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  • 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
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A warm conversation with @EP_President Roberta Metsola in Brussels this morning.

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Delighted to meet @MarosSefcovic, European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security in Brussels this morning.

Recognised the progress in our discussions for a comprehensive, balanced and meaningful FTA agreement between India and EU.

Agreed that it would elevate our…

Union Commerce Minister @PiyushGoyal chaired two focused roundtables with sectoral leaders from Swiss industry—covering #Biotech & #Pharma, #Healthcare, & Precision Engineering, Defence, & #Emerging #Technologies and urged them to leverage the dedicated EFTA Desk at Invest India.…

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