RIL offers free fuel to emergency vehicles carrying Covid patients

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is offering free fuel to all emergency service vehicles and ambulances being used in transporting patients and medical oxygen to and from quarantine facilities and hospitals in Punjab and Haryana.

NFL inks MoU with ALIMCO for distribution of artificial limbs

NFL, Nangal, has signed an MoU with Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) for distributing artificial limbs and assistive devices to physically challenged persons under its CSR initiative.

Lava provides insurance cover to its partners’ field employees

Amid a spurt in Covid cases, mobile manufacturer Lava has announced medical and accidental insurance worth Rs 1 lakh for field staff of its 2,500 partners, comprising distributor sales executives and delivery boys.

NBCC bags Rs 596-cr contract from NIT in Pauri Garhwal

NBCC has bagged a Rs 596.75-crore contract for the construction of National Institute of Technology at Sumari Village in Pauri Garhwal. It comprises construction of academic blocks, administration block, hostel and residential buildings having a plinth area of 90,451.2 sqm.

Punjab & Sind Bank posts Q4 profit of Rs161 crore

Punjab & Sind Bank has registered a net profit of Rs 161 crore for Q4 FY21. Total business increased by Rs 11,687 crore, registering a growth of 7.68%. Total advances grew by 8.39%.

NFL, Nangal unit, dedicates 20-bed facility for Covid care

NFL’s Nangal Unit has handed over a 20-bed facility of its hospital to the district authorities to be used as Covid Care Centre. The company’s doctors, nurses and other paramedical staff have been deployed.

NHPC holds vaccination camp for power staff, dependents

NHPC recently held a two-day vaccination camp at National Power Training Institute, Badarpur, in association with Apollo Hospital, for its employees and family members of Ministry of Power, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, and various CPSUs/organisations in the Delhi-NCR region. As many as 1,270 persons were vaccinated during the camp.

BBMB holds vaccination drive at its facilities

BBMB is running a mega vaccination drive at its project stations and substations. BBMB Hospital at Nangal has vaccinated over 9,000 persons to date.

Three students of Akal varsity selected for MTTS-2021

Three students — Divye Gupta, Sandeep Dass and Harinder Singh — all of B.Sc (honours) mathematics of Akal University — have been selected for Mathematics Training & Talent Search (MTTS) Programme level 1.

Faridkot ADC visits primary health centre, Bajakhana

Faridkot ADC Preet Mahinder Singh Sahota recently visited the primary healthcare centre at Bajakhana and took stock of Covid vaccination and sampling being done in the area. He exhorted people to get themselves tested and vaccinated.

Orthonova Hospital, Jalandhar, performs rare cervical surgery

Orthonova Hospital, Jalandhar, recently performed an endoscopic cervical spine disc surgery on Amarpal Singh —a resident of Bathinda who was unable to walk because of compression at C6-C7 level in the cervical spine. Now, he is recovering and has started walking again.

CNH Industrial provides insurance cover to employees against Covid

Farm implement maker CNH Industrial has formed a task force to assist Covid-infected employees. It has provided an insurance cover with a financial

support of Rs 50,000.

Reliance General Insurance offers 5% special discount

Reliance General Insurance is offering an additional one-time 5% discount to customers who have taken the anti-Covid vaccination. It will be over and above the other discounts applicable at the time of buying the policy, making the premium affordable.

BD launches IVD immune assay application in India

Global medical technology company BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has launched BD Multi-test 6-Color TBNK Reagent with BD Trucount Tubes with an expanded clinical application in India to help identify Covid patients at increased relative risk of intubation with mechanical ventilation (IMV) and mortality, in conjunction with clinical findings and the results of other laboratory testing.

Shakti Pumps registers highest ever profit in fourth quarter

Shakti Pumps (India) Limited has continued its growth run in Q4 and FY21. Its revenue in Q4 of 2020-21 rose to Rs 321.11 crore from Rs 93.78 crore in Q4 FY20. It also registered its highest-ever Q4 EBITDA at Rs 51.35 crore as compared to Rs 1.41 crore in Q4FY20.

SHR Lifestyle’s Shree brand expands footprint in region

SHR Lifestyle Pvt Ltd’s brand Shree – The Indian Avatar – has announced its expansion plans. With the opening of its store in Naraina, the company has now 95 stores and it will soon be a 100-store brand.

PepsiCo Foundation, SEEDS open Covid care centre in Pb

PepsiCo Foundation in collaboration with Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) India has opened a Covid care centre at PWD Guest House in Sangrur. The centre is equipped with supporting staff, ambulance, meals facility and 10 oxygen cylinders.