Indian Infrastructures and Capabilities
To facilitate passengers with reduced mobility, Divyang passenger on wheel chair and passenger on stretchers, AAI has procured 20 ambulifts for the airports which are having scheduled flight operations of Code C & other advanced level aircraft but does not have aerobridge facilities. The Ambulift has been manufactured indigenously under the ‘Make in India’ policy.
Vedanta had unveiled its plan to invest in semiconductor manufacturing after the government announced a Rs 76,000-crore package to boost electronic chip and display ecosystem in the country.
An indigenous Onboard Driver Assistance and Warning System – ODAWS, Bus Signal Priority System and Common SMart iot Connectiv (CoSMiC) software have been launched under Intelligent Transportation System Endeavor for Indian Cities Phase-II initiative of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
According to data produced by automobile dealers’ group Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), electric vehicle retail sales in the country increased by over threefold last fiscal year, with two-wheeler offtake leading the market. Total electric vehicle (EV) retail sales reached 4,29,217 units in 2021-22, up from 1,34,821 units in 2020-21. Electric passenger vehicle retail sales reached 17,802 units in FY22, up from 4,984 units in FY21.
India and Nepal jointly flagged off a new cross-border passenger train between Jaynagar in India and Kurtha in Nepal. PM Modi and his Nepal Counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba launched the rail service 35-km cross-border with a capacity of 1,000 passengers. The cost of building the Jaynagar-Kurtha section is over Rs 383 crore.
Space PSU NewSpace India opened the commercial bids of the three shortlisted entities — HAL-L&T, BHEL (single firm) and the BEL-Adani Alpha Design-BEML consortium — on Wednesday. The winning bid quoted Rs 824 crore, BHEL Rs 1,129 crore and the third group Rs 1,218 crore, a source said. These figures exclude taxes.
Funded by the Government of India, this project is expected to come up in two years and will involve the setting up of two wind turbines of over 8MW (megawatt) capacity, in order to perform studies and collect data on the feasibility of large-scale projects of this kind.
Reacting to media reports claiming a cyberattack on the power grid near Ladakh between August and March, Singh said, “Two attempts by Chinese hackers were made to target electricity distribution centres near Ladakh but were not successful…”
In a written reply to a question raised in the Lok Sabha, the minister said the government has accorded administrative approval and financial sanction for construction of 10 indigenous 700MW PHWRs to be set up in fleet mode. He said on progressive completion of the projects under construction and accorded sanction, the nuclear capacity is expected to reach 22,480MW by 2031.
EOS-02 is Technology demonstration satellite for various new technologies with applications that include agriculture, forestry, geology, hydrology, miniaturised power electronics, reaction wheels etc. and forming the payload for SSLV-1.
