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Vedanta launches ‘Sashakti Suvidha Kendra’ for women SHGs in Kalahandi

TBB BUREAU LANJIGARH, JUNE 16, 2021 The Lanjigarh Unit of Vedanta Limited has launched ‘Sashakti Suvidha Kendra’ to help local women sustain their livelihood through various challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Sashakti Suvidha Kendras are aimed at facilitating the marketing and sales of various products like turmeric, ragi, various spices, dry snacks, puffed rice, pulses, rice, paper plates, ...

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WhiteHat Jr joins NGO Cry to help kids make real-life mobile apps

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 15, 2021 Edtech company WhiteHat Jr on Tuesday said it has partnered non-governmental organisation CRY – Child Rights and You to inspire children to create real-world mobile applications. As a part of this new partnership, CRY will recognize/certify participating WhiteHat Jr. students who create mobile apps furthering the cause of social impact. In addition, senior leaders ...

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It’s our sacred duty to leave a healthy planet for our future generations: PM Modi

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 14, 2021      “It is mankind’s collective responsibility to reverse the damage to land caused by human activity. It is our sacred duty to leave a healthy planet for our future generations”, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while delivering the keynote address at the UN “High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought” via videoconferencing ...

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Dalmia Cement donates oxygen concentrators to Sundargarh district administration

TBB BUREAU RAJGANGPUR, JUNE 12, 2021 In line with its efforts to support Odisha’s fight against Covid-19, the Rajgangpur Unit of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited [DCBL] has donated eight Oxygen Concentrators to the Sundargarh District Administration for the benefit of the people affected with the novel coronavirus. DCBL Rajgangpur Deputy Executive Director Saroj Kumar Rout and Corporate Affairs Department’s Sanjib ...

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Rural women in Bhubaneswar take to kitchen gardening as alternative livelihood during lockdown

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 8, 2021 Converting the dreadful COVID-19 crisis into an opportunity, a handful of rural women from underprivileged communities in Bhubaneswar are raising vegetable gardens at home, with the support of SOS Children’s Villages of India (SOSCVI), a child care NGO, as a viable source of income during the lockdown that saw men, the primary breadwinners of ...

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Piramal Foundation to assist Aspirational Districts in home care support to Covid patients

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, JUNE 08, 2021 NITI Aayog and Piramal Foundation today launched the ‘Surakshit Hum Surakshit Tum Abhiyaan’ campaign in 112 Aspirational Districts to assist the district administrations in providing home-care support to Covid-19 patients who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. This campaign is under the special initiative – the Aspirational Districts Collaborative – in which local ...

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RSP observes World Environment Day

TBB BUREAU ROURKELA, JUNE 5, 2021 Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) joined the rest of the world in observing World Environment Day on Saturday. RSP CEO Dipak Chattaraj hoisted the Environment Flag at Shilpa Konark premises in presence of senior executives and employees of the company. The Environment pledge was administered to all present on the occasion. Environment badges were also ...

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JSPL Barbil observes World Environment Day

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, JUNE 5, 2021 Commemorating World Environment Day 2021 on the theme ‘Ecosystem Restoration’, Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) organised a massive plantation programme in the residential area and pellet plant premises at Barbil on Saturday. Adhering to COVID guidelines and maintaining physical distancing, more than 100 workers, employees and their family members of various age groups ...

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Vedanta rolls out Vedanta Cares Green Cover initiative to commemorate World Environment Day

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JUNE 4, 2021 Vedanta, one of the world’s leading Oil & Gas and Metals companies, will launch a mega green cover initiative to commemorate World Environment Day on Saturday. As part of the Vedanta Cares Green Cover initiative, which will be virtually inaugurated by Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal, the company’s employees and business partners will be able ...

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JSPL Foundation distributes fertilizer among needy farmers for Kharif crop

TBB BUREAU BARBIL, JUNE 4, 2021 JSPL Foundation, the social arm of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) has come forward to support the needy and struggling farming community in this global pandemic and distributed fertilizer among them for the Kharif paddy cultivation. About 60 marginal and Covid-hit farmers of nearby villages under Deojhar and Kandra gram panchayats of Keonjhar ...

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