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TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, JULY 1, 2021 Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Group on Thursday announced a Rs 5,000 crore social impact programme with focus on nutrition, women and child development, healthcare, animal welfare and grass root level sports, including investments in a Corona-free village project across several states to combat the pandemic. The first of its kind social impact programme will ...

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, JULY 1, 2021 The Jharsuguda Unit of Vedanta Limited organised COVID vaccination camps at Maa Samaleshwari Nagar and a school for specially-abled children here, vaccinating over 200 people in the process. This month, Vedanta also conducted a mega vaccination camp across its operations, under the Vedanta Cares COVID Vaccination Drive to cover all employees, business partners and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 1, 2021 The State Bank of India (SBI), Bhubaneswar Circle celebrated 66th Bank Day across the State on Thursday. On this occasion, all offices/branches of the SBI participated in plantation of trees, felicitation of doctors, and donation of dry foods to the needy. SBI Bhubaneswar Circle also donated dry ration to Sree Sree Maa Anand Ashram, ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 1, 2021 Partha Mazumder has taken over as the Regional Executive Director of the Coal Mining Division of NTPC on June 30, 2021 He will look after all the coal mining projects located in Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh and Coal Mining HQ at Ranchi. In his illustrious career spanning about 36 years, Mazumder has served NTPC, ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, JULY 1, 2021 ICICI Bank on Thursday announced the launch of the country’s most comprehensive banking solutions for medical doctors. Called ‘Salute Doctors’, it provides customized banking as well as value-added services for every doctor, beginning from a medical student to a senior medical consultant to an owner of a hospital or a clinic.  “Today on National ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, JULY 1, 2021 Larsen and Toubro (L&T), Indian multinational engaged in Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) projects, hi-tech manufacturing and services, on Thursday said that its construction arm has secured ‘significant’ orders for various businesses. Without divulging the value of the contracts, L&T said the orders fall under the significant category, which ranges between Rs 1,000 crore ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JULY 1, 2021 TP Central Odisha Distribution Ltd. (TPCODL), a joint venture between Tata Power and the Government of Odisha, since its takeover, has been constantly focusing on providing reliable, affordable and quality power supply for improving customer experience, backed by innovative technology. TPCODL operational area has approximately 80 percent of its networks passing through rural areas ...

TBB BUREAU Bhubaneswar, June 30, 2021 In line with the decadal theme of Ecosystem Restoration as declared by the United Nations, Tata Steel has celebrated the month of June as ‘Sustainability Month’. At Tata Steel, the philosophy of its operations is deep-rooted in the principles of zero harm, resource efficiency, circular economy, minimising ecological footprint and care for the community ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 30, 2021 The central government has extended for another one year the tenure of Amitabh Kant, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) till June 2022 This is the third extension since Kant took charge of the NITI Aayog in 2016. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), chaired ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 30, 2021 In an effort to improve emergency ambulance service in Odisha, the state government has merged 102 ambulance service with 108. This integration now enables the 108 ambulance service to transport pregnant women and kids below one year to nearest authorized Govt hospitals. Informing about this, Sabysachi Biswal, Project Head – 108 Ambulance said, “This ...