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TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 1, 2021 The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has welcomed Budget 2021, unveiled by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday. Budget 2021 proposed a boost for the healthcare sector with a significant increase of 137% in the outlay. The decision of a total spend of around Rs.2 lakh crore on healthcare with Rs.35,000 ...

PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, FEBRUARY 1, 2021 India’s largest integrated power utility Tata Power today said that it has received the Letter of Intent (LOI) from the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) for the distribution and retail supply of electricity in the north eastern part of the state. The company has received the LOI from OERC for Odisha’s five circles of ...

PART-A Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2021-22 in Parliament today which is the first budget of this new decade and also a digital one in the backdrop of unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. Laying a vision for AatmaNirbhar Bharat, she said this is an expression of 130 crore Indians who have full confidence in ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 1, 2021    Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty today assumed the charge of the Vice Chief of the Army Staff. An alumnus of Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun, National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, Lieutenant General CP Mohanty was commissioned into the Rajput Regiment on 12 June 1982. In a career spanning ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 31, 2021 President Ram Nath Kovind launched the National Polio Immunisation Day for 2021 by administering polio drops to children less than five years old at Rashtrapati Bhawan yesterday.   Today is the Polio National Immunization Day, also known as ‘’Polio Ravivar”. As per provisional report on Day 1, close to 89 lakh children under five ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 31, 2021 Rourkela-based Bhagyashree Sahu was elated when Prime Minister Narenndra Modi mentioned her name in his ‘Man ki Baat’ on radio programme on Sunday.  “That moment remained one of the most prized moments of life when I heard being mentioned by PM Modiji in his famous programme ‘Man ki Baat’ on radio today,” said Bhagyashree ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 31, 2021 Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar today released a standard operating procedure (SOP) on preventive measures to contain spread of COVID-19 for cinema halls and theatres. Announcing the decision the Minister said now cinema halls can operate with full capacity. Sanitisation and COVID protocols will have to be adhered to but people ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, JANUARY 30, 2021 In a function held at Ispat Stadium here to mark the SAIL Foundation Day, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) CEO Dipak Chattaraj presented the coveted Nehru Vishista Karmachari Puraskar to 79 employees for the year 2020.  The employees were awarded for their exemplary contributions towards improving the performance of the plant with their commitment, dedication ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JANUARY 30, 2021 Leading steel manufacturer of India Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) has been conferred with prestigious Mahatma Award 2020 for its massive humanitarian effort to support the communities and local administration in fighting COVID-19 pandemic. Shallu Jindal, Chairperson of JSPL Foundation, the social arm of JSPL, received the award today at India International ...

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, JANUARY 29, 2021 A two-day mushroom cultivation training was organised at the Institute of Periphery Development (IPD) of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) on January 22-23.  In all, 10 women and five men from Baghdega, Kairkera, Garda, Barilepta and Khairtola villages of Nuagaon Block attended the training programme. The sessions included theoretical inputs on the ‘Dhingri’ mushroom cultivation ...