Technology

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a US$250 million loan for Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) to expand energy efficiency investments in India that will benefit agricultural, residential and institutional consumers.

The government is in the process of adopting new and smart technologies which will help in making the 30-km per day road construction target more ambitious, said Gen (Retd) V K Singh, Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways.

As one of the leading importers of defense equipment and facing war threats from China and Pakistan on its borders, India’s defence expenditure is projected to increase to US$104 billion in 2024 from US$68.4 billion in 2020.

Tech Data has entered into an agreement to acquire the business of Bengalore-headquartered Inflow Technologies, a leading value-added distributor with expertise in areas like cybersecurity and networking.

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.