The Government of Gujarat, a state in the western part of India, approved setting up a 5 gigawatt solar farm at the Dholera Special Investment Region. The project will contribute significantly toward Prime Minister Modi's target of producing 175 gigawatt of electricity through renewable energy sources by 2022. The solar...
Larsen & Toubro to Supply Steam Generators to NPCIL
Mumbai, India-based engineering and construction firm Larsen & Toubro (L&T) won a $124 million contract from state-owned Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL), to supply steam generators and end shields for its 700 MWe Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors. Commenting on the order, Shailendra Roy, director of Power, Heavy Engineering...
Scientists from India Develop World's Thinnest Material
Indian scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, in the state of Gujarat, have claimed to have created the world’s thinnest material, 100,000 times narrower than a sheet of paper -- a two-dimensional material of just one-nanometer thickness. The three member research team includes two students working toward a...
India to Get its First Cartoon Network Themed Park
Turner International India, a division of New York City-based Times Warner, and the Rajgreen Group of Companies based in Gujarat, India, announced a 10-year partnership in Amaazia — India’s first Cartoon Network-branded amusement park. The Rajgreen Group invested $66 million in the venture which is located at Surat in the state of...
U.S. Entrepreneur Offers Small Module Reactors to India
Dr. Kris Singh, the Indian-American founder and CEO of New Jersey-based SMR LLC and Holtec International offered mini nuclear reactors to India. "The new generation small nuclear reactor uses light water technology to produce 160 MW and is the future of nuclear energy because of its unconditional safety and economy," Singh told...
Voice of America Facilitates Pronunciations of Indian Words
With the advance of technology and its ongoing refinement, far-flung areas of the world are getting closer and closer. Business, education, travel, and media reference a plethora of cultures more than ever before. In 2000, Voice of America's pronunciation guide was developed to help media with tricky pronunciations. Now it...