Tunnelling is a relatively recent phenomenon in India in especially when it comes to roads. With few domestic players in the market in manufacturing sophisticated equipment, each tunnel is a marvel in itself.
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Imported telecom products to be scanned
From October 1, the government plans to test all imported mobile phones, SIM cards, 3G and 4G base stations, customer database servers, among other core network devices for bugs and malicious software before they are used in Indian
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Telecom security directorate
A proposal for setting up Telecom Security Directorate has been mooted to ensure a coherent organisational structure for tackling cyber threats. A document has been moved by the Department of Telecom (DoT) which reasons
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DoT’s order to states on tower sealing
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has asked states to refrain from sealing mobile towers or disconnecting power supply to them without the permission of its unit, TERM cell, on account of radiation related issues.
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Mumbai’s Marine Drive to be re-built at Rs 150 cr
Deviating from its original plan to resurface the 4.3 km-long arterial boulevard Nariman Point-Girgaum Chowpatty at Rs 36 crore, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is going to reconstruct it at a cost of Rs 150 crore. The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) made a presentation on this proposal before the BMC last Friday. While presenting the 2012-13 financial outlay for the city, then civic commissioner Subodh Kumar had proposed resurfacing the road.
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Reliance Jio to use RCOM towers
Reliance Jio Infocomm and Reliance Communications (RCOM) announced the signing of a definitive agreement for sharing of RCOM's nationwide telecom tower infrastructure. Under the terms of the agreement,
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Govt to experiment with new technology in NH projects
The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is to use new materials and techniques in National Highway projects in the country on experimental basis to promote innovation and use of new technology in highway construction. The promoter of these new materials shall be required to bear the extra cost involved in the proposal.
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Minister highlights potential of technology in upstream sector
Union Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily said technology and capital intensive interventions have the potential to give new lease of life to the matured fields and improving recovery factor. He said this while making the inaugural address at the third IEF NOC-IOC Forum. Even from producing fields, India's recovery factor is in the range of 25-33 percent whereas fields in North Sea or in Gulf of Mexico of same vintage have recovery fact
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Siemens to set up conveyor systems
Siemens will set up conveyor systems to carry iron ore from the stockyard belonging to Rio Tinto in Australia to the loaders at a port in the northwest region of the country. Siemens roped in an engineering firm Sinclair Knight Merz to provide conveyor systems for the project. Siemens would commission three conveyors in August and another five in 2014 while delivery is underway for t
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A pioneer in desalination
A technical seminar on "Technological Advancements in Large size Thermal & RO Desalination plants" was organised by IDE Technologies India. The purpose of seminar was to inform the latest innovations and technological advancements in Desalination