TBB BUREAU BARBIL, OCT 11, 2022 JSW Foundation has taken a unique step to make its high-quality courses in Computer Science available to the students of Kolmonga. A total of 40 students from the Kolmonga area will enjoy the benefits of free computer classes. The Foundation has taken the initiative considering it as crucial in imparting basic knowledge about using ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 1, 2022 In Odisha, 83.31% people live in rural areas and most of them depend on groundwater for drinking and domestic use, as per the 2011 Census report. In rural areas, water supply relied heavily on borewells and handpumps before the Functional Household Tap Connections (FHTC) campaign started in August 2019. But all HHs are expected ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, AUG 15, 2021 On the occasion of the 75th Independence day, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced to provide smart health cards to 3.5 crore people in the state under Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY). He said the initiative will transform the health service delivery system and create a new history in the field of healthcare across ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 25, 2021 Over 3.5 lakh registered health workers in Odisha will be inoculated the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine as the vaccination drive will begin in State from February 14. State Health Director Dr. Bijay Panigrahi told media persons that those who had been vaccinated during the first phase of vaccination on January 16, will be ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 22, 2021 Notwithstanding the Covid-19 pandemic and global recession, export from Odisha in the current financial year up to November 2020 has registered 55 per cent growth, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday. “I am glad that despite the adverse situation caused by COVID-19 pandemic, export from the State in the current financial year up ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 12, 2021 Odisha received the first consignment of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday. A consignment consisting of 34 boxes of Covishield vaccine, manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII), arrived at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here on a special flight from Pune, informed State Additional Chief Secretary (Health and Family Welfare), PK Mohapatra. The Serum ...

TBB BUREAU BHUBANESWAR, JANUARY 12, 2021 Odisha Government’s Housing and Urban Development Department has been declared the winner under the Best State Category in the second edition of Janaagraha City Governance Awards for its project JAGA Mission. Piped Water Supply Scheme for all Urban Households, Public Health Engineering Organisation, Odisha won the Best Civic Agency. Held in memory of V ...

PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, DEC 30 As part of its corporate social responsibility programme, JSW Steel Limited, Odisha has extended support for the “Adopt an animal” programme of city-based Nandankanan Zoological Park, by adopting all the 27 tigers for a year.  The Company has given Rs 29 lakh for this purpose A draft for Rs 29 lakh was handed over to ...

TBB BUREAU NEW DELHI, DEC 28 State-run power major NTPC on Monday said its Dulanga coal mine is commercially operational from October 1, 2020. “…based on achievement of approved norms and due approval; Dulanga Coal Mine (in Odisha) of NTPC Limited, having an ultimate peak rated annual capacity of 7 Million Tonnes Per Annum, is declared commercial operation from October ...

PRIYABRAT BISWAL BHUBANESWAR, NOV 25 Odisha-based Shiva Cement Ltd, a subsidiary of JSW Cement Ltd, has announced plans to invest over Rs 1,500 crore in a new 1.36 million tonne per annum (mtpa) clinker unit project in Sundergarh district of the state. This project also includes setting up of a 1 MTPA grinding unit; 8 MW waste heat recovery power ...