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TBB BUREAU ANGUL, JANUARY 1, 2021 For Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. (JSPL) safety always comes first. The leading steelmaker started the New Year with a Mass Safety Oath organized by its Safety Department here. All the Head of the Departments (HoDs), along with their staff and workers took the pledge to follow safety rules and make JSPL’s Angul unit ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 1, 2021 Soma Mondal has taken over as Chairperson of state-owned Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) with effect from January 1, 2021. Prior to the new assignment, she was serving as the Director (Commercial) of SAIL. Addressing the SAIL collective after assuming the charge today, Mondal said, “SAIL has a rich legacy with enormous ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 1, 2021 Dabur India Ltd on Friday announced its entry into the mouthwash segment with the launch of Dabur Red Pulling Oil, an ayurvedic mouthwash, creating a whole new category in the Oral Care market. The launch of this ayurvedic detox for teeth and gums marks another first for Dabur and for the ayurvedic products industry ...

PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 1, 2021 In a bid to improve the performance of Emergency Ambulance Service in the State, particularly in tribal districts, and to meet the increasing demand for this service, the Odisha Government has made provision for additional 84 ambulances under the 108 fleet. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday virtually flagged off 84 Basic Life ...

SAMBALPUR, DEC 31 After achieving a string of accomplishments in 2020, IIM Sambalpur, one of the most promising and dynamic management institutions among the new generation IIMs of the country, is all set to take another giant leap with the advent of the New Year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be laying the foundation stone of the permanent campus of ...

ROURKELA, DEC 31            India’s 1975 hockey World Cup-winning and 1972 Olympics bronze winning team member Michael Kondo died at Ispat General Hospital (IGH) here on Thursday due to age-related ailments.            He was 73, and is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters.            “Michael Kindo passed away at the Ispat General Hospital due to age ...

BHUBANESWAR, DEC 31 The East Coast Railway (ECoR) will run six more special trains from the second week of January, 2021. Two of these trains will leave from Bhubaneswar station, while one will leave for Jammu Tawi from Sambalpur, and three trains will leave from Vishakhapatnam to Sai Nagar Shirdi, Kollam and Chennai. According to an ECoR release, 02882/02881 Bhubaneswar-Pune-Bhubaneswar ...

MUMBAI, DEC 31 National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) today announced that RuPay has partnered with RBL Bank to launch an innovative payment solution for Indian merchants – RuPayPoS in association with PayNearby. The RuPayPoS will transform smartphones into merchant Point of Sale (PoS) terminals for the retailers. Merchants will now be able to accept contactless payments of up to ...

ANGUL, DEC 31 JSPL Foundation Chairperson Shallu Jindal on Wednesday inaugurated a multipurpose hall inside the Adruta Children Home campus at Panchamahala, here. The hall having 1300 square feet built up area, would be used by 120 inmates of Adruta Children Home for their dining, study as well as indoor games and recreational activities. The hall also houses a library ...

PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, DEC 30 As part of its corporate social responsibility programme, JSW Steel Limited, Odisha has extended support for the “Adopt an animal” programme of city-based Nandankanan Zoological Park, by adopting all the 27 tigers for a year.  The Company has given Rs 29 lakh for this purpose A draft for Rs 29 lakh was handed over to ...