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TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 10, 2021 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high level meeting to review the Covid-19 situation and the vaccination. The topics covered included a review of the prevailing Covid-19 scenario, preparedness of the health systems to respond, availability of medical oxygen and matters relating to production, supply and distribution of Covid-19 vaccine. The ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 10, 2021 Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday flagged off the new modern Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) rake of 08445/08446 Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar, Hirakhand Express, through videoconferencing from Rail Bhawan in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, Vaishnaw said, “Hon’ble Prime Minister has been stressing upon the need for bringing about reforms in Railways. ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, SEPT 10, 2021 “Mushroom cultivation is interesting and will help me in earning my pocket money,” said Vidyakant, a student of Bisra High School. Vidyakant along with other students of the school had heard about the benefits of mushroom cultivation and hence came to the Institute for Peripheral Development of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in the year ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 10, 2021 Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated ace shuttler Pramod Bhagat, badminton gold medallist at Tokyo Paralympics, with cash award of Rs 6 crore  at a function held at Kalinga Stadium here today. The reigning world champion para shuttler, who has left an indelible mark in the Sports history of India as the first Gold ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, SEPT 10, 2021 Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) successfully launched the ATL Space Challenge 2021 for all school students across the country. The challenge has been designed for all the school students, mentors and teachers across the country who ...

TBB BUREAU SUNDERGARH, SEPT 10, 2021 The Sundergarh district administration has decided to open 81 Millet Shakti Kiosks at different places of the district to popularise ragi and other nutritious crops and provide nutritious food to people. The kiosks would be opened jointly by the Odisha Millet Mission (OMM) and Mission Shakti with assistance from the District Mineral Fund (DMF). ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, SEPT 9, 2021     The much-awaited affordable smartphone ‘JioPhone Next’ is in advanced trials and its festive season roll-out will commence before Diwali, Jio said in a statement on Thursday. Jio and Google announced today that they have made considerable progress towards launching JioPhone Next, the made-for-India smartphone being jointly designed by the companies          Reliance Industries ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 9, 2021 ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India), a joint venture between ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel, on Thursday announced the commencement of operations at the Ghoraburhani-Sagasahi iron ore mine in Sundargarh district of Odisha. Spread across 139.165 hectares, the iron ore block has estimated resources of around 98.61 million tonnes and is the first to be auctioned in India under ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKWELA, SEPT 9, 2021  An overhauled Turbo Blower-I was commissioned at Power Blowing Station (PBS) of CPP-I of Rourkela Steel Plant on Tuesday in presence of S R Suryawanshi, ED (Works). A manual on overhauling with photographs of different stages of overhauling was also released on the occasion by the ED (Works). The major overhaul of Turbo Blower-I ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 9, 2021 Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will flag off of the new LHB Rake of Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express on Friday through videoconferencing from Rail Bhawan, New Delhi. Indian Railways has decided to run Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express with modern Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) coaches by replacing conventional coaches, in its bid ...