The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC ) Ltd, has commissioned the largest floating solar PV project of 25MW on the reservoir of its Simhadri thermal station in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. This is also the first solar project to be set up under the Flexibilisation Scheme, notified by the Government of India in 2018.
Taking advantage of pandemic-related lifestyle changes Indian home textile exporters are expected to have a strong year in FY22, according to investment research company ICRA, due to improved cleanliness awareness and the predominance of stay-at-home choices.
Between March 2017 and March 2021, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reported a 24% increase in financial inclusion (FI) as assessed by the RBI’s FI-Index.
Israel’s RADA Electronic Industries Ltd. a provider of advanced software-defined tactical radars for the maneuver force, and India’s Alpha Design Technologies Pvt. Ltd., (ADTL), a 1,200+ people-strong, professional R&D and production organization have executed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a joint venture to market, manufacture, sell and support RADA’s radars in India.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), a public sector aircraft company, will be bidding to sell 18 LCA Mk1 A fighter aircrafts to the Royal Malaysian Air Force in the light of Malaysian authorities showing interest in the indigenous fighter planes, HAL chairman R Madhavan said Wednesday.
Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an Advanced Chaff Technology to safeguard fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) against hostile radar threats. Defence Laboratory Jodhpur, a DRDO laboratory developed the advanced Chaff material and chaff cartridge-118/I in collaboration with High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), a Pune based laboratory of DRDO, meeting qualitative requirements of IAF. The Indian Air Force has started the process of induction of this technology after completion of successful user trials.
In cooperation with the government and relevant industry regulators, the FI-Index includes information on banking, investments, insurance, postal services, and pensions. The RBI stated in April that it will create the FI-Index to measure the level of financial inclusion.
Vietnam opened its first-ever consul office in India in Bengaluru and appointed N.S Srinivasa Murthy as its consul.
This agreement will enable building a virtual constellation of specified remote sensing satellites of BRICS space agencies and their respective ground stations will receive the data.
India is likely to have an indigenous Covid-19 vaccine for children by September, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)’s National Institute of Virology (Pune) director Priya Abraham has said amid the ongoing phase II and III trials of Covaxin for the 2-18 age group.
