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TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 3, 2022 After a string of impressive performances, 22-year-old Jhilli Dalabehera from Nayagarh in Odisha is determined to make a mark at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China later this year. In December, Jhilli won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent with a tally of 167Kgs, but in spite of a podium ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, JANUARY 3, 2021 Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited, asset manager of Nippon India Mutual Fund (NIMF), has announced the launch of India’s First Auto sector ETF – Nippon India Nifty Auto ETF. The Auto ETF is an open-ended scheme tracking the Nifty Auto Index. Nippon India Nifty Auto ETF will predominantly invest in stocks comprising of ...

TBB BUREAU KOCHI, JANUARY 2, 2022 Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday called for making India fully self-reliant in all areas, including strategic domains. Addressing scientists and staff of the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory at Kochi,  the Vice President stressed the need for increasing indigenous content in the defence sector and cutting down on imports. “To achieve that, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 2, 2022 TP Central Odisha Distribution Limited (TPCODL) has been conferred with six Gold category awards by the National Convention on Quality Concept (NCQC), 2021, organised by Quality Circle Forum of India (QCFI). Out of the six, it received four under the ‘Par Excellence’ category and two under the ‘Excellent’ category. This year, the theme of ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, JANUARY 1, 2022 “RSP (Rourkela Steel Plant) excelled in all spheres and achieved remarkable overall performance in the year 2021. But we can’t rest on our laurels. I know that, the indomitable spirit of the Rourkelites and their knack for excellence and innovation will not allow us to rest. We have to think of fresh benchmarks to ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 1, 2022 Atul Kumar Goel who joined Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Saturday, will serve as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Bank till the end of this month and take over as the new Managing Director (MD) and CEO with effect from February 1, 2022, the Bank said in a statement today. As ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 1, 2022 In line with the continued commitment and resolve to empower grassroot level farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 10th instalment of financial benefit under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme on Saturday via videoconferencing. This enabled the transfer of an amount of more than Rs. 20,000 crore to more than 10 ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 1, 2022 The year 2021 ended on a promising note for Centurion University as it got placed under the category “Performer” among the private universities in Atal Ranking for Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2021 announced on 29th December, 2021 by the Innovation Cell of the Union Ministry of Education. As many as 1438 institutions including ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 1, 2022 The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has chosen the Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS) and SUM Hospital in the Capital City of Odisha as one of the ICMR Centre for Clinical Trials (ICCT) in the eastern region.       IMS and SUM Hospital, faculty of medicine of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), had responded to ...

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, JANUARY 1, 2022 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) will achieve new milestones and emerge as Numero Uno coal company in the year 2022, said OP Singh on Saturday, after assuming the additional charge of Chairman-cum-Managing Director. Singh, while chairing his first coordination meeting with Area GMs, members of Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) and Welfare Board, extended new year ...