India’s Defense Minister AK Anthony mentioned several foreign defense suppliers as being recommended for blacklisting by the country Central Bureau of Investigation. This information came in reply to a question in India’s upper house of Parliament. The companies include Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd (STK), Singapore Israel Military Industries Ltd. (IMI), Israel Rheinmetall Air Defence (RAD), [...]
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Posted on July 30th, 2010 by Gunjan
Using uranium fuel supplied by France’s Areva and Russia’s TVEL Corporation, three of India’s oldest atomic power stations have been able to recover from low capacity factors. The General Electric-supplied Tarapur units 1 and 2 ran at 90 and 99 percent of capacity in the period from April to June 2010; they are both rated [...]
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Posted on July 29th, 2010 by Gunjan
Engineers in India, working for Indian and foreign companies, are starting to produce innovative products and technologies that have impact beyond its borders. One such development is a system that uses thermal sensors and algorithms to calculate the number of people entering a store at a given time and when they are likely to leave. [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2010 by Gunjan
The British Prime Minister David Cameron is visiting India now, at least three months before the scheduled visit of U.S. President Obama. Cameron is distinctly focused on commercial ties. Especially with his recent interest in containing expenses at home, India seems to be on the forefront for business engagement. In my posts I generally focus [...]
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Posted on July 22nd, 2010 by Gunjan
With congressional and statewide elections around the corner in the United States, a record number of Americans of Indian origin hope to win the public’s vote. At least eight Indian-Americans plan on campaigning for office. While their ethnic background is certainly not at the forefront of the candidates’ political efforts, some have been more transparent [...]
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Posted on July 22nd, 2010 by Gunjan
