Indian Infrastructures and Capabilities
An antenna of 32-metre diameter, jointly developed by Bhabha Atomic Reserch Centre (Barc) and the Electronics Corporation of India (Ecil), which is part of the Indian Deep Space Network at Byalalu near Bengalaru, is playing a role to establish this much-awaited link, along with Nasa’s Deep Space Networks at Goldstone in California, Madrid in Spain and Canberra in Australia. Ecil is a part of the department of atomic energy.
According to a media report, while Reliance Jio has tied up with South Korean telecom major Samsung, Bharti Airtel is finalising its agreements to tie up with European tech firms Nokia and Ericsson, for 5G trials. It is important to note here that this move has come in the background of the US banning Huawei and also threatening to impose sanctions on companies that sell or buy the technology.
CSIR-NAL is currently engaged in the design, development and certification of Saras Mk2, a twin-engine turboprop 19-seater transport aircraft for connecting small cities.
The revolutionary new service, which is expected to launch operations in early 2020, is part of Government of Maharashtra’s bold vision of using drone delivery to establish universal, seven-days-a-week access to lifesaving and critical medicines for each of its 120 million citizens over the coming years. Zipline drones will make on-demand and emergency deliveries of blood products, vaccines and life-saving medications.
Vedanta Aluminium, one of the largest primary aluminium producer of India, announced the formal launch of its newest product line, Primary Foundry Alloy (PFA) for the Indian automotive industry.
The Arizona Technology and Innovation Center, temporarily located at 1465 N. Scottsdale Road in SkySong at The Arizona State University (ASU) Scottsdale Innovation Center, has a special focus on autonomous technologies, Internet of Things (IOT), full-stack engineering, data science and cybersecurity. Infosys’ investment in Arizona will amplify top local talent alongside the best global talent to shrink the IT skills gap in the state
“The indigenously developed facility is one of its kind in India, and will help in improving Metro train ride quality and increases the reliability of coaches,” said the Miniratna Government of India undertaking under Ministry of Defence.
An agreement has been signed by Russia’s GK Launch Services, an operator of Soyuz-2 commercial launches from Russian spaceports, to launch an Indian satellite via Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome space centre. It will be launched in 2020.
Inspired by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) model of education, the IIS will be developed on a public-private-partnership (PPP) mode with land coming from government and capital from the Tata Group.
According to the report, India remains South Asia’s most competitive travel and tourism economy. It found that the country had improved in aspects like air (33rd), ground and port infrastructure (28th), international openness (51st), natural resources (14th) and cultural resources (8th).
