India has set a target of 20 per cent ethanol-blending with petrol by 2023-24 and the ultimate goal is to have 100 per cent ethanol-run vehicles, Read more..
Kalyan-born engineer part of Blue Origin team that built space rocket for Jeff Bezos
Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos is set to fly into space along with a crew on July 20. Among those involved in the building of the rocket that will launch Bezos to space is Sanjal Gavande, a resident of Kalyan in Maharashtra. Read more..
Despite pandemic, sales of private manufacturing companies surged 31% in Q4 FY21
Despite the economic slowdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, sales of listed private manufacturing companies surged 31 per cent on a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) basis in Q4 of FY 2020-21 in comparison to growth recorded in the previous quarter of the same fiscal, according to RBI data. Read more..
Next 125 days critical, haven’t reached herd immunity yet: Govt warns about 3rd Covid-19 wave
India is yet to achieve herd immunity against Covid-19 and possibilities of new outbreaks of the viral infection cannot be ruled out, the central government said on Friday. It added that in order to contain the disease, the next 125 days would be very critical. Read more..
Third Covid-19 wave likely in August, India to see 1 lakh cases daily: Top ICMR scientist
It is likely that India will see almost 1 lakh cases every single day with the onset of the third wave of the viral infection in August, "sometime towards the end", a senior scientist at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said. Read more..