Even as India is looking to further consolidate its position as a rising power in space exploration by undertaking wide-ranging reforms, India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C51 successfully launched Brazil’s Amazonia-1 along with 18 co-passenger satellites on February 28
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Category: Space Exploration
PSLV-C50 successfully launches India’s 42nd communication satellite from Sriharikota
In what was its last satellite launch for 2020, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched communication satellite CMS-01 using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C50 on Wednesday from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
IndoSpace, GLP form JV to co-invest in infra sector
IndoSpace and GLP have entered into a long-term strategic partnership, where the modern logistics and technology-led solutions provider GLP will be co-investing in IndoSpaceÂ’s managed investment vehicles.
Kirloskar Brothers felicitated by ISRO for contribution to Hypersonic Wind Tunnel
ISRO Chairman AS Kiran Kumar felicitated Vishnu K, a KBL engineer associated with the project, on behalf of KBLÂ’s Marine & Defence segment.
Airbus France to set up Dholera aerospace cluster
Airbus France has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Gujarat government´s Dholera Industrial City Development Ltd (DICDL) for setting up an aerospace and defence cluster at Dholera special investment region near Ahmedabad.
Mahindra Lifespace to develop Rs 3,000 crore industrial park in Gujarat
Mahindra groupÂ’s realty firm Mahindra Lifespace Developers has announced its foray in Gujarat and will develop a 350-acre industrial park near Ahmedabad that could entail an investment of Rs 3,000 crore from the company.
Airbus France to set up aerospace cluster at Dholera
Airbus France has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Gujarat government's Dholera Industrial City Development Ltd (DICDL) for setting up an aerospace and defence cluster at Dholera special investment region near Ahmedabad.
Office space supply of 8.5 mn sq ft expected in Mumbai through 2016 | JLL India
Mumbai figures in top three cities globally that will add the maximum supply of Grade-A office space through 2017, according to a recent finding by JLL. Shanghai tops the list among major global markets and is followed by Mexico City, Mumbai, Beijing, Singapore, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Moscow, San Francisco and London in the top 10, as of 1H2016, according to Ashutosh Limaye, National Director – Research, JLL India.
Towering Heights
In India, for every 10 per cent of the population using basic services such as voice and SMS, the national GDP increases by 0.5 per cent; a similar expansion of Internet and other non-voice communication or data adds 1 per cent to GDP, according to government figures available with the country´s Department of Telecommunications (DoT).
Railways digitising vacant rail land records for monetisation
Aiming at commercial exploitation of surplus land, Railways is digitising records related to vacant plots owned by it across the country. Railways has approximately 43,000 hectares of vacant land which can be exploited commercially.