Panasonic Corporation, the Japanese manufacturer of consumer electronics & home appliances, will set up an India R&D center consisting of two technical divisions - a design division of appliances (focusing on India) and an offshore development division. The design division will focus on product development processes for India and its...
Horiba Opens a New Technical Center in Pune, India
Japan's HORIBA Group that deals in advanced engineering, research and product development, has further expanded its worldwide automotive engineering and testing capabilities with the opening of a new India Technical Center in Pune, a city 90 miles west of Mumbai in India. Air pollution and safety have become key concerns...
4G Subscribers in India Close to 70 Million
Reliance Jio claims to have signed up 52 million 4G subscribers since its official launch in September, while Airtel added nearly three million 4G users in the second half of the year, taking its total to 7.4 million. Idea Cellular at number 3 is forecast to have 4.2 million 4G...
India and Japan Sign Civil Nuclear Energy Pact
On Friday, November 11, Prime Ministers Modi and Shinzo Abe signed an agreement whereby Japanese nuclear companies will be allowed to sell their technology to India. The deal, though limited to peaceful commercial use, is controversial because India has not ratified the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. It has raised concerns in...
India And Japan Review Final Steps of Nuclear Energy Agreement
India and Japan hope to sign a nuclear energy agreement when Prime Minister Modi visits Japan this week. The agreement, the first by Japan with a country that has not ratified the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, will enable Japan to export its nuclear energy technology for private-sector use in India, reports...
Dramatic Changes Predicted at Future of Asia Conference
According to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council's (LAWAC) Future of Asia Conference that took place on September 15 and 16, "Asia is a continent where the stakes are rising rapidly - both in economic promise and expansion of individuals' horizons, but also in environmental and security challenges." 57 speakers,...