The textile ministry has forwarded the proposal to set up a Technology Upgradation Fund, which envisages a 5 per cent interest rate subsidy to comapanies on funds taken by them for modernisation and

Italian engineering contractor Ansaldo Energia plans to bid for serveral thermo-electric power projects in the country in an attempt to increase its market share to around 20 per cent. Ansaldo has

The US is exerting pressure on India to ban forthwith the manufacture and supply of the CFC-based inhalers which provide instant relief to asthma patients. India yielding to the pressure would mean

The Karnataka government has demanded that the Centre should immediately issue a counter guarantee for the proposal 1,000 mw Cogentrix power project coming up in Mangalore. In a meeting with Prime

The Rockefeller Foundation and Celco, a US solar energy company, has floated an Indian subsidiary to set up rural electrification projects. They have earmarked $2 million (Rs 8.40 crore) as equity in

Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) will set up a 1,000 MW pithead power project on the West Bengal-Bihar border in a joint venture with Bombay Suburban Electricity Supply

A two-member team from the European Union (EU) has arrived in Kochi to find out if Kerala-based exporters had evaded a European ban on Indian seafood last year.David Hannay and Leif Khudsen from the

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), custodian of the ISI quality mark, has decided to set up a separate technical committee to formulate standards on environmental management systems. This

The Committee set up by the government to draw up job-specific norms for implementing the Bio-medical Waste Rules has recommended setting up of common treatment facilities for establishments unable

Indian astronomers have agreed to restrict the operation of their Rs 60-crore giant metrewave radio telescope (GMRT) near Pune to accomodate the commercial interest of the global telecommunications