The Business Bytes

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, DEC 1 The Lanjigarh unit of Vedanta Limited observed World AIDS Day today with local communities. The company organized knowledge-sharing and sensitization sessions covering 50 Nand Ghars (anganwadis modernized by Vedanta) of Kalahandi and Rayagada districts. In 10 of them, awareness sessions on precautionary measures along with vital information were conducted in strict adherence to COVID guidelines, ...

ANGUL, DEC 1 JSPL Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. (JSPL) observed World AIDS Day-2020 with various awareness programmes across different locations of Angul District. The Foundation also participated in the Signature Campaign held at District Headquarters Hospital, here under the Chairmanship of Angul Collector Siddharth Shankar Swain. To mark the occasion, the field functionaries of ...

ROURKELA, DEC 1 Blast Furnace-5, ‘Durga’, of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has surpassed another milestone by surpassing 17 million tonnes of hot metal production on November 29, with the last one millon tonne made in just 129 days. RSP CEO Dipak Chattaraj today cut a cake in a progamme organised at the Blast Furnace Complex to mark the achievement. Speaking ...

PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, DEC 1 Aditya Birla Group’s Aditya Aluminium, Lapanga on Tuesday launched a modern eye care centre at Puruna Basti in Rengali town, in partnership with the Sambalpur-based TrilochanNetralaya.  Revenue Divisional Commissioner (Northern Division) Niranjan Sahu, inaugurated this state-of-the-art ‘Vision Centre’, in presence of  Dr. Vivekananda Mishra, HR Head, Aditya Aluminium Lapanga and Krishna Kumar Pandey, Cluster Liaison ...

PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, DEC 1 Writing instruments maker Luxor Group on Tuesday announced its foray into the personal and home hygiene segment with a host of nanotechnology-based products under the Luxor Nano range. To begin with, the group has introduced “all-in-one disinfectant spray”, pocket disinfectant spray, gadget disinfectant spray and hand sanitizer. “The company plans to increase its presence in ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, NOV 26, 2020 The Union Government has provided over 1.4 crore cashless treatments worth over Rs. 17,500 crore to the poorest citizens under Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY). This was stated by Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan here today during review of the implementation of the flagship health protection mission ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, NOV 26, 2020 As part of its ongoing CSR project of assistance to Technology Business Incubator (TBI) located at NIT Rourkela, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) sanctioned seed loans worth Rs.15 lakh to three start-up ventures — MyOrg360, Claviator Academy and Yarev Technology recently. These companies, working in diverse fields ranging from software to education technology to consumer ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, NOV 26 The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has released the CS Executive Entrance Test (CSEET) 2020 result today. The result along with individual candidate’s subject-wise break-up of marks has been made available on the Institute’s website – www.icsi.edu. All the candidates who took the examination can check their results at the official website of ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU, NOV 26 Temasek-backed digital job matching platform ‍GoodWorker has joined hand with Bollywood actor Sonu Sood and vocational skill provider Schoolnet and formed a joint venture with an initial investment of Rs 250 crore to assist blue-collar workers with employment and skilling. The technology platform aims to reach 10 crore blue-collar workers across the country by providing ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, NOV 25 East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Tuesday signed an MoU with Engineering Projects (India) Limited (EPIL) for construction of seven Road Over Bridges (ROBs) in Odisha at a cost of Rs 303.36 crore to enhance safety of train operations and hassle-free movement of rail and road traffic. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is part of ECoR’s ...