Technology

India is to set up a gas trading hub(s)/exchange(s) for trading natural gas and supply through a market mechanism, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on 31 Dec 2018.

Indian Railways has made a significant move by engaging with Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to leverage their core competencies in developing new technologies and products.

Gujarat emerged as the best performer in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion’s (DIPP) the first ever States’ Start-up Ranking 2018.

Indian Railways has decided to completely switch over to manufacture of Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) design main line coaches from 2018-19 onwards.

Indian traders have reacted strongly to American comments on the recent changes to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) rules relating to 'hyper-sensitive and emerging e-commerce' as the Indians feel they would be short-changed in e-marketplace.

Market reports have already put India at the top of the list of drone-importing countries, accounting for 22.5% of the world’s UAV imports.

The Cabinet has approved the Gaganyaan Programme with demonstration of Indian Human Spaceflight capability to low earth orbit for a mission duration ranging from one orbital period to a maximum of seven days.

The Indian Armed Forces will assess the existing Drone and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technologies of global companies at the Aero India 2019 to be held in February 2019 in Bengaluru.

The Rural Development Ministry has sanctioned 1531-km of road projects in Uttarakhand, 996-km and 112-km for Green and Climate Resilient Technology Meghalaya and 100-km for Green and Climate Resilient Technology in Tamil Nadu.

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) will lend EUR100 million as a grant to Smart Cities for implementation of 15 innovative projects selected through the All-India Challenge, said the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on 27 Dec 2018.