Ravi Shankar Prasad was born on August 30, 1954 in Patna the capital city of the northern state of Bihar. He has post graduate degrees in Political Science as well as Law. In 1995, Prasad became a member of the National Executive Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Later, he...
IBM AI to Predict India Crop Yields
India's government policy think tank NITI Aayog signed a deal with IBM India Private Limited to develop a prediction model for crop yields using artificial intelligence (AI). IBM will be develop the technological model for improving agricultural output and productivity for various crops and soil types, and NITI Aayog will...
Alstom Partners Indian Railways to Make Locomotives in India
The joint venture between France headquartered Alstom and State-owned Indian Railways now operates a locomotive factory on a 250 acre lot, in Madhepura, 175 miles northeast of Patna, the capital of India's northern state of Bihar. Earlier this year, the JV showcased its first all-electric locomotive constructed here -- India’s first...
GE Power India Wins $80 Million in NTPC Contracts
GE Power India Ltd., was awarded one contract worth over $45 million by state-owned NTPC Limited, India's largest power utility, for installing a Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) system at Phase-I of NTPC’s Super Thermal Power Project in the southern state of Telangana. According to the emission norms for controlling sulfur oxides,...
Ram Nath Kovind Will Be India's 14th President
Ram Nath Kovind, the presidential candidate proposed by the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, won 66 per cent of the votes cast by an electoral college of Ministers of Parliament and state lawmakers, defeating the opposition's candidate Meira Kumar, and will be the next President of India. He will be...
GE Plants Deep Local Roots in India
In a remote eastern corner of the northern state of Bihar in India, 600 miles south-east of Delhi, GE's factory in Marhaura will house its locomotive project - GE's centerpiece of its $200 million investment. Government of India's $2.5 billion order for 1,000 locomotives over 11 years is one of...