The Atomic Energy Commission of India has approved an investment of over $2 billion in thirteen new uranium projects as well as the expansion of an existing mining project at Jharkhand, a state located in the northeastern part of the country. C.K. Asnani, chairman and managing director of state-owned Uranium...
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...
India to Export Fertilizers by 2021
India has drawn up an $8.7 billion plan to revive inoperative fertilizer plants and set up gas import and pipeline facilities in eastern India in a bid to become an exporter of urea(a chemical nitrogenous fertilizer) by 2021. The project includes building a 1,590-mile pipeline, the revival of four urea...
India's Ardom Telecom Acquires Texas-based Quanta Towergen
Gurgaon, India-based Ardom Telecom, a telecom infrastructure operation and maintenance company, has acquired U.S.'s Quanta Towergen Private Limited in an all cash deal. Quanta Towergen is owned by Houston Texas-based Quanta Services which struck this deal via their Netherlands-based special purpose vehicle. In the last few years, Quanta has invested ...
From Bollywood to the Cover of Time Magazine
Former Miss World and lead star of Quantico, Bollywood sensation Priyanka Chopra who made the TIME 100 list of Most Influential People, is on the cover of TIME Magazine this week. Just who is the woman who has 19 million 'likes' on her Facebook page, outnumbering Leonardo DiCaprio by 3...
Foreign Firms Surge to Provide India’s 280,000MW Solar Energy Goal
India's $100 billion push into solar energy over the next decade is being driven by foreign players as local manufacturers are no longer protected by government restrictions on the sector. SunEdison of California will invest up to $4 billion in a manufacturing facility, and China's Trina Solar has unveiled plans...