French automobile conglomerate PSA Peugeot Citroen (also known as the PSA Group), finalized a $12 million deal to acquire Hindustan Motors from parent company the C.K. Birla Group. Once known as the ‘King of Indian Roads’, the Ambassador car brand is the most iconic car of India. Modeled after the...
India's Coal-Fired Power Plant is Making Baking Soda
The coal-based Tuticorin Thermal Power Station owned by the government of the southern state of Tamil Nadu, is using a new proprietary solvent developed by the Mumbai-born Carbon Clean Solutions, which converts carbon dioxide from the flue gases to baking soda, a base chemical with a wide range of uses...
India Commissions Largest Solar Plant in the World
Kamuthi, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu in India, now has the world’s largest solar power plant in a single location. With a capacity to produce 648 MW of electricity, the plant covers an area of 4 square miles. The project consists of 380,000 foundations, 2.5 million individual solar...
Henry Ford Health System Debuts in India
Michigan-based Henry Ford Health System signed a 20-year technology licensing arrangement with Pearl Human Care Pvt. Ltd., that is putting up a super-specialty hospital in Vellore, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. The company is also looking at India for similar tie-ups with green and brown field hospital projects....
Asia Competitive Institute Ranks India's States for Ease of Business
In a study done by the Asia Competitive Institute which is part of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, the Indian states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi NCR, Goa and Andhra Pradesh are rated as the top five of 21 sub-regional economies in ease of doing business in India....
BiOWiSH Technologies Improves Shelf Life of Bananas from India
India is the largest banana producers in the world, yet, only a fraction of this produce hits global markets. The National Research Centre for Bananas in Tiruchirappalli, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu estimates India’s banana and plantain production at 28.4 million tons per year with 20-24% of harvest...