Ambuja Cements to invest $723 million for green power production

Ambuja Cements to invest 3 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

EVs will increase India’s dependence on China for raw materials, battery production: GTRI report

EVs will increase India’s dependence on China for raw materials, battery production: GTRI report

Electric vehicles by various manufacturers on display in Thiruvananthapuram. File | Photo Credit: Mahinsha S Manufacturing of electric vehicles (EVs) in India will increase its dependence on China for raw materials, mineral processing, and battery production, according to a report of by economic think tank GTRI. The Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) also said that … Read more

Centre expects record production of foodgrains in 2022-23

Centre expects record production of foodgrains in 2022-23

Workers sift wheat before filling in sacks at the market yard of the Agriculture Product Marketing Committee (APMC) on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, May 16, 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare released on Tuesday the second advance estimate of the production of major crops. The Centre expects a … Read more

India will have record wheat production, must plan for export, says Arun Kumar Joshi

India will have record wheat production, must plan for export, says Arun Kumar Joshi

Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Arun Kumar Joshi, managing director, Borlaug Institute of South Asia and the Country Representative of International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) has spent about four decades in researching and developing high-yielding and climate-resilient wheat varieties. With unexpected changes in the global climatic conditions … Read more

KPPL finally set to commence commercial production

KPPL finally set to commence commercial production

Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal will formally inaugurate the production on Tuesday, the unit will begin commercial operations by producing high quality 45 gsm newsprint in the first phase Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal will formally inaugurate the production on Tuesday, the unit will begin commercial operations by producing high quality 45 gsm newsprint in the first … Read more