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ANGUL, AUGUST 7, 2024 (TBB BUREAU): Jindal Steel & Power (JSP) commemorated the 94th birth anniversary of its founder, Om Prakash Jindal (Bauji), with deep reverence at its Angul plant and surrounding areas. The commemoration featured a blood donation camp, where employees and associates contributed 183 units of blood. Angul Location Head and Executive Director In-Charge, Pankaj Malhan, and Executive ...

BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 7, 2024 (TBB BUREAU): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has launched a groundbreaking National Health Research Priority Project aimed at advancing emergency care systems across five districts, including Puri in Odisha. The initiative, announced by AIIMS Bhubaneswar Executive Director Dr. Ashutosh Biswas, seeks to create a High-Quality Patient-Centric Integrated Model for Emergency Care Systems. The project ...

THE sudden ouster of Sheikh Hasina as Bangladesh’s Prime Minister has sent shockwaves through the subcontinent, with implications that stretch far beyond the borders of this besieged nation. As the dust settles on the violent protests that led to her resignation, a stark reality emerges: the tremors of this political earthquake will be felt acutely in India’s corridors of power ...

Ranchi, August 4, 2024 (TBB Bureau): In a noteworthy effort to bolster environmental conservation, the NTPC Swayamsidha Ladies Club undertook a significant tree plantation drive at Dungri village, Ranchi, under the guidance of Rekha Jain, President of the Club. This initiative aligns with the timeless adage, “He who plants a tree, plants a hope,” reflecting the critical role of tree ...

NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 4, 2024 (TBB BUREAU): Jindal Steel & Power (JSP), a leading steelmaker, has been honoured with the prestigious Exceed CSR Award-2024, supported by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, for its exceptional commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) across its operational sites. This accolade underscores JSP’s dedication to sustainable development and its profound impact on the lives ...

New Delhi, August 2, 2024 (TBB Bureau): Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) on Friday announced a remarkable 19.4 per cent increase in net profit, reaching Rs 2,345 crore for the April-June quarter (Q1) of the current financial year (FY25), up from Rs 1,964 crore in the corresponding peiod of the previous fiscal (FY24). The company’s revenue from operations saw an 11 ...

New Delhi, August 2, 2024 (TBB Bureau): The volume of cargo transported through India’s inland waterways has soared more than six-fold from 18.07 million metric tonnes (MMT) in 2013-14 to 133.03 MMT in 2023-24, Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal informed the Lok Sabha on Friday. Starting from FY 2014-15, the country’s waterways traffic has been rising ...

ROURKELA, AUGUST 2, 2024 (TBB BUREAU): Bolani Ore Mines (BOM), under the Odisha Group of Mines (OGOM) of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), has achieved its highest ever departmental production and dispatch in July 2024, setting a new benchmark in its production history. In July 2024, Bolani Ore Mines produced an all-time high of 4.61 lakh tons of lumps and fines, ...

Joda, August 2, 2024 (TBB Bureau): Tata Steel’s Joda East Iron Mine has been honoured with the Gold Award for Excellence in the Quality System under the theme “Innovative Quality System for Excellence” at the 10th Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) Award event, held on Tuesday in New Delhi. The prestigious award was presented by Union ...

New Delhi, August 3, 2024 (TBB Bureau): The coal sector has achieved the highest growth rate of 14.8 per cent (provisional) among the eight core industries for June 2024, according to the latest Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) released by the Union Ministry of Commerce & Industries. The index for the coal industry surged to 186.4 points in June ...