Clean Motion India, a subsidiary of Clean Motion AB, Sweden, rolled out its three-wheeled electric rickshaw or “pod” called the Zbee in 2016. Certified in the L5 category by the International Center for Automotive Technology, these electric vehicles are gaining acceptance in India. Business World interviewed Anil Arora, Country Head,...
Walmart to Set Up 50 New Outlets in India
Walmart will open 50 new wholesale stores across India over the next three to four years which will be located in the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. President and CEO, Walmart Canada and Asia, Dirk Van den Berghe, said Walmart was committed to India,...
Alere Launches Diagnostics Manufacturing Facility in India
Waltham, Massachusetts-based global diagnostic device and service provider, Alere Inc., announced the opening of a diagnostics manufacturing facility in Manesar, in the northern state of Haryana, which will produce rapid tests for the detection of infectious diseases including Malaria, Dengue and HIV and export them across the Asia Pacific region. The 180,000 square...
State of Andhra Pradesh in India Wins CSIS Award
The Center for International & Strategic Studies (CSIS), a well-respected Washington think tank, has just released the first in a series of reports identifying which of the various Indian states have instituted breakthrough reforms of the business climate. The southern state of Andhra Pradesh, under Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's leadership wins...
National Dairy Institute India Creates Curcumin Ice Cream
Researchers from the Indian government's National Dairy Institute located in the state of Haryana in northern India, have created ice cream using powdered turmeric so as to deliver the health benefits of curcumin – the main metabolite in turmeric – via a popular dessert. Curcumin has anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidative, and anti-parasitic...
Companies in India Join the IBM Watson Ecosystem
InspireOne Technologies based in the northern Indian state of Haryana, and TEXTIENT a Chennai-based Software as a Service platform are the two initial India-based organizations to join IBM Corp's Watson Ecosystem. They will start creating cognitive computing solutions in India, reports TechStartup. India is poised to usher in this next...