its CSR initiatives, Tata Power Northern Odisha Distribution Limited (TPNODL) has opened its third cutting-edge Vocational Training Center (VTC) at Kapasi in Jajpur on Thursday to empower local youth. The inauguration ceremony was graced by Bari MLA Sunanda Das, TPNODL CEO Bhaskar Sarkar, Chief Commercial & CSR Officer Dushyant Kumar Tyagi, ...

TBB BUREAU RANCHI, AUG 3, 2023 NTPC Mining Limited (NML), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTPC Limited, India’s largest integrated power company, won the bid for North Dadu (East) coal block in the recently concluded coal block auction conducted by the Ministry of Coal. After rigorous efforts and strategic planning, NML has secured the rights to develop and extract coal from ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, AUG 3, 2023 The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2023 which seeks to make amendments to the Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002 (‘OAMDR Act’). The Bill was passed by Lok Sabha on 01.08.2023. The Bill will now be sent to the President of India ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, AUG 3, 2023 Union Minister of Steel and Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M. Scindia on Thursday unveiled the new logo of NMDC here in the presence of Union Steel Secretary Nagendra Nath Sinha, NMDC CMD Amitava Mukherjee and other officials of Ministry of Steel and NMDC. Congratulating Team NMDC on their dynamic new logo, the Minister said ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, AUG 3, 2023 The Study in India Portal (SII) is a one-stop platform that will simplify international students’ academic journey in India, said Union Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan while launching the portal, here today. “Guided by the NEP, the SII Portal reflects our commitment to make India a preferred education destination ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, AUG 3, 2023 India’s No. 1 tractor export brand, Sonalika Tractors has been consistently assuring a progressive future for all farmers with its heavy duty tractors and marching ahead in the financial year 2023-24. The company has recorded an overall sales of 10,683 tractors in July’23 which includes 14% domestic growth and has beaten industry growth ...