Oil India Launches Seismic Campaign in Mahanadi
State-owned Oil India Ltd (OIL) on Friday launched a Rs 220 crore seismic campaign to locate oil and gas in the Mahanadi basin in Odisha, as it is boosting the country”s hydrocarbon resource base.
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INR 2 Lakh Crore to be Invested for Setting Up 5000 Compressed Bio-Gas Plant in the Country
Government of India, under the SATAT initiatives envisages setting up of 5000 CBG plants by 2023-24 with production target of 15 MMT, facilitating the creation of new employment opportunities and enhancing farmers’ income towards further invigorating the rural economy.
India’s IRNSS is Now Part of World Wide Radio Navigation System
The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) has been accepted as a component of the World Wide Radio Navigation System (WWRNS) for operation in the Indian Ocean Region by the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
$120 Million Loan Signing Between India and the World Bank for the implementation of MITP
The Government of India, the Government of Meghalaya and the World Bank today signed a $120 million project to improve and modernise the transport sector of state of Meghalaya. This will help Meghalaya to harness its vast growth potential for high-value agriculture and tourism.
India’s AI supercomputer Param Siddhi 63rd Among Top 500 Most Powerful Worldwide
Param Siddhi, thehigh performance computing-artificial intelligence (HPC-AI) supercomputer established under National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) at C-DAC has achieved global ranking of 63 in TOP 500 most powerful non-distributed computer systems in the world released on 16th November 2020.
Rays Experts Commissions 700MW Solar Energy Projects in India
These projects include a 440 MW solar plant inside the park, 210 MW solar plant outside the park, 49 MW rooftop installations for commercial/industrial sites, and 4 MW units across 8,400 homes.
Development of Digital Infra Drives FASTag Adoption
The use of FASTag has picked up significantly in the last few months. The higher adoption of electronic toll collection device has been driven by commercial vehicles that account for the majority of traffic on the highways, as well as people shunning the use of cash due to the fear of contagion following the coronavirus outbreak.
UP’s First Supercritical Power Plant in Meja to be Fully Operational by Dec
The Meja Thermal Power Plant, Uttar Pradesh’s first supercritical power plant, will be fully operational by December, MUNPL Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Asim Kumar Samanta said.
25 Years On, India Tops 75 Crore Internet Connections; 50% of these Came in Last 4 Years
The number of internet connections in India has breached a significant milestone of 75 crore as of August 31, 2020, twenty-five years after the service was first thrown open to the public on August 15, 1995. The number of connections more than doubled in the last four years from just 34 crore in March 2016, coinciding with the country’s Digital India programme, which was launched in 2015.
Satellite Survey for Important Yingkiong-Bishing Highway Construction Near Border Complete
Arunachal Pradesh health and family welfare minister Alo Libang on Thursday announced that the satellite survey for construction of the much-anticipated 150-km-long Yingkiong-Bishing national highway in Upper Siang district has been completed.