Ahead of a Global Investors Summit to be held in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh from February 10 to 12, 2023, the state's Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has sent teams to cities in Germany, UK and Canada to invite overseas investors to the Summit. The delegation held a road show...
Airbus and India’s Tata Group Partner to Make Transport Aircraft
India’s Cabinet Committee on Security approved $3 billion for the acquisition of 56 Airbus C-295MW transport aircraft to replace the Indian Air Force fleet of Hawker Siddeley 748M Avro aircraft. The Avro is a British design that was manufactured in the government owned factory of HAL - Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd...
At India's DefExpo 2018, Multinationals Ink Partnerships
India’s largest Land, Naval, and Internal Security System’s Exposition, DefExpo India, has become one of the largest events of its kind in the world for the last 10 years. Defense Expo 2018 was a four-day event at the southern city of Chennai, India. The tagline this year was "India: The...
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...
Washington State University Helps Advance India's Power Grid
Washington State University will lead a nationwide consortium of U.S. universities and industry partners in a five-year, $30 million joint research project with India to advance the development of the power grid in both countries. The US. Department of Energy announced a $7.5 million grant to the U.S. team, which...
Nuclear Power Corporation of India appoints new permanent CEO
Today, Nuclear scientist and technocrat Kailash Chandra Purohit took over as the new chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) today. The 58-year-old succeeds acting NPCIL CMD S. A. Bharadwaj following the retirement of Dr. S.K. Jain as the CMD last month. An electrical engineer...