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PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 2, 2021 The Association of Power Producers (APP) has requested the Odisha Government to reduce water charges for thermal power plants operating in the state as they are adversely impacted due to this over the years. In its letters to the Water Resources and Energy Departments of the Odisha Government, the APP has requested to take ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 1, 2021 Indicating post-pandemic economic recovery, GST collections crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore-mark for the fifth month in a row, rising 7 per cent to over Rs 1.13 lakh crore, the Finance Ministry said on Monday. The collection is, however, lower than the record Rs 1,19,875 crore collected in the previous month. The gross ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, MARCH 1, 2021 V S Jain, Executive Director, has taken over charge as Executive Director & Refinery Head of Paradip Refinery with effect from March 1, 2021. Prior to the new assignment, he was heading the Project Department at Paradip Refinery with projects like Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG), Para Xylene-Purified Terepthalic Acid (PX-PTA), Fuel Quality Upgradation (FQUP).  ...

TBB BUREAU PARADIP, MARCH 1, 2021 With just a day away from the Maritime India Summit, the Iron Ore Handling Plant (IOHP) of Paradip Port Trust (PPT) handled 182 rakes, which is the highest ever monthly rakes in the month of February, 2021. With this feat it surpassed the previous record of 174 rakes handled in January this year.

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 1, 2021 ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India), a joint venture between ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani to provide a sponsored B. Tech Process Engineering degree through Work Integrated Learning Programme without the need for a career break. The unique skill ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 1, 2021 Jaideep Bhatnagar has taken over as the Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) today. He took over from Kuldeep Singh Dhatwalia who superannuated on 28th February, 2021. An Indian Information Service Officer of 1986 batch, Bhatnagar has earlier served in Doordarshan News, and as Head of the Commercial, Sales and ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, MARCH 1, 2021 International e-commerce-powered direct selling company QNET has announced the launch of SmartAir, a new state-of-the-art air purifier model, as part of its ongoing partnership with Sharp Business Systems in India. The new SHARP-QNET SmartAir features Sharp’s patented Plasmacluster Ion Technology (PCI) with proven efficacy in obliterating SARS-CoV-2 by 91.3 per cent within 30 seconds. ...

TBB BUREAU Bhubaneswar, March 1, 2021            Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.           The 74-year-old BJD supremo came down to the Vidhan Sabha dispensary to receive the Covaxin jab, officials said.           Sharing a picture of him getting inoculated, Patnaik tweeted, “Happy to share that I took my first dose of #COVID19 ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, MARCH 1, 2021 Prime Minister Narendra Modi took his first dose of the COVID-19  vaccine today,  at AIIMS New Delhi. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, “Took my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS. Remarkable how our doctors and scientists have worked in quick time to strengthen the global fight against COVID-19. I ...

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, FEB 28, 2021 Reliance Strategic Business Ventures Limited (RSBVL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, on Sunday announced that it has acquired additional equity stake in its investee company skyTran Inc. (“skyTran”) for a consideration of USD 26.76 million increasing its shareholding to 54.46% on a fully diluted basis. skyTran is a technology company incorporated ...