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TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 27, 2021 NMDC, the largest iron ore producer of India, has stepped in to provide technical and financial support to Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL) for resumption of their mining operations in Odisha. The operations of NINL iron ore mines at Mithirda mine block have resumed today. The inaugural function was attended by Sumit Deb, CMD ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, AUG 27 If India is to safeguard its people’s lives particularly children from the looming crisis of deadly non-communicable diseases (NCDs), it need to urgently and mandatorily adopt front-of-package warning labels (FOPWL) on all ultra processed foods (UPF), health experts said on Friday. According to Euromonitor estimates, the sale of UPF has increased from 2 kg ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, AUGUST 26, 2021  On Women’s Equality Day, India’s largest integrated energy company NTPC Ltd has recruited its first all-Female Engineering Executive Trainees (EETs) batch to reaffirm its stand on diversity and inclusion.  NTPC received an overwhelming response of the recruitment advertisement, which was published in April, 2021. The engineering graduates were selected based on the performance ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, AUG 26, 2021 Vedanta Aluminium has dedicated 16 community ponds and 14 bore wells in Katikela, Dalki, Parmanpur and Badmal Gram Panchayats of Jharsuguda region, to ensure post-monsoon water availability for households, agriculture, and livestock. The company worked with local communities to carry out deep cleaning of the ponds for ground water recharge and rainwater harvesting, and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 26, 2021 Vedanta Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Vedanta Group, has announced the opening of 100 new livelihood-linked skill training centers across the country between August 15 and September 15. The newly established centers, also known as Rojgar centers, will be in addition to its current 170 centres functional across India. Thirty seven such centres were ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, AUG 26, 2021 Vice President M. Venakaiah Naidu on Thursday called for an inclusive approach to online and distance education and cautioned that issues pertaining to access, quality and affordability might get accentuated with the pandemic and exclude many students in the process. While noting the power of online education as a ‘digital bridge’ for people ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 25, 2021 As part of its CSR initiative, Vedanta Aluminium & Power Business, India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added aluminium products, has introduced solar lighting and fuel-efficient cooking stoves to 25 villages of Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district. This project has a two-fold objective – reduce emissions arising out of using traditional fuels and methods, and ...

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, AUG 25, 2021 The Sundargarh District administration on Wednesday held a public hearing on land acquisition in Raiberna, Keshramal and Jhagarpur Gram Panchayats under Rajgangpur Block for expansion of the Lanjiberna Limestone mines of OCL India Limited.  Sundargarh Collector had issued notification to hold public hearings for acquisition of of 57.80 acres of land in Raiberna, 293.25 acres in Keshramal ...

PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, AUG 24, 2021 India produces an estimated 226 million tons of fly ash annually, out of which about 188 million tons is being utilized. This results in close to 40 million tons of fly ash being stored in ash dykes or simply dumped in open area, without proper guidelines, posing a serious threat to the environment. Utilization ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 23, 2021 Cementing its leadership position even further as the most preferred and No. 1 digital service provider in the state, Reliance Jio has added 2.53 lakh new mobile subscribers in Odisha in the month of June 2021, as per the latest telecom subscriber data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). With this, ...