Month: March 2024

India recorded good growth in exports

Vijay Raman

India's agricultural products exports to key markets like Iraq, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia and UK increased significantly during April-November 2023. in the same period last year, according to data released by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) on Wednesday. APEDA said its forward-looking strategy includes expanding India's export basket with initiatives focused on priority products such as fresh fruits, vegetables, processed foods and animal products to reduce dependence on a few products and move up the value chain. Involves a change in direction. In response to feedback from exporters,…

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Launch of 2 STPI centers in Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi

Vijay Raman

To significantly boost the Electronics, IT and Startup ecosystem in Kerala, the Union Minister of State for Electronics & IT, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Jal Shakti, Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar has launched new Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) centers at Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi. Also inaugurated. He said that the startups, entrepreneurs and youth of Kerala should get the opportunity to be at the forefront of India's transformation in semiconductors. Announcing that the upcoming Bharat Semiconductor Research Center (BSRC) will have a regional center here at the Indian Institute of Space…

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Indian scientists develop new method for energy-efficient hydrogen production

Vijay Raman

Scientists have identified a new catalyst that can efficiently oxidize urea and pave the way for better production of green fuels while reducing energy demands for hydrogen production by urea-supported water splitting. Is. Recognizing the importance of hydrogen energy in reversing climate change, the scientific community is accelerating efforts to revolutionize the production of hydrogen, a key component in the clean energy landscape. The electrolytic production of hydrogen at the cathode, despite being naturally clean and green, is hindered by the demand for energy expended in the process of oxygen formation…

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Innovative ideas in the developmental sector flourish with SIDBI support: SIDBI announces support to entities for promotion of grassroot level enterprises

Vijay Raman

In a landmark convergence of innovation and impact, SIDBI announcedsupport to 12 grassroot level organisations from across the country aimed at catalysing positive change in society and communities through a Challenge Fund and investment through Social Stock Exchange (SSE). The event was graced by Shri Subhas Chandra Lal Das, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of MSME, GoI; Ms. Christina Scott, CMG, Deputy High Commissioner to India, British High Commission alongwith Shri Sivasubramanian Ramann, Chairman and Managing Director, SIDBI; Shri Prakash Kumar, Deputy Managing Director, SIDBI; Smt. Vineeta Sahay, Director, IIM Bodhgaya and…

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Panasonic Holdings’ Nessum,*1 enabling wired and wireless hybrid communication, approved as new international standard IEEE 1901c

Vijay Raman

Panasonic Holdings Corporation (PHD) has developed a technology that enables communication over multiple mediums based on the Wavelet orthogonal frequency division multiplexing*2 (OFDM) method and after recent deliberation, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Association*3 Board of Directors approved this technology as the new IEEE 1901c*4 standard. This standard allows the same modulation and demodulation method to be used in a variety of communication mediums (including wired, wireless, and underwater)*5 and is intended to contribute as one of the communication means to bring about an IoT society. By licensing semiconductor IP…

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How Housing Prices Are Set (No, It’s Not Arbitrary)

Vijay Raman

– By Akash Pharande, Managing Director – Pharande Spaces The Indian housing market is in continuous boom mode, with more people that ever aspiring for homeownership and developers vying for their attention. However, one thing that still tends to haunt many buyers' minds is the lack of clarity when it comes to the prices of homes. While homes by good developers are selling at a fast clip, many buyers still feel that the prices are set arbitrarily. Let's explore how real estate developers arrive at the prices for their properties. For…

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From Grief to Grit – A Personal Journey for Women’s Day

Vijay Raman

  Devi Shankar, President – Industrial & Logistics I Data Centers, ANAROCK Capital Founder-investor – IREA Life   Life can be hard when you’re a woman. It often throws curveballs that leave you lost and shaken. But we’re always stronger than we think – always. Every woman has within her the strength to rise up and rewrite her narrative.   For International Women’s Day, I’m sharing a part of my journey in the hope that it will ignite hope and courage in women who are navigating their own unique challenges and paths.…

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Gevra of Chhattisgarh became Asia’s largest coal mine

Vijay Raman

Chhattisgarh-based Coal India's subsidiary South Eastern Coalfield Limited's Gevra mine is set to become Asia's largest coal mine. Environmental clearance has been granted to increase the production capacity of this mine from the present 52.5 million tonnes to 70 million tonnes per annum. Keeping in view the role of Gevra Coal Mine as one of the mega projects of SECL in meeting the energy needs of the country, the Ministry of Coal through its herculean efforts has achieved environmental clearance of 7 crore tonnes of production in record time. This has…

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C-DOT and PRL developed indigenous fiber based quantum key distribution system with Free Space QKD system

Vijay Raman

Center for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) and Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) have achieved significant milestone: For the first time in the country, both the organizations have integrated the Free Space QKD system from Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) with C-DOT's indigenous demonstrated the integration of a fiber-based quantum key distribution (QKD) system, thereby establishing an end-to-end quantum communication link incorporating both fiber and free space as the transport medium. Demonstration of end to end quantum communication link with C-DOT's fiber based QKD integrated with Free Space QKD of Physical Research Laboratory…

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Delhi, Army Hospital successfully completes non-surgical life-saving cardiac procedure on 8-year-old boy

Vijay Raman

The Pediatric Cardiology team of the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) has achieved an extraordinary feat. The team has successfully completed a high risk transcatheter (non-surgical) life-saving cardiac procedure at the Military Hospital (Research and Referral), Delhi Cantt. The procedure was performed on an eight-year-old boy from Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, who had severe narrowing of the left artery (aort) (a blood vessel that supplies pure blood to all parts of the body), causing damage to some vital organs of the body. The blood supply got disrupted and with it the…

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