India Signs MoU with Japan’s ISE Foods to Improve Poultry Farms
The ISE’s egg production process, almost fully automated, is considered most hygienic in the world.
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L&T MBDA, Tata Power Defence Proposals Get SEZ Board Approval -Make In India
The in-principle approval to L&T MBDA was given after the company submitted that a provisional approval would help it start construction of its manufacturing facilities while awaiting its industrial licence from the Department for Promotion of Industrial and Internal Trade (DPIIT).
India is expected to meet the WHO norm of 1:1000 doctor-patient ratio by 2024 – Dr. V K Paul, Member, NITI Aayog
India is expected to meet the WHO norm of 1:1000 doctor-patient ratio by 2024 – Dr. V K Paul, Member, NITI Aayog
ADB Agrees to Fund ₹ 30,000 Crore Delhi-Meerut Rapid Rail Corridor, 4 Metro Projects
Simultaneous discussion are going on with other multi-lateral funding agencies for co-financing of these large urban transport projects in India including Bhopal and Indore Metro projects
Strategic Necessity: India is Seeking to Become A Chip Design Hub
India, for its part, is seeking to create a homegrown fabless semiconductor design ecosystem, and is harnessing local talent and helping nurture academic institutions as well as startups.
Netgear to Start Manufacturing in India by 2020 – Make In India
Netgear manufactures networking hardware such as routers for business enterprises and high-end consumers segment. For the $1.1 billion company, B2B businesses account for about $300 million and the rest comes from consumer business.
‘Kalpakkam Home for Reactors Powered by Different Fuels’
Kalpakkam’s uniqueness in having reactors fuelled by all the three fissile isotopes viz. uranium-235 (powering the Madras Atomic Power Station-MAPS), plutonium 239 (Fast Breeder Test Reactor-FBTR), and uranium-233 (KAMINI reactor).
New UK-India Tech Hub in London to Nurture Tech Start-Ups
Pontaq, launched as a VC fund focussed on the India-UK corridor last year, has nine companies as part of its portfolio and expects around 40 others to join the ranks over the next three years.
Sisiri Bridge Over Sisar River Along NH-52 Nearing Completion After 10 Years
The Sisiri bridge will give better connectivity within states of Arunachal Pradesh connecting western and central parts Arunachal Pradesh like Itanagar, Pasighat with Eastern section of the state like Roing, Tezu, Namsai etc without touching Assam which happened to be a mandatory for people of Arunachal to take Assam roads to travel/reach within Arunachal’s towns and village villages.
Strategic Tunnel Under Brahmaputra on Drawing Board
The twin-engined turboprop is a new-generationThe tunnel would be located on the upstream of the Brahmaputra near Tezpur in Assam, connecting north and south banks of the river, top government officials said. Its length is expected to be 12-15 km and may have both rail and road networks or just the latter, depending on construction difficulties and gradient. version of the original 1976 Soviet/Ukrainian An-32 aircraft, but with no Russian-made components.