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TBB BUREAU UDAIPUR, APRIL 8, 2021 Breaking new grounds has always been a legacy for Hindustan Zinc. Be it in the endeavors of safety, digitalization or most recent, their employees. In a constant pursuit of inculcating inclusivity and diversity in an industry like mining, Hindustan Zinc’s Sandhya Rasakatla was appointed as India’s first woman Underground Mine Manager and Yogeshwari Rane ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 8, 2021 Since March 2021, the daily cases of Covid-19 have been rising and have hit a 5-month high, with the maximum active cases reported from Maharashtra. One of the primary reasons behind the sudden spike is the complacency among the public about wearing masks and maintaining basic COVID protocols. To help control the increasing numbers ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, APRIL 8, 2021 Automaker Renault India today launched a vehicle scrapping programme in partnership with the country’s first organised scrap vehicle recycling company CERO. The maker of Kwid and Triber has launched ‘R.E.L.I.V.E’ programme in partnership with CERO Recycling, a joint venture between Mahindra Intertrade Ltd. and MSTC a government of India enterprise. The initiative is ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, APRIL 8, 2021 Vehicle registrations in India declined by 28.64 per cent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in March 2021. However, the data released by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) showed a sequential growth of 10.5 per cent in March. Accordingly, vehicle registration stood at over 16.49 lakh in March 2021, compared to over ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, APRIL 7 India’s largest producer of the aluminium and its value-added products, Vedanta Aluminium & Power Business is fostering hundreds of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in remote rural areas with its innovative ‘waste to wealth’ programmes. ‘Waste to wealth’ projects form a key pillar of Vedanta’s sustainability agenda which is centred around ‘Zero Harm, ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, APRIL 6, 2021 Reiterating its commitment to Atmanirbhar Bharat and Make in Odisha, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) has evinced interest to build a a port based container manufacturing unit at Paradip. JSPL Chairman Naveen Jindal (second from left) with Paradip Port Trust officials, at Paradip on April 6, 2021 JSPL Chairman Naveen Jindal during his ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, APRIL 5, 2021 Poonam Gupta has been appointed as the Director General of country’s largest economic think-tank National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER). Gupta who is currently working as a lead economist with the World Bank, will be the first woman Director General of NCAER, and will assume office on July 1, 2021. Gupta holds ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, APRIL 5, 2021 With successful completion of trial operations by Unit 2 (660 MW) capacity in Stage 2 (2X660MW) of Tanda Super Thermal Power Station in Uttar Pradesh, the NTPC said that its installed capacity has risen to 65,810 MW. NTPC is striving to achieve highest reliability and efficiency keeping safety and environment issues on top, ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, APRIL 5, 2021 Riding on robust domestic demand, attractive export markets and a wide range of products, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) has ended the financial year 2020-21 on a strong note with sales touching a new high of 786,000 tonnes in March 2021, a growth of 61 per cent on year-on-year (y-o-y) basis. With ...

TBB BUREAU GURUGRAM, APRIL 5, 2021 Expanding its Galaxy F Series, Samsung on Monday launched Galaxy F12 and Galaxy F02s smartphones in India. Galaxy F12, available in Sea Green, Sky Blue and Celestial Black colours and two memory variants – 4GB/64GB and 4GB/128GB –is priced at Rs 10,999 and Rs 11,999, respectively. It comes with a True 48MP quad camera ...