TBB BUREAU SUNDERGARH, SEPT 10, 2021 The Sundergarh district administration has decided to open 81 Millet Shakti Kiosks at different places of the district to popularise ragi and other nutritious crops and provide nutritious food to people. The kiosks would be opened jointly by the Odisha Millet Mission (OMM) and Mission Shakti with assistance from the District Mineral Fund (DMF). ...
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ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel starts operations at iron ore mine in Odisha
TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 9, 2021 ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India), a joint venture between ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel, on Thursday announced the commencement of operations at the Ghoraburhani-Sagasahi iron ore mine in Sundargarh district of Odisha. Spread across 139.165 hectares, the iron ore block has estimated resources of around 98.61 million tonnes and is the first to be auctioned in India under ...
Read More »Turbo Blower-I commissioned at Power Blowing Station of CPP-I at RSP
TBB BUREAU ROURKWELA, SEPT 9, 2021 An overhauled Turbo Blower-I was commissioned at Power Blowing Station (PBS) of CPP-I of Rourkela Steel Plant on Tuesday in presence of S R Suryawanshi, ED (Works). A manual on overhauling with photographs of different stages of overhauling was also released on the occasion by the ED (Works). The major overhaul of Turbo Blower-I ...
Read More »Hirakhand Express with modern LHB coaches to be flagged off on Sept 10
TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 9, 2021 Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will flag off of the new LHB Rake of Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express on Friday through videoconferencing from Rail Bhawan, New Delhi. Indian Railways has decided to run Bhubaneswar-Jagadalpur-Bhubaneswar Hirakhand Express with modern Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) coaches by replacing conventional coaches, in its bid ...
Read More »Brazilian forward Jonathas joins Odisha FC
TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 9, 2021 Odisha FC is thrilled to announce the signing of experienced Brazilian centre-forward Jonathas Cristian de Jesus ahead of the upcoming Hero Indian Super League 2021-22 (Hero ISL 2021-22) scheduled to be played in Goa. 32-year-old Jonathas has played in various top-notch football leagues in many countries including Brazil, Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Germany. He ...
Read More »Reliance Foundation extends support for community vaccination in Odisha
TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 8, 2021 Continuing its efforts in the fight against COVID-19, Reliance Foundation has initiated community vaccination in Odisha, this week. Aiming to ensure COVID-19 vaccination of the excluded community as well as people having any sort of hesitation for vaccine, Reliance Foundation has partnered with local NGOs and voluntary organisations in this initiative. As part of ...
Read More »Citizens join campaign demanding health warnings on bad air quality days
TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 7, 2021 In a first of its kind campaign, concerned citizens across Odisha have joined hands to demand that the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) mandatorily issue timely health advisories publicly, to alert citizens on ‘bad air’ days, which will help save vulnerable groups from severe health impacts of air pollution. Bad air days are when the ...
Read More »Dalmia Cement organises plantation programmes for environmental protection
TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, SEPT 7, 2021 As part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd. has been planting saplings in Lanjiberna and its surrounding areas besides creating awareness on the importance of afforestation for the protection of the environment. As part of this initiative, Dalmia Cement has planted trees in some peripheral villages. The programme was attended ...
Read More »JSPL Foundation’s ‘Project Utkarsh’ to provide free online coaching for competitive examinations
TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, SEPT 5, 2021 JSPL Foundation, the CSR arm of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL), celebrated Teachers’ Day on Sunday in a unique way by launching ‘Project Utkarsh’ to provide free online interactive pre-recruitment coaching for youths of socially and economically weaker sections in the Angul district of Odisha. The project has been started in collaboration with ...
Read More »RSP plans to increase Hot Metal production capacity to 4.855 MTPA
TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, SEPT 4, 2021 In line with the National Steel Policy, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) plans to increase its annual Hot Metal production capacity from the current level of 4.5 Million Tonnes per Annum (MTPA) to 4.855 MTPA. Simultaneously, Crude Steel Production of RSP, a unit of Maharatna company SAIL, will go up from 4.2 MTPA to 4.85 ...
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