The Netherlands and the government of India's southern state of Karnataka will co-develop technology solutions in healthcare, said the Netherlands Ambassador to India Marten Van Den Berg. The Living Lab, a technology partnership that was set up in May 2018 during the visit of Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade Sigrid...
Sugar Production in India Surges
India’s sugar production for the year 12 months ending September 2018 is expected to rise 4.2 percent to a record 33.8 million metric tons. This includes 560,000 metric tons of khandsari (a local type of low-recovery sugar prepared by open-pan evaporation) and 31.1 million tons of milled sugar. The northern...
Boeing to Set Up Engineering and Technology Facility in India
Seattle-based commercial aircraft maker Boeing will invest $170 million to set up a new facility for engineering and technology which will manufacture and assemble electronics /avionics in Bangalore, India. The Karnataka state government gave permission for the project which will be set up on about 36 acres of state-owned land...
Three of India's States Consider Hyperloop Installations
In October, I blogged about Hyperloop Transportation Technologies first agreement with India's eastern state of Andhra Pradesh's Economic Development Board, to facilitate the development of HTT’s Hyperloop Transportation System in the state. In November, Los Angeles-based Virgin Hyperloop One entered into a partnership with the government of Maharashtra for exploring...
India Now Grows "Kopi Luwak" Coffee
India, Asia's third-largest producer and exporter of coffee, started producing the world's most expensive coffee, known as civet coffee or kopi luwak. In the country's largest coffee-growing area in the southern state of Karnataka, a start-up firm, Coorg Consolidated Commodities, produces the luxury coffee on a small scale. Narendra Hebbar,...
Some iPhones May Soon Be "Made in India"
Apple CEO Tim Cook said on an earnings call in the first week of February that India is “the place to be.” And Priyank Kharge, the minister for Information Technology for the state of Karnataka, India, said that Cupertino-based Apple Inc., will at first, begin assembling iPhones in India by...