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TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 10, 2022 The Union Government should create an institutional framework for proactive engagement between Centre and states to develop the science and technology ecosystem in the states, Minister for Science & Technology Ashok Chandra Panda, said today. Participating in the Leadership session of State S&T Ministers’ Conclave held in Ahmedabad, Panda emphasized strengthening the STI ecosystems ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 10, 2022 As part of the Teachers’ Week celebrations, the Bhubaneswar Chapter of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) on Saturday organised a faculty development programme titled “Empowering Educators” here. Delivering the inaugural address, Chief Guest of the conference and National Law University Odisha Vice Chancellor Prof. Ved Kumari said that teachers are nation ...

TBB BUREAU LOS ANGELES, SEPT 10, 2022 Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Piyush Goyal today reaffirmed the desire of both India and USA to continue to work towards strengthening economic relations & strategic partnership. Addressing an event hosted by US-India Strategic Partnership Forum in Los Angeles, Goyal reaffirmed that both the ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 09, 2022           India’s rice production could fall by 10-12 million tonnes during the Kharif season this year due to a fall in paddy sowing area, the government said on Friday.            At a press conference to explain rationale behind the imposition of ban on exports of broken rice, Union Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey pointed ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 09, 2022 In its journey to enhance customer experience, Tata Power Central Odisha Distribution Ltd (TPCODL) inaugurated a new Division Office at Khordha recently. The office, set up to cater to issues of Khordha Electrical Division, also houses a Customer Care Centre dedicated to the consumers in and around Khordha. This is TPCODL’s 16th Customer Care ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 09, 2022 With 70 per cent of the total coal produced in Odisha supplied to power plants based in other states and the continuing coal shortage threatening the survival of local industries, the Utkal Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ltd. (UCCI) has sought intervention of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to save thousands of SMEs in the ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 09, 2022 Power major NTPC Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding to supply electricity generated from renewable sources to Military Engineering Services (MES). This is the first ever agreement by the Indian armed forces for getting power supply from renewable energy sources, NTPC said in a statement. This will go towards the gradual decarbonization ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, SEPT 09, 2022 SAIL-run Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has scripted its best-ever April-August performance in major production areas. The steel plant produced 17,76,792 tonnes of hot metal, 16,57,623 tonnes of crude steel and 15,18,486 tonnes of saleable steel during the first five months of the current fiscal, registering growth of 1.7 per cent, 2.3 per cent and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 09, 2022 It is well known that children born to doctor parents usually have all the incentives to choose medicine for higher studies. However, having no doctors in the family can also turn out to be a powerful motivation for the children to fill the void. Priya Somadutta Nayak, a student of Aakash BYJU’S, Bhubaneswar, who ...

TBB BUREAU BENGALURU, SEPT 09, 2022 Strengthening their global collaboration, HCL Technologies (HCL) and Intel have launched a Center of Excellence to accelerate the creation and adoption of industry-tailored Digital Workplace (DWP) offerings. Equipped with cutting-edge technologies and experts, the Center of Excellence will leverage HCL’s DWP solutions and Intel’s technology portfolio to co-create solutions that enable seamless, connected and ...