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Daughters should get equal opportunity to serve the nation: Savitri Jindal

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUGUST 28, 2021 Reiterating her commitment to educate girls and empower them, former Haryana Cabinet Minister and Emeritus Chairperson of OP Jindal Group, Savitri Jindal, said her dream is that daughters should also get equal opportunity to serve the country with their ability. “Now a change has come and daughters are taking the lead in several fields. ...

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Vedanta dedicates revived ponds, bore wells to local community in Jharsuguda

TBB BUREAU JHARSUGUDA, AUG 26, 2021 Vedanta Aluminium has dedicated 16 community ponds and 14 bore wells in Katikela, Dalki, Parmanpur and Badmal Gram Panchayats of Jharsuguda region, to ensure post-monsoon water availability for households, agriculture, and livestock. The company worked with local communities to carry out deep cleaning of the ponds for ground water recharge and rainwater harvesting, and ...

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Vedanta Foundation announces opening of 100 new skill training centers

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 26, 2021 Vedanta Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Vedanta Group, has announced the opening of 100 new livelihood-linked skill training centers across the country between August 15 and September 15. The newly established centers, also known as Rojgar centers, will be in addition to its current 170 centres functional across India. Thirty seven such centres were ...

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Vedanta brings affordable & clean energy to 25 villages in Lanjigarh

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 25, 2021 As part of its CSR initiative, Vedanta Aluminium & Power Business, India’s largest producer of aluminium and value-added aluminium products, has introduced solar lighting and fuel-efficient cooking stoves to 25 villages of Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district. This project has a two-fold objective – reduce emissions arising out of using traditional fuels and methods, and ...

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SwitchON Foundation launches SEWA network providing platform to promote sustainable climate smart technologies

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 20, 2021  On the occasion of Akshay Urja Divas or National Renewable Energy Day, SwitchON Foundation launched the Strengthening Energy Water and Agriculture (SEWA) Network, a network of grassroot organisations working in these domains to create an ecosystem for the promotion of solar pump, micro irrigation, ground water recharge and other sustainable agricultural practices in Jharkhand, ...

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Utkal Alumina gets Indian Green Manufacturing Challenge Award

TBB BUREAU TIKIRI/BHUBANESWAR, AUG 11, 2021 Adding one more feather to its cap, Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL), a subsidiary of Hindalco Industries Limited, has bagged the IGMC (Indian Green Manufacturing Challenge) Award for its outstanding contribution to green manufacturing and in line with the efforts of leading Indian economy towards a sustainable one. In the special virtual telecast of ...

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Flipkart, IIM Sambalpur join hands to support small businesses and artisans

TBB BUREAU SAMBALPUR, AUG 07, 2021 India’s home-grown e-commerce marketplace Flipkart, and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Sambalpur on Saturday announced a partnership to support and promote small businesses, artisans and weavers by leveraging technology, e-commerce platform and market insights. An MoU to cement this partnership will be signed in the next few weeks. Through this partnership, announced on National ...

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Inner-Wheel Club of Bhubaneswar Metro takes welfare initiatives in Capital City

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 5, 2021 As a part of its philanthropic initiatives, the Inner Wheel Club (IWC) of Bhubaneswar Metro has taken up several measures in the Capital City of Odisha. During her official visit to the City today, IWD 326 District Chairman Manisha Shrivastava distributed Lenovo and Samsung Tablets to the underprivileged students of Mahima Gyana Mandira at ...

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UAIL’s ‘Project Sugandha’ puts smile on farmers’ faces in Rayagada

TBB BUREAU TIKIRI/BHUBANESWAR, AUG 5, 2021 The transition of subsistence farming to commercial cultivation for small and marginal farmers in and around Tikiri in Rayagada District, has now become a reality, with Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL) driving the change from the front through its initiative “Project Sugandha”. The journey by the subsidiary of Hindalco Industries of the Aditya Birla ...

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Reliance Foundation to provide 3 lakh free COVID vaccines to underprivileged communities in Mumbai

TBB BUREAU MUMBAI, AUGUST 02, 2021 In a major outreach scheme to protect vulnerable communities, Reliance Foundation, the philanthropy arm of India’s most valuable company, will partner with Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to provide three lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses to communities across 50 locations in the city. The free vaccination drive, through Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital, ...

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