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TBB BUREAU CHATRAPUR (GANJAM), AUG 29, 2021 The Gopalpur Port on Sunday inaugurated a safe drinking water ATM project in Takiria Brahmapur village under Kanman Gram Panchayat, and a children’s park in Arjeepalli Primary School at Arjeepalli Gram Panchayat under Chatrapur Block in Ganjam district. The water ATM and the children’s park were inaugurated by Chhatrapur MLA Subash Chandra Behera. ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 28, 2021 NTPC Coal Mining Headquarters, Ranchi organised a camp in its office premises today to administer the second dose vaccine for protection against the deadly coronavirus. Around 50 persons including employees, their family members and associates took Covishield vaccine. The vaccination camp was conducted through Medica Hospital, Ranchi. The HR Department of the Coal Mining ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 28, 2021 An Ayurvedic poly-herbal formulation, NEERI-KFT, has potential to not only slow down the progression of chronic kidney disease but also restore normalcy in functional parameters of the vital organ, a team of researchers has claimed. In a review published in the latest edition of Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, they concluded that “phytopharmacological evaluation ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 28, 2021 Reiterating her commitment to educate girls and empower them, former Haryana Cabinet Minister and Emeritus Chairperson of OP Jindal Group, Savitri Jindal, said her dream is that daughters should also get equal opportunity to serve the country with their ability. “Now a change has come and daughters are taking the lead in several fields. ...

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 ...