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PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, DEC 25 Senior scientist of Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO), Dr Hemant Kumar Pandey, has been conferred with DRDO’s “Scientist of the Year Award” for his contribution in developing herbal drug ‘Lukoskin’ for treatment of leucoderma, an autoimmune disorder characterised by the loss of skin colour in parts of a body. Dr. Pandey, who heads the Herbal ...

NEW DELHI, DEC 24  Leading public sector bank, Punjab National Bank (PNB), today introduced PNB e-Credit Card, a digital replica of a physical Credit Card.  It will allow PNB customers to use PNB e-credit card at any e-commerce platform or merchant website, without the need of carrying the physical card. Customers can view PNB e-Credit Card details by clicking on ...

BHUBANESWAR, DEC 24 The Bhubaneswar Chapter of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has received ICSI Best Grade ‘C’ Chapter Award of the Institute for the year 2019. The award was presented to the Bhubaneswar Chapter Managing Committee during the 48th National Convention of Company Secretaries held at Indore recently. During the award ceremony, ICSI President CS Ashish ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, DEC 23 In a major reshuffle in the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre, the State government today transferred Nayagarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Pratyush Diwakar and also saw new postings at SP level in 12 districts. The transfer of Diwakar came at a time when the kidnap and murder of a five-year-old girl from Nayagarh district triggered ...

D B SUNDARA RAMAM Mining and Agriculture are two of the earliest endeavours of humankind invented to sustain and survive. The two industries ranked together were the primary or basic industries of early civilization. Today, mining is one of the key sectors that provides jobs and contributes towards building nations globally. Unlike other industries that are able to choose where ...

PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, DEC 4 India’s largest integrated power utility Tata Power has received a Letter of Intent (LoI) from the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) for distribution and retail supply of electricity by Western Electricity Supply Utility of Odisha Ltd (WESCO) and Southern Electricity Supply Utility of Odisha Ltd (SOUTHCO). As per conditions of the bid documentation, Tata Power ...

ROURKELA, DECEMBER 2, 2020 Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), a unit of Maharatna company Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), has registered a splendid production performance on all major fronts in November 2020. Continuing the momentum of excellent performance of the recent past, the Steel Plant registered the Best November figures in many areas. RSP achieved the best ever November performance ...

BHUBANESWAR, DECEMBER 2, 2020 Located near the Puri Beach, BNR Hotel is a railway heritage property, known to offer comfortable stay to guests. Expansive Rooms, magnificent corridors and well maintained terraces are truly reminiscent of the bygone era. The majestic colonial structure of this heritage hotel with well manicured, sprawling lawn will take any one 95 years back when the ...

KANIHA, DECEMBER 2, 2020 The Talcher Kaniha unit of NTPC Ltd. observed World AIDS Day in its Hospital premises on Tuesday. On the occasion, Chief Medical Officer Dr. RK Mishra delivered a talk to create awareness regarding the myths associated with AIDS and ways to combat them. In his address, Dr. Mishra emphasized the theme — “Global solidarity and shared ...

PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, DEC 1 Bijay Kumar Das has taken over as the Director (Production) of the Navratna CPSE National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) with effect from December 1, 2020. Prior to the new assignment, he was serving in the Company as Executive Director (Projects) at Corporate Office, Bhubaneswar. A graduate in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Rourkela (formerly REC),Das began ...