India’s export of shrimp was 382,959 tons in Calendar Year 2015, up 9.8 percent from the previous year India’s cultured shrimp production in the year ending March 2015 was about 426,500 tons, up 30 percent from the previous year (Figure 1). From 2005 to 2015, shrimp production has grown at...
India Tests Air-Breathing Propulsion Technology For Space Launch
India's Space Research Organization (ISRO) conducted a successful experiment to demonstrate supersonic combustion using atmospheric oxygen on Sunday, August 28. It was the maiden experiment of ISRO's Dual Mode Ramjet (DMRJ) engine, which uses hydrogen as fuel and air from the atmosphere as the oxidizer, at hypersonic conditions, and was...
WiSilica Raises $3.35 Million, Expands India Tech Team
Aliso Viejo-based WiSilica, a developer of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) hardware and software, has raised $3.35M in a Series A funding, according to the company. The round was led by FirstFloor Capital, with Anchor Asia Management, and Aurotek, as also several of the company’s original angel investors. WiSilica said it...
Cochin Becomes India's First Solar-Powered Airport
Cochin International Airport, located in the southern state of Kerala, is the first airport in India to be solely powered by the sun. At its international cargo complex one can see a farm of 46,150 solar panels laid out on 45 acres of land. Currently, the airport produces between 50,000...
Neogen Acquires Food Safety Company in India
Michigan-based Neogen Corporation has acquired Sterling Test House, a food testing laboratory located in Cochin in India’s southwest state of Kerala, and which will now act as a base for the company's new operations in India. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Incorporated in 1990, Sterling’s business has grown...
India's Most Literate State Launches its Own Airline
Air Kerala, set up by the government of the southern state of Kerala, will initially serve domestic routes before flying internationally—mainly to the Gulf Cooperation Countries (GCC)—where 90% of the Kerala diaspora live. This includes Dubai, Qatar, Oman and Abu Dhabi. Quartz reports that the GCC-India passage is one of the...