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EU-INDIA/Trade-FTA/Investments

  • Govt appoints Rodrigo Oreamuno as arbitrator in Vodafone case. Read More
  • Fiat-owned luxury sports carmaker Maserati begins another innings in India. Read More
  • Amtek Group acquires Volvo Cars’ Swedish component plant. Read More
  • French avionics giant, Reliance in talks for smart city projects. Read More
  • Mahindra in UK naval tie-up. Read More
  • Bosch employees to protest against sell-off of starter motors unit. Read More

R&D and Innovation

  • The curious case of Indian innovation. Read More
  • Research in engineering to get a push. Read More
  • PM Modi launched flexible electronics Centre. Read More
  • Accenture awards research grants to 4 Indian institutions. Read More
  • INR 1.5 crore grant available for bilateral industrial R&D projects. Read More
  • CSIR-Neeri Develops an E-Nose for Environmental Monitoring. Read More

Energy Efficiency & Environment

  • Minister Urges Developed World not to Introduce New Agenda, Says Let Paris be the Celebration of a New Agreement. Read More
  • Govt. plans changes in rules to check e-waste. Read More
  • India starts work on green power corridors. Read More
  • India breathes higher particulate matter than WHO limit. Read More India and U.S. sign MoU on advanced clean energy. Read More
  • India & USA Launch of a New Initiative “Promoting Energy Access Through Clean Energy (PEACE)”; Signs a MoU on Cooperation to Establish the Fund. Read More

Manufacturing/MAKE IN INDIA

  • China wishes to combine ‘Make in India’ with ‘Made in China’. Read More
  • FDI soars 48% after ‘Make in India’ campaign: Joint Secretary, DIPP. Read More
  • Foreign firms queue up for JVs under ‘Make in India’ initiative. Read More
  • China’s Huawei gets green light to make handsets for booming market. Read More
  • Boeing & Tata in strategic partnership to “Make In India”. Read More
  • Russia selects Reliance – Pipavav to make frigates for Indian Navy. Read More
  • Volvo to export buses to Europe from India. Read More
  • HTC to start making mid-range phones in India along with a local partner. Read More
  • Chrysler to manufacture Jeep Grand Cherokee in Maharashtra. Read More
  • Make in India: Maharashtra Govt. signs MoU worth Rs 4,500 crore. Read More
  • Korea agrees for tech transfer; LNG ships to be built locally. Read More
  • Foxconn to Create a Million Jobs by Setting up 10-12 Manufacturing Units by 2020. Read More
  • Intellectual Property Initiatives to Drive “Make in India”. Read More

ICT including Services

  • PM Narendra Modi launches 13 major projects in Digital India Week. Read More , Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches ‘Digital India Week’ vision of e-governance and mobile governance. Read More , Digital India Week. Read More , Digital India: 15 salient things to know about PM Narendra Modi’s project. Read More , Industry hails ‘Digital India’ move, top CEOs commit to invest $70 billion. Read More , Digital India: Microsoft to Focus on Rural Internet, Cloud Solutions. Read More
  • Digital India’s E-Vault Attracts More Than 8 Lakh people. Read More
  • PM Narendra Modi announces CoE for IoT in partnership with NASSCOM, DeitY and ERNET. Read More
  • Indian Department of Electronics and IT (DEITY) plans 14 Exabyte cloud storage rig. Read More
  • Spectrum sharing, trading norms by July-end. Read More
  • Govt. , private telcos look to harmonise 1800 MHz spectrum. Read More
  • Telecom Regulator TRAI releases Report on Audit and Assessment of Quality of Service of Telecom Services. Read More
  • Now there is more than 1 billion telephone subscriber in India: TRAI. Read More
  • Govt. orders special audit of networks to check call drops. Read More
  • TRAI initiates consultation on TV subscriber differentiation. Read More
  • Telecom industry urges TRAI to revise mergers and acquisitions policy. Read More
  • 5 takeaways from the telecom department’s Net Neutrality report. Read More
  • After net neutrality debate, DoT panel recommends regulation and monitoring of mobile app content. Read More
  • Number of cyber-crimes in India may reach 300,000 in 2015, says ASSOCHAM report. Read More
  • Data Security Council of India focuses on cyber security for digital transformation. Read More
  • Pan-India Mobile Number Portability implementation, Regulator amends regulation. Read More
  • Telecom Regulator Issues Consultation Paper on ‘Tariff Issues Related to Commercial Subscribers’. Read More
  • DoT launches connectivity solutions for remote areas & more. Read More

Electrical Equipment including Consumer Electronics

  • Indian solar power equipment market to cross $4 bn by 2020: Report. Read More
  • India’s wind power capacity to double by 2020: Crisil. Read More
  • Karnataka High Court asks Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to submit inspection report about state thermal plants. Read More

Machinery

  • India has potential to become machinery manufacturing hub. Read More
  • Department of Heavy Industry to fund Projects worth Rs. 1000 Crores under the Capital Goods Scheme. Read More

Automotive

  • Ministry of Road Transport & Highways notifies norms for use of Bio-CNG. Read More
  • New Motor Vehicles Bill in upcoming monsoon session beginning July 21st. Read More
  • Cloud, big data and IoT are the next big thing in auto Industry: STMicroelectronics. Read More
  • Sales of electric vehicle show impressive growth: SMEV. Read More
  • By December, state likely to get 50 electric public transport buses. Read More
  • State governments can promote use of electric and hybrid vehicles in big way. Read More
  • Swedish firm’s electric 3-wheeler Zbee set to hit Indian roads. Read More
  • ARAI launches its new crash test facility in Pune. Read More
  • Voluntary vehicle recalls in India cross 1 million in three years: report. Read More
  • Delhi government mulls introducing ‘smart comfort taxis’, a cheaper alternative to auto rickshaws. Read More
  • Auto Expo “The Motor Show 2016” dates announced scheduled from February 5th – 9th. Read More

Smart Cities

  • PM Modi rolls out AMRUT, Smart Cities Mission & Housing for All. Read More
  • CEOs to be appointed by Government for smart cities. Read More
  • India partners with Bloomberg Philanthropies in urban development project. Read More
  • India launches ‘smart cities’ challenge. Read More
  • Smart Cities: Centre passes the baton to states. Read More
  • Citizens suggest common solution for making Smart Cities. Read More
  • Preparations for ‘smart city’ begin. Read More , 59 civic bodies to submit smart city report. Read More , Smart city mission: States to submit nominations by July-end. Read More
  • Criteria: Only capable cities to be chosen as potentially smart. Read More
  • Maharashtra Inks Agreement with Cisco to Make Nagpur a Smart City. Read More
  • Here’s why we need an open data portal for Indian cities. Read More
  • France ready to partner with India for smart city project. Read More
  • Singapore firms among frontrunners of India’s ‘Smart Cities’ plan. Read More
  • Smart city: West Bengal pact with London agency soon. Read More
  • US Team Coming to Work on DPR for Smart City Project. Read More

Standards/TBT/IPR

  • IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Read More
  • Govt. lists eight new bills including Bureau of Indian Standards (Amendment) Bill, 2015 for Monsoon session beginning July 21st. Read More
  • Metal Container Manufacturers Association (MCMA) have urged the government to review the proposed Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order that stipulates mandatory certification of certain steel products. Read More
  • Scale up standards to tap Indian mkt, say experts. Read More
  • India moves to improve intellectual property regime. Read More
Latest News

•Telecom Department (DoT) Launches Bharat 6G Alliance to Drive innovation Read More

•CERT-In issues “Guidelines on Information Security Practices” for Govt. Entities Read More

•Department of Telecommunications (DoT) launches Standards Coordination Portal developed by TEC Read More

•MEITY Transfers Cost Effective Li-ion Battery Recycling Technology to Nine Recycling Industries and Start-Ups Read More

•Cabinet Approves CITIIS 2.0 from 2023 to 2027 Read More

Policy

•National Quantum Mission Read More

•Indian Space Policy 2023 Read More

•National Green Hydrogen Mission Read More

•Green Hydrogen policy Read More

•Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022 (draft) Read More

•National Data Governance Framework Policy 2022 (draft) Read More

•India Data Accessibility and Use policy 2022 Read More