The Green India Mission aims to increase forest cover to 5 million hectares (mha) The National Mission for a Green India (GIM) under the Ministry of Environment has approved Perspective Plans (PP) and Annual Plan of Operations (APOs) for four states, Kerala, Mizoram, Manipur and Jhakhand. The Green India Mission will ...

3 city-based colleges have decided to adopt Matunga railway station here in a bid to covert it into a ‘world class station with the most modern facilities’. WeSchool Group Director Dr Uday Salunkhe said the aim of the project is to go beyond the basics and use thinking and intelligence ...

The Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) has developed a mobile app ” Utsonmobile” (Unreserved Ticketing System on Mobile) through which one can purchase a platform e-ticket and second seating class tickets. Currently available at only New Delhi and Nizamuddin, the facility will soon be extended to other stations, said ...

NHPC Ltd will set up a 50 MW solar power plant at an investment of over Rs 300 crore near Madurai in Tamil Nadu and expects it to get completed by March next year. Last year in October, NHPC had inked an agreement with Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy ...

Leading power trading firm PTC India said it has inked pact with the SECI for sale and purchase of power generated from 3,000-mw solar projects. Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI)will facilitate development of 3,000-mw solar projects at various locations in the country on behalf of central public sector undertakings ...

With the launch of ACCL, Havells has become the first organised sector company to manufacture ACCL in India. Havells today announced its strategy to further strengthen its presence in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with the launch of switchgear products like Automatic Changeover with Current Limiter (ACCL), MCBs and RCCBs. Havells ...

India signed a contract of Rs 105.5 cr with a Slovenian firm for 194 micro-light aircraft to be used by Indian Air Force, the Navy and the National Cadet Corps (NCC). The contract has been signed with Pipistrel for ‘Virus FW80’. The Indian version of the aircraft will be known ...

Indian requirement for light choppers is in excess of 800 with the older Cheetah/Chetak fleet moving towards the end of its service life. To meet the massive, urgent requirements of the armed forces, India is set to have three different lines of light military choppers, under Make in India initiative. ...

India is poised to overtake the U.S. as the second largest market in the next few years. Shipments to India grew 44 per cent to 26.5 million units in April-June, as per research firm IDC. Chinese handset company OnePlus said it has partnered Foxconn to commence local assembly operations in ...

By 2030, Gujarat will emerge as the second-most urbanised state in the country with urban population increasing to 66 per cent of the total population from the present 43 per cent. Gujarat has proposed a Rs 15,375 crore action plan to ensure basic infrastructure in 31 cities of the state ...