Hindustan Zinc wins ‘5th CII National HR Circle Competition 2021’ Award for Best HR Practices in Inclusion and Social Impact

  Efforts in promoting Diversity & Inclusiveness, People Practices, and Employee Involvement in a socially impactful way were recognized with the top award Company had 15% female diversity in the executive workforce Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc (HZL) the leading producer of Zinc, Lead, and Silver in India, has won ‘5th CII National HR Circle Competition … Read more

Indira IVF hits a first in India, inaugurates its 100th infertility treatment centre

A market leader, Indira IVF is the first single specialty IVF chain to attain the milestone- Udaipur : With the inauguration of two new centres at Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur and Bathinda in Punjab, Indira IVF,India’s largest infertility speciality clinics chain, has notched a major milestone of establishing 100 centres across India.The organisation came out with the … Read more

Hindustan Zinc commits to ‘Long-term target to reach net-zero emissions by 2050’ in alignment with Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)

Pledges to set the climate targets in line with limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5°C.(Business Ambition for 1.5 C campaign- SBTi) The company recently launched its first Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Report based on TCFD recommendations and guidance.  Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc Limited, one of the world’s largest and India’s only … Read more

Hindustan Zinc organizes cattle health camps in Rajasthan under SAMADHAN project

More than 3400 farmers across5 districts and 95 villages of Rajasthan benefittedthrough these cattle health camps The project has also been encouraging women farmers to come to the forefront of the field. Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc on their quest to uplift communities around them,organised cattle health camps across 5 districts in Rajasthan throughout the month … Read more

Decarbonizing the future of Indian mining, Hindustan Zinc in partnership with Normet Group Oy introduces Normet SmartDrive- a modular Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV)

Hindustan Zinc will become the first mining company in India to introduce utility electric vehicles in underground mines The partnership with Normet Group Oy for SmartDrive vehicles will help to significantly reduce carbon emissions Normet SmartDrive EV will significantly help HZL in saving a huge amount in HSD (High Speed Diesel) and its maintenance Udaipur … Read more

John Hopkins-CCP with support from Bernard van Leer Foundation conclude training for Social and Behavioural Changes for UMC and City Officials

Udaipur : Udaipur Municipal Corporation (UMC) and City Officials received training on aspects of Social and Behavior Change (SBC) from lens of young children and their families. The workshop series was designed by John Hopkins-Centre for Communication Programs and supported by Bernard van Leer Foundation, an independent foundation working towards early childhood development. The aim of this initiative was … Read more

Getty Awarded Grant For Curatorial Innovation In Prints And Drawings To The City Palace Museum, Mmcf, Udaipur

Grants made as part of The Paper Project feature diverse and understudied collections UDAIPUR : Nineteen new grants totaling over $1.55 million will support exhibitions, publications and digital projects that center the graphic arts as part of the Getty Foundation’s ongoing Paper Project initiative. Prints and drawings are an unsung area of curatorial innovation and a … Read more

Rajasthan: Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrated with wreath-laying ceremony at ”Prerna Sthal”

Jaipur : Kargil Vijay Diwas was celebrated at all military stations of the South Western command of the Indian Army on Monday to commemorate India”s victory over Pakistani forces in 1999. South western Army Commander Lieutenant General AS Bhinder laid a wreath at ”Prerna Sthal” in Jaipur to pay tribute to the soldiers who laid … Read more

BJP demands Cong MLA”s dismissal from Rajasthan Assembly

Udaipur : The BJP on Friday demanded the dismissal of Dungarpur Congress MLA Ganesh Ghoghra from the Rajasthan Assembly for allegedly using indecent language against the Rajasthan governor, PM and the Union home minister. The Congress MLA on Thursday allegedly used unparliamentary language against Governor Kalraj Mishra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister … Read more

Hindustan Zinc partners with MPUAT to bring scientific practices that maximise livelihood opportunities for farmers

Hindustan Zinc expands SAMADHAN – its flagship farm support program, signs an MOU with MPUAT & BAIF MOU aims to additionally impact more than 30000 farmers across Rajasthan Under this partnership, the company will provide on-farm technical guidance and institutional training to these farmers This will further increase farm yield and income of farmers from … Read more

Indira IVF achieves 85000 successful IVF pregnancies ahead of World IVF Day a first in India

Udaipur : India’s largest infertility treatments chain, Indira IVF, has completed 85,000 successful IVF pregnancies, becoming the first in India to achieve the key milestone. Driven by the grit of its medical experts, embryologists, and technological proficiency, the single specialty chainannounces this achievement ahead of World IVF Day,observed on July 25 each year. A cognisant leader, … Read more

Zinc Football Kids Should Look Upto Players Like Ashutosh Mehta And Lalengmawia, Says Former Isl Coach Gerard Nus

Gerard Nus, who was most recently associated with ISL Club NorthEast United FC, interacted with the Zinc Football budding players Udaipur : Former Liverpool coach Gerard Nus, who has previously worked with footballing legends like Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, Fernando Torres, among others, interacted with the budding footballers of Zinc Football Academy over a virtual platform. … Read more

Bank Manager arrested for taking 25K bribe in Banswara

Udaipur : The ACB sleuths on Monday arrested a bank manager for accepting bribe in lieu of passing insurance claim under the PradhanMantri Bima Yojna. Jitendra Sankhla, the accused manager of Union Bank of India, Navagaon branch in Banswara received money through his agent Naresh  Katara, a sanitation worker. ASP, ACB Udaipur  Umesh Ojha said the complainant … Read more

New Zealander tourist connects with Udaipur guide after 22 years of visit, offer 200 dollars

Udaipur : In  a heart whelming incident,a NewZealander tourist who visited Udaipur in 1999 and got attached to a tourist guide here, wrote to the Rajasthan  Tourism Department recently, seeking help to get connected with his long forgotten friend. The tourist approached the department after his efforts failed to search the guide on various social media … Read more

200 people fall ill of food poisoning in Udaipur ‘Had consumed snacks made of Kangani flour’

Udaipur : Some 200 people fell sick of food poisoning in Udaipur city and Vallabhnagar block on Monday, reportedly after consuming sehgar ( food eaten during fasting) made of Kangani flour on the occasion of Nirjala  Ekadashi.  Initially few persons were admitted in the MB hospital on Monday late evening, gradually the number increased and reached … Read more

UP police interrogates absconding IPS officer’s kin in Dungarpur

Udaipur : Four teams of Uttar Pradesh police arrived  Dungarpur to interrogate about Manilal Patidar, the absconding superintendent of police of Mahoba who is also carrying a cash reward on his arrest. The police teams went to Saroda of Sagwada block and interrogated Patidar’s father Ramji, mother Hukki Bai, wife Ramila, brother Harish and sons Prince … Read more

Man thrashed, paraded to police station for molesting woman

Udaipur : Residents thrashed , paraded a man on the streets and took him to the police station for molesting a woman in Nandvel village of Bhinder panchayat samiti of Vallabhnagar block. The incident took place on Saturday morning near the village on the Udaipur-Chittorgarh highway when the accused Narendra Singh Rajput saw a woman returning from the field. Seeing … Read more

Jt Dir orders to re-admit 71 students given TCs by principal in Udr

Udaipur : The Joint Director ( School Education) Udaipur division issued an  order for  re-admission of all the students who were allegedly given forced transfer certificates without their desire to leave the school, by the principal of senior secondary school at Gorana in Jhadol block of the district. An inquiry too has begun against the principal to  determine … Read more

6 kids living by themselves after parents died in accident 10 months ago

Udaipur : A day after the District Legal Service Authority reached the home of six children who were orphaned after their parents’ accidental  death, in Kalbeliya Magra basti in Badgaon block adjoining the city area, voluntary organisations rushed to help the kids on Thursday. The DLSA  chairman RP Soni directed secretary Kuldeep Suttrakar upon getting a … Read more

5-yr-old injured by Chinese manjha in Udaipur

Udaipur : A five-year old girl sustained severe injuries on her throat when a chinese manjha thread touched her while she was going on a motorcycle with her father on Thursday. The incident  took place near Chhipa colony when Asna was going with her father on his bike. Suddenly a glass coated kite string hit the girl’s throat … Read more

With  93K residents having their own roofs, Dungarpur leads in PMAY in Raj

Udaipur : Dungarpur district has clinched the first position in the  state and second in the country, in providing roofs to residents under the PradhanMantri Gramin Awas Yojana (PMAY-G). Against the sanctioned 100054 proposals, the Dungarpur administration has disbursed funds for 93 thousand 128 persons and helped them realise the dream of owning their house. “It was … Read more

Govt school principal issue TCs to 71 weak tribal students in Udaipur

Udaipur : Parents of many students of the  government  senior secondary school at Gorana of Jhadol block in Udaipur district alleged that the Principal issued transfer certificates to weak students and derived from  their  fundamental right to education especially in the  critical time of pandemic. Some of the parents and students met the collector on  Wednesday … Read more

Shiv Sena demands removal of encroachments from Udaipur waterbodies

Udaipur : Shive Sena Youth wing demanded the district administration to clear encroachments in the catchment areas and major water bodies of Udaipur. The district  president of Shiv Sena Gaurav Nagda and others met the divisional commissioner on Tuesday and gave a memorandum demanding demarcation of the 46 waterbodies  including Ayad, SwaroopSagar etc and removing  encroachments … Read more

Admin hold work after MLA , ppl oppose sewage treatment plant in Pratapgarh

Udaipur : Facing severe protest from the public over setting up of a sewage treatment plant near a densely populated colony and temples, the administration stayed the work and announced to constitute a committee to decide an agreeable site for the plant.  The people in Pratapgarh  city had been opposing the construction of a sewage treatment … Read more

Rumours of Jhadol MLA’s death shock ppl, legislator release videos to clarify

Udaipur : Rumours that circulated on the social media on Sunday , claiming demise of Jhadol legislator Babulal Kharadi hit hard on his family members who were shocked. Kharadi, who was attending a mask distribution and sanitisation drive held by the Vanvasi Kalyan Parishad in remote villages of Kotra block could not be contacted for some … Read more

Offline digital parking at govt hospital draws flak from residents

Udaipur : A new arrangement introduced at the government MB hospital here for digital parking is drawing severe criticism from the civil society. People from all walks of life, organisations and political  parties are raising objections over the arrangement wherein every person coming to the hospital on two or four  wheelers would have to pay an entry … Read more

Hindustan Zinc’s Smelter At Debari Inaugurates Water Atm At Singhwaton Ka Wada

Udaipur : Sustainability and water positivity is at the core of Hindustan Zinc’s principles, be it for its operations or itssurrounding communities. Rajasthan is a water scarce state and Hindustan Zinc has been making constant efforts in conserving water as well as ensuring water sufficiency for its surrounding villages, especially for safe, drinking water.To make … Read more

Antibody development in 85% after Covishield vaccination – A Pacific Medical College and Hospitals (PMCH) study

Udaipur : A study was conducted to assess antibody status after the first and second dose of Covishield vaccine on healthcare workers including interns, doctors and nursing staff working in PMCH Udaipur. It was a joint venture of Former Professor and Head and presently Director, Department of Medicine  Dr. S. K. Verma and Associate Professor … Read more

4 arrested for camel sacrifice in Udaipur

Udaipur : Suraj Pole police  here  arrested 4 persons on Wednesday for the sacrifice of a camel. The sacrifice was done as a ritual to appease the deities as one of the  accused was suffering loss in his  dairy business after his cow fell ill. The accused  were identified as Shobalal (60)  his son Chandra Prakash … Read more

Patwari arrested taking 75K bribe in Udaipur

Udaipur : The ACB sleuths in Udaipur arrested a patwari red handed after he accepted a bribe money of 75K rupees from the complainant inside the patwar mandal office here on Monday. . Saurabh Garg , resident of Jaipur , is presently posted at the patwar mandal Sisarma here. The complainant told the ACB officials … Read more

Step mom drown & bury two kids in Dungarpur village; Bodies exhumed after 4 days

Udaipur : In a gruesome incident, a step mother drowned two children to death, convinced the family that they died in a mishap and buried the bodies. Three days later, the guilt ridden woman confessed the truth before the family. Upon the complaint of the victims’ grandfather, the police took the woman in custody and exhumed … Read more

Not just a COVID jab, it’s a health checkup camp for the Muslim community!

Udaipur : Like elsewhere, the Muslim community in Chittorgarh too,initially  had their reasons for shunning the COVID vaccination drive. Most of  them believed taking the shot would bring side effects, some felt they would probably catch the contagion if  they took the dose and some even felt that the injection  would make the men impotent. When … Read more

Man suffers renal failure after police force sit-ups, make run 3 kilometers

‘Accused constable suspended, inquiry begins ‘ Udaipur : Incidents of rudeness and misbehaviour by  policemen during compliance of lockdown norms are on rise in Udaipur. In one such incident, a dairy owner reportedly suffered renal problem after a cop induced physical exertion and made  him do 100 sit-ups and run some three kilometers empty stomach. The … Read more

Udaipur police arrest 4 cheats for tampering with ATM cash shutter

‘Withdrew large amounts through exit shutter manipulation’ Udaipur : In a major breakthrough Udaipur police achieved big success in nabbing an inter-state gang that tampered with ATM cash shutters and withdrew lakhs of rupees. Four persons all residents of Hisar, Haryana have been arrested and the gang confessed to having committed more than 50 withdrawals through a … Read more

Dungarpur villagers raise funds to distribute essentials to tackle COVID-19

Udaipur : While most of the people not only in villages but urban areas, are dependent on the government machinery for steps to tackle the pandemic, residents in a small gram  panchayat in Dungarpur took self initiated steps to tackle the situation. Dungarpur Zila Parishad CEO Anjali Rajoria said when the district was recently reeling under … Read more

HC seeks detailed compliance report on vax of ppl without prescribed i-cards

Udaipur : After hearing on the second consecutive day on a suo motu civil writ petition related to the Pakistani minority migrants residing in Rajasthan, a division bench of the High Court at Jodhpur, on Friday directed the state government to submit a detailed report by June 3, regarding compliance of the guidelines given in SOP … Read more

Newlywed bride’s body found in Banswara

Udaipur : In a gruesome incident, a newly wed bride’s body was found a  kilometer away from her home in GhodiTejpur village under Dhanpur police station limits of Banswara. Her head had been smashed by a huge stone and police suspect it to be a murder. 19-year old Laxmi’s body was found on Friday morning. She was … Read more

Teenager muster courage, says mom’s live-in-partner molested, raped her & siblings for 3years

‘Father tried to sell two girls for 60K rs each’ Udaipur : Chittorgarh police have booked a man for raping and molesting three minor daughters of his live-in-partner for years. The girls are 14, 12 and 10 years old respectively and they had narrated their plight to their mother. When the woman confronted the accused, instead … Read more