Technology

The representatives of Digital Economy, Fintech and Start-ups have called for incentives during their pre-budget meeting with Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi on 16 Dec 2019.

Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has called for a brave approach to innovation to boost growth in the Indian economy while learning from failures.

The Coal Ministry has decided to establish a ‘Sustainable Development Cell’ (SDC) to promote environmentally sustainable mining in the country and address environmental concerns during the decommissioning or closure of mines.

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.