UJALA was successful in lowering the retail price of LED lights from Rs 300-350 (US$ 4.03- 4.7) to Rs 70-80 (US$ 0.9- 1) per bulb. The programme not only made affordable energy available to everyone, but it also saved a lot of energy. As of present, energy savings total 47,778 million kWh per year. 9565 MW of peak demand has been avoided, resulting in a saving of 3,86 crore tonnes of CO2 emissions.
Artificial Intelligence and machine learning may soon be used to develop indigenous technology for prediction and control of vapor explosion-induced accidents in boilers so as to prevent such mishaps. A staggering 23,000 boiler accidents have been recorded worldwide over the past 10 years, wherein India alone accounts for the 34% of global deaths.
Union Education Minister and Skill Development Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched NEAT 3.0, a single platform to provide the best-developed ed-tech solutions and courses to students of the country. The Minister also launched AICTE prescribed technical books in regional languages.
Promoting nutritional diet and a healthy living, the Ministry of Ayush made a new beginning on Monday by making ‘Ayush Aahaar’ available at its canteen at Ayush Bhawan.
According to Colliers, this growth momentum is projected to continue in 2022 as big global investors and developers continue to expand their footprint in close proximity to high-demand locations throughout Tier I and II cities. Due to increased demand from e-commerce and 3PL players following the epidemic, the industry has attracted a lot of interest from operators and investors.
India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday that the country is attempting to strengthen bilateral trade relations with a number of countries and that it hopes to begin trade negotiations with Canada within the next two to three months.
India exported goods worth US$ 37.29 billion in December, the highest ever in a month, as demand for items such as engineering products continued to rise
Isro, which carried out its first foreign satellite launch from Germany and South Korea on May 26, 1999, has since launched 342 satellites from 34 countries. In these 22 years, 83% of such international launches have come after 2015.
“Our economy is currently growing at a rate of more than 8%. India has received unprecedented foreign investment. In the GST collection, old records have also been broken. We have also established new paradigms in terms of exports, particularly agricultural,” PM Modi stated.
Asian Paints has risen to become the world’s second most valuable paints firm. The company’s market capitalization increased by 22% to US$ 43.7 billion at the end of December 31, compared to US$ 35.6 billion a year earlier. In terms of m-cap, it now ranks 450th in the world. On the BSE, the company’s stock ended the day 0.5% higher at Rs 3,382 per share.
