Technology

Surbana Jurong to do Pune masterplan Singapore and Maharashtra has agreed to jointly work on the masterplan and undertake urban infrastructure developments in the Pune Metropolitan Region (PMR) and collaborate in the development of the Pune Airport. A series of...

Biofuels policy based on ethanol approved   The Union Cabinet has approved National Policy on Biofuels 2018 with likely funding schemes for bio refineries and setting up of supply chain mechanism. The policy promotes use of ethanol produced from agricultural...

Takeover to ensure efficiency and lower tariff   NTPC Limited is taking over Bihar's three power generation facilities to help improve the performance of Power Sector in state. NTPC is taking over Barauni Thermal Power Station (720 MW), Bihar State...

Manufacturer in talks with Indian businesses The UK-based MPE is working on increasing its services in the Indian defence sector. It has currently established network through Bronze Distribution Partner for India, Strongfield Technologies Limited (info@strongfieldtech.com). "We are in discussions with a...

Alumina production target at 2.1 million tons National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has set a challenging capital expenditure (CAPEX) target of Rs.1,100 crore for the year 2018-19 with projects like the one million tonne 5th stream of refinery. Its other...

Give free play to innovation, says Kant There is a need to embed the principles of circular economy in India’s school education system to equip young learners with the right mindset and enable them to become active shapers of a...

Framework for large wind-solar system Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has issued National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy on 14 May 2018. The objective of the policy is to provide a framework for promotion of large grid connected wind-solar PV hybrid system...

Prabhu calls for Skilling Aviation people   Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu has reviewed the progress being made on developing National Air Cargo Policy and call for sufficient land allocation for upcoming airports. Recognizing the need for increasing air cargo...

Sikri express concern about privacy in big data The Competition Commission of India (CCI) chairman, Devender Kumar Sikri, has called for revisit to the desirability of uniform threshold for the merger review control regime in the country to achieve the...

Digital tech plays important role Tata Consultancy Services (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) has migrated over 600 IT applications globally from legacy data centres to the AWS cloud in a time span of less than 12 months at Randstad, Holland. This...