In 2006 Washington and India first reached a nuclear energy understanding which was to have allowed New Delhi access to nuclear technology and fuel without giving up its weapons program. Then, in 2008, a 45-state Nuclear Supplies Group approved a policy of nuclear cooperation with India and another nuclear power...
U.S. and India to Develop 3 Smart Cities
At a meeting between India’s urban development minister, M. Venkaiah Naidu and visiting secretary of commerce Penny Pritzker, the leaders decided to establish a task force to jointly develop three smart cities with a mandate of preparing the roadmap within three months. The cities selected are Allahabad in the northern...
India’s First Nuclear Sub Begins Sea Trials
India's first indigenous nuclear-powered submarine INS Arihant (Sanskrit: Ari = enemy; hanta = to destroy) was flagged off for sea trials from Visakhapatnam harbor - on the eastern coast in the state of Andhra Pradesh - by defense minister Manohar Parrikar. The Arihant, is a 112 meter 6,000 ton SSBN, or...
India’s Largest Rocket and Unmanned Capsule Launched Successfully
India has successfully launched its largest and heaviest rocket and an unmanned capsule which could send astronauts into space. On Thursday, December 17, a 630-ton Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (MK III) blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota off the coast of Andhra Pradesh. The rocket's main...
Jitendra Singh, Minister of Space and Nuclear Energy
Dr. Jitendra Singh is a man who wears many hats -- author, physician, columnist and a politician. Singh joined Narendra Modi's Bhartiya Janata Party in 2009 and is a member of the party's National Executive Committee. The Modi government has appointed him as the Union Minister of State for Atomic...
Andhra Pradesh Leaps Ahead in Solar Energy Plans
A draft Solar Energy expansion plan for the southern state of Andhra Pradesh sets a timeline for building 3,000 megawatts by 2017, 5,000 megawatts by 2018 and 7,000 megawatts by 2019 according to a news report. Companies will be able to bid for as much as 250 megawatts of capacity...