Technology

Indian oil marketing companies have guaranteed buying energy from the 5,000 compressed biogas plants (CBG) being built across the country, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has assured.

Indian technical textile market is estimated to cross Rs.2 lakh crores by the year 2020-21 as its use become mandatory in many formats, Minister of Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani, told Rajya Sabha on 12 Dec 2019.

PSLV-C48, which was lifted-off at 1525 Hrs (IST) from the First Launch Pad on 11 Dec 2019, successfully injected RISAT-2BR1 into an orbit of 576 km after 16 minutes and 23 seconds.

The Cabinet  has approved for signing the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to constitute the ‘India-Japan Steel Dialogue’ to strengthen cooperation in steel sector and coal MoU.

The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) is planning to set up a dedicated “Green Window to serve the unserved segments of renewable energy”, New and Renewable Energy Ministry Secretary Anand Kumar said on 11 Dec 2019.

Wipro Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch a Center of Excellence (CoE) for open source in Oman.

Austin-based Green Revolution Cooling (GRC), the leader in immersion cooling for data centers, is increasing operations in the Asian market with the opening of offices in New Delhi on 1 January 2020.

Bangalore-based Gumption Labs Software Solutions PVt Ltd provide Innovative Digital Offerings in Personal Finance Space for Financial Institutions and Advisors.

In a move to attract investments, the Goods and Services Tax has been reduced to 5% on electric vehicles (EVS) from 12% and 28% with 22% cess for conventional vehicles.

Japan intends to continue support capacity building in the multi-billion dollar Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and participate in the hydrocarbon sector.