Indian Infrastructures and Capabilities
Naval officers said the dock will be dedicated to the Indian naval command and has the capacity to dock the aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, for repair and maintenance, not to speak of nuclear submarines. With a length of 281 metres, width of 45 metres and depth of close to 17 metres—almost equivalent to a five-storey building—the dry dock is nothing short of a construction marvel.
These are among over 20 new bridges for which the construction has been undertaken by the BRO in recent times and while some of these are already completed, others are at different stages of construction.
Reports indicate that Apple has plans to turn India into a manufacturing center beyond China and also export its “Made in India” products to other countries. Soon, India will also have an official App Store.
Recently, RITES has signed a contract worth $22.4 million with the neighbouring country Sri Lanka for the supply of two additional fully air-conditioned Diesel Multiple Unit train sets. RITES Limited is a company established under the aegis of Indian Railways.
The new centre would address several critical R&D challenges towards the development of clean coal technologies in tandem with developing supercritical power plant technologies, both at the materials and system level.
Till date, 342 trains have already been converted into HOG, which has helped the national transporter save Rs 800 crore approx per year. Now, 284 more trains are to be converted by the year end. According to the railway ministry official, the existent power generator cars make huge noise and emit fumes. However, the two generator cars will soon be replaced with one standby silent generator car for emergency situations.
The deal points to a continued emergence of chip design firms in India moving beyond simply providing offshore design centers for the likes of Texas Instruments and Intel from the mid-1980s onwards, and later on for EDA firms like Cadence and Synopsys. For many global firms, India was a natural center for software engineering talent, and to apply huge numbers of people to turn the handle on large development projects.
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.
