The Business Bytes

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, JANUARY 4, 2022 With an aim to enrich and simplify bill payments in the country, NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd. (NBBL), the wholly-owned subsidiary of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has introduced a unique functionality called ‘Unified Presentment Management System’ (UPMS). NBBL through UPMS will enable the customers to set up standing instructions – from any channel ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 4, 2022 Wacom, the global leader in pen tablet market and the key supplier of pen and multi-touch sensor components for smartphones and tablet-type devices, announced the opening of its first Experience Centre in the City of Joy, Kolkata. The new Experience Centre will be a one-stop-shop and solution centre for everything Wacom and will have ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 4, 2022 Alka Mittal has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of ONGC. Prior to this new assignment, she was holding the position of Director (Human Resources) at the company. With this elevation, Mittal becomes the first woman to lead the company, ONGC posted on its Twitter handle late on Monday night. ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 3, 2022 Vedanta Ltd on Monday said the cast metal aluminium production at its smelters stood at 5,79,000 tonnes in the third quarter (Q3) of the current financial (FY2021-22), registering 16 per cent growth. “The cast metal aluminium production at our smelters stood at 5,79,000 tonnes in Q3 FY22, higher 16 per cent in comparison ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, JANUARY 3, 2022 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) has registered a double-digit growth of 22 per cent in coal off-take at 129.36 million tonnes and 15 per cent in dry fuel production at 117.12 million tonnes in the third quarter (Q3) ended on December 31, 2021 as compared against same period during the previous fiscal. Leading the efforts ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 3, 2022 Cuttack-based Shanti Memorial Hospital has launched a state–of-the-art Cath Lab in its Cardiology Department for the benefit of patients. Procedures like Coronary Angiography, Peripheral Angiography, PTCA, BMV ( Balloon Mitral Valvoplasty), Electrophysiology Study, RFA 2D & 3D Mapping, Permanent Pacemaker Implantation etc. can be performed with ease at the newly launched advanced Cath Lab. ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 3, 2022 In a bid to protect the youths of India from the novel coronavirus, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar on Monday started the COVID-19 vaccination drive for the age group 15-18 years. The vaccination session started at 8 AM. There were 150 online registrations and 15 on-the-spot registrations for the same. ...

TBB BUREAU ERNAKULAM, JANUARY 3, 2022 Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday stressed the need to improve financial literacy among the masses and urged the professionals like Charted Accounts to work in this direction by explaining financial rules and regulations in simple and easy language for the larger benefit of the public. Addressing the gathering at the foundation stone ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 3, 2022 Union Education Minister and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched NEAT 3.0, a single platform to provide the best-developed ed-tech solutions and courses to students of the country. The Minister also launched AICTE prescribed technical books in regional languages. Speaking on the occasion, Pradhan said that NEAT will be a game-changer in bridging ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANAUARY 3, 2022 With an aim to ensure mineral security of the nation and to attain self-reliance in the area of critical & strategic minerals, the Union Ministry of Mines has created a Joint Venture company namely Khanij Bidesh India Ltd (KABIL) with participating interest of National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO), Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL) and ...