‘Develop Kozhikode as film production hub’

‘Develop Kozhikode as film production hub’

Mayor Beena Philip attends a session of the Kozhikode Corporation council meeting. File | Photo Credit: K Ragesh Mayor Beena Philip has said that the city corporation will consider the demand to develop Kozhikode as a film production hub and also set up a ‘film city’ on the land belonging to the now-defunct Gwalior Rayons … Read more

Global meet urges India to augment production of pulses to meet nutritional requirements

Global meet urges India to augment production of pulses to meet  nutritional requirements

A variety of lentils and rice on display at a retail grocery store. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Global Pulses Conference, an annual meeting of pulses producers, processors and traders, suggested that India augment production of pulses to meet the nutritional requirements. Union Ministers Arjun Munda and Piyush Goyal said the Centre had … Read more

IIT Madras, IIT Mandi researchers engineer N nimmoniana plant cells to increase Camptothecin production, used in cancer treatment – ET HealthWorld

IIT Madras, IIT Mandi researchers engineer N nimmoniana plant cells to increase Camptothecin production, used in cancer treatment – ET HealthWorld

Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) and IIT Mandi researchers have metabolically engineered the plant cells of Nothapodytes nimmoniana to increase the production of Camptothecin, which is used to treat cancer. The researchers from the Plant Cell Technology Lab of IIT Madras have developed a genome-scale metabolic model for N nimmoniana plant cells … Read more

Russia intends to keep rate of weapons production high: Minister

Russia intends to keep rate of weapons production high: Minister

Russia has the upper hand in weapons production over the West and intends to keep the rate of growth high, a top Russian minister said on Monday after both the West and Russia ramped up arms production for the Ukraine war. Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, triggering the biggest conflict in Europe since World … Read more

Ambuja Cements to invest $723 million for green power production

Ambuja Cements to invest $723 million for green power production

Image for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: AP Construction materials maker Ambuja Cements will invest ₹60 billion (nearly $723 million) in renewable power projects, the company said on Dec. 18. The investment will be funded internally and is expected to target a capacity of 1,000 megawatts (MW) through solar and wind power projects in … Read more

Air separation unit in Hyderabad begins commercial production

Air separation unit in Hyderabad begins commercial production

The project was completed within 18 months . Commercial production at an air separation unit (ASU) of industrial gases and engineering company Linde’s subsidiary Praxair India in Hyderabad has begun. The plant will produce a total of 250 tonnes of gases per day, including liquid medical oxygen, nitrogen and argon, catering to the requirements of … Read more

Odisha produces 13.606 million tonnes of food grains, highest production so far for State

Odisha produces 13.606 million tonnes of food grains, highest production so far for State

Production of rice, wheat, maize, ragi, jawar, bajra and other millets and pulses such as greengram, blackgram, horsegram, arhar, bengal gram, field pea and lentil were estimated to arrive at the production figure.  | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout Despite being prone to severe weather conditions, Odisha has produced 13.606 million tonnes of food-grains in 2022-23 … Read more

Earlier govts did not have the sense to protect cotton mills based on local agri production: CM

Earlier govts did not have the sense to protect cotton mills based on local agri production: CM

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai arriving at a public meeting at the PDA Engineering College auditorium in Kalaburagi on Tuesday, after launching the mega textile park allocated under PM-MITRA Scheme. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Recalling the time when cotton mills in Davangere, Hubballi, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Belagavi and other places in the State were processing raw … Read more