News for 'nano'

ISRO to launch Cartosat-3, 13 US satellites next week

ISRO to launch Cartosat-3, 13 US satellites next week

Rediff.com19 Nov 2019

The launch is tentatively scheduled at 09.28 hrs IST on November 25, 2019 subject to weather conditions, ISRO said.

Small cars not finished, but certainly won't be cheap

Small cars not finished, but certainly won't be cheap

Rediff.com17 Feb 2023

That means a manufacturer looking at a market like India needs to decide whether small, cheap cars or small, expensive cars or both will work better for them, says Pavan Lall.

'Won't compromise on Maha's pride': MVA holds 'Halla Bol' rally

'Won't compromise on Maha's pride': MVA holds 'Halla Bol' rally

Rediff.com17 Dec 2022

Thackeray accused the Eknath Shinde-led government of being ideologically bankrupt.

Govt needs to prioritise crop diversification: Survey

Govt needs to prioritise crop diversification: Survey

Rediff.com31 Jan 2022

The farm sector has been resilient to the COVID-19 shock and is estimated to grow at 3.9 per cent this fiscal, the Economic Survey said on Monday, while suggesting to the government to give priority to crop diversification, allied farm sectors and alternative fertilisers like Nano urea. The Economic Survey 2021-22 also pitched for increasing agriculture research and development (R&D) and organic farming, besides use of new technologies like drones. "The performance of the agriculture and the allied sector has been resilient to the COVID-19 shock. ...Growth in allied sectors including livestock, dairying and fisheries has been the major drivers of overall growth in the sector," the Survey said. The agriculture sector has experienced buoyant growth in the past two years.

Nano technology for green vehicles

Nano technology for green vehicles

Rediff.com17 Dec 2010

With automotive manufacturers striving to match stricter emission norms set by regulatory authorities, they have begun considering nanotechnology as a necessity.

SSLV's second flight scheduled in first quarter of this year: ISRO

SSLV's second flight scheduled in first quarter of this year: ISRO

Rediff.com1 Feb 2023

The SSLV is designed to be affordable and amenable to industry production and aimed to function as a launch-on-demand platform for mini, micro or nano satellites.

ISRO to launch India's first private rocket from Sriharikota on Friday

ISRO to launch India's first private rocket from Sriharikota on Friday

Rediff.com17 Nov 2022

Skyroot Aerospace has become the first private company in India to give wings to the Indian space programme, after the sector was opened to private players by the Centre in 2020.

13 yrs after Tata's ouster, Singur seeks industrialisation

13 yrs after Tata's ouster, Singur seeks industrialisation

Rediff.com8 Apr 2021

'What did we get out of this agitation? Nothing... Now we feel it was all a mistake. We have no work, and our land has turned infertile. We are living in abject poverty'

Why the world's cheapest car failed to win India's heart

Why the world's cheapest car failed to win India's heart

Rediff.com11 Dec 2017

The distinction between "cheap" and "affordable" is a fine one, but no one understands this better than India's aspirational first-time car-owner, says Kanika Datta.

Seizing the nano edge

Seizing the nano edge

Rediff.com27 Mar 2004

Sensex ends with 'Nano' gains

Sensex ends with 'Nano' gains

Rediff.com24 Mar 2009

The NSE Nifty ended at 2,939, down 7 points. The market breadth was marginally negative - out of 2,636 stocks traded, 1,395 declined, 1,134 advanced and 107 were unchanged on Tuesday.

Scientists develop nano-sized electric motor

Scientists develop nano-sized electric motor

Rediff.com6 Sep 2011

The team plans to submit the Tufts-built electric motor to Guinness World Records.

PIX: Preity Zinta's priceless reactions

PIX: Preity Zinta's priceless reactions

Rediff.com21 Oct 2020

No one is more animated in the stands when Kings XI Punjab is playing a game than Co-owner Preity Zinta.

Volkswagen's Virtus bets big on the sedan segment

Volkswagen's Virtus bets big on the sedan segment

Rediff.com16 Jun 2022

The Virtus is indeed designed to look, act and behave like a well-built European sedan that swims in the segment between the compact sedan VW Vento and the larger Passat, says Pavan Lall.

The iPods we loved and lost

The iPods we loved and lost

Rediff.com31 Jul 2017

Apple's decision to stop selling the iPod Nano and Shuffle -- leaving only one iPod, the iPodTouch, on the shelves -- takes us down memory lane.

Tatas in search of next 'Nano'

Tatas in search of next 'Nano'

Rediff.com25 Jun 2009

The biggest winner of the Tata drive to drill down innovation to every person on every shop-floor is the Tata conglomerate. While the most visible symbol of this has been the Nano, insiders say Tata has already started asking his senior executives, 'What is the next Nano?' The innovation drive is seeking to answer that question.

Singur land deal: Timeline of ups and downs

Singur land deal: Timeline of ups and downs

Rediff.com31 Aug 2016

Tatas selected West Bengal for Rs 1 lakh small car Nano's plant on May 18, 2016.

Coming soon: Maruti's 'nano' @ Rs 300,000

Coming soon: Maruti's 'nano' @ Rs 300,000

Rediff.com29 Nov 2011

The 660-cc car will be priced higher than the Alto.

Why farmers are fighting Tata's Nano

Why farmers are fighting Tata's Nano

Rediff.com29 Aug 2008

To lure the automaker, West Bengal seized small farms to give Tata nearly 1,000 acres -- and so far it has rejected compromise proposals.

Plans to roll out new car from Sanand plant: Tata Motors

Plans to roll out new car from Sanand plant: Tata Motors

Rediff.com14 Aug 2014

Company says that this is a long-term plan as it continues to evaluate options.

Pharma majors shift focus to inhalants, nasal spray for Covid

Pharma majors shift focus to inhalants, nasal spray for Covid

Rediff.com30 Aug 2021

While Lupin is working on a Remdesivir powder for inhalation, Glenmark has tied up with a Canadian Biotech firm for nitric oxide nasal spray that reduces Sars-CoV-2 viral load and thus transmission.

Raj Thackeray visits Nano plant in Gujarat

Raj Thackeray visits Nano plant in Gujarat

Rediff.com5 Aug 2011

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray who is on a 'study tour' to Gujarat showered praises on Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his business development skills.

WATCH: Video 'selfie' of India's historic space feat

WATCH: Video 'selfie' of India's historic space feat

Rediff.com16 Feb 2017

ISRO has released the footage of the injection of PSLV-37 which launched a record 104 nano-satellites overseas customers into the orbit in blocks in a series of separations.

Mobile phone companies doing a Nano

Mobile phone companies doing a Nano

Rediff.com4 Feb 2008

The paradigm shift from focusing on high-end to low-end mobiles is as exciting as the launch of Tata Nano.

Volkswagen plans rival to Tata's Nano

Volkswagen plans rival to Tata's Nano

Rediff.com16 Jan 2008

Launch will be under separate brand name

Mamata drove Nano out of Bengal: Somnath

Mamata drove Nano out of Bengal: Somnath

Rediff.com23 Apr 2011

Putting behind the bitterness over his expulsion from the Communist Party of India-Marxist, at least for now, former Speaker Somnath Chatterjee plans to campaign for the party in the assembly elections as he still feels he is aMarxist. He attacked the Trinamool Congress led by Mamata Banerjee charging it with "harping on change" but not giving any clarification on what their agenda was.

WB: Nano's exit continues to haunt candidates

WB: Nano's exit continues to haunt candidates

Rediff.com21 Apr 2011

Five years after the Tatas abandoned their small car factory in favour of Gujarat frustrated by the land acquisition controversy, politics in the Singur assembly constituency still revolves around the failed project.

Drone rules eased: 5 forms, fees lowered, no curbs on foreign firms

Drone rules eased: 5 forms, fees lowered, no curbs on foreign firms

Rediff.com26 Aug 2021

The ministry of civil aviation has eased the rules regarding drone operations in the country by reducing the number of forms that need to be filled to operate them from 25 to 5 and the decreasing the types of fees charged from the operator from 72 to 4.

A Nano for the Mother Teresa of Bengaluru

A Nano for the Mother Teresa of Bengaluru

Rediff.com26 Dec 2012

A 75-year-old nun in Bengaluru brings those neglected by the stigma of leprosy back into mainstream society. Vicky Nanjappa reports.

13 years after Singur fiasco, Bengal says Tatas 'most welcome'

13 years after Singur fiasco, Bengal says Tatas 'most welcome'

Rediff.com19 Jul 2021

Thirteen years after their small car project was forced out of West Bengal following the anti-land acquisition movement in Singur, Industry and IT Minister Partha Chatterjee has said talks are on with the Tatas for big-ticket investments in the state. Underscoring job creation as the TMC government's top priority, Chatterjee also said incentives to companies will depend on ability to generate employment. He said the Mamata Banerjee dispensation wants two large manufacturing units to be set up by any prominent industrial house at the earliest. "We never had any enmity with the Tatas, neither we fought against them. "They are one of the most respected and biggest business houses of this country and also abroad. "You can't blame the Tatas (for the Singur fiasco).

Zindagi In Short review

Zindagi In Short review

Rediff.com2 Mar 2021

Considering it narrates seven stories about the different facets of life, Zindagi In Short is shockingly lifeless, Joginder Tuteja observes.

Why car recalls are not considered a stigma in India

Why car recalls are not considered a stigma in India

Rediff.com5 Jun 2014

Tata Motors twice fixed faulty parts of the Nano.

How India can reap the benefits of nanotech

How India can reap the benefits of nanotech

Rediff.com22 Jul 2014

Nanotechnology has remarkable applications in a variety of spheres, including agriculture, animal husbandry and natural resources management.

Why Tata Motors turned to its 'go-to man'

Why Tata Motors turned to its 'go-to man'

Rediff.com3 Jul 2017

The commercial vehicle business is one of the mainstays for the Tata group, highlighting the importance of Girish Wagh's appointment.

Microsoft selects 54 startups in India's Tier 2 cities

Microsoft selects 54 startups in India's Tier 2 cities

Rediff.com14 Jan 2020

Some of them include Spider G, NeuroTags, Genrobotic Innovations, AI Aeronautics, Synersense, Dealshare and NanoHealth. 'Highway to a Hundred Unicorns,' the Microsoft for startups initiative, works closely with local governments to strengthen the startup ecosystem in each state.

Singur works even during the Pujas to return land to farmers

Singur works even during the Pujas to return land to farmers

Rediff.com14 Oct 2016

Government officials working overtime to dismantle the Tata plant and return land to farmers, says Ishita Ayan Dutt.

Bridge repair? A nano sensor to alert

Bridge repair? A nano sensor to alert

Rediff.com19 May 2009

Researchers have discovered a new nanocomposite sensor, which they claim could well warn when infrastructure like bridges and aircraft needs repairing.

Of Nano, jingoism and the right question

Of Nano, jingoism and the right question

Rediff.com27 Mar 2009

When a car gets mixed up with national pride, just as journalism, economy and cricket have, questions are condemned to be still-born.

10 years later, Mamata discovers different Nandigram

10 years later, Mamata discovers different Nandigram

Rediff.com2 May 2021

She faced off against former disciple-turned-defector Suvendu Adhikari in a very different contest. It's not land acquisition, but an ego clash that has acquired, tragically, communal overtones, explains Kanika Datta.

Shifting from Singur gave us a high negative cost: Tata

Shifting from Singur gave us a high negative cost: Tata

Rediff.com7 Aug 2014

Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons Ratan Tata said shifting the Nano car plant from Singur in West Bengal was a prudent move in hindsight but gave the group a high negative cost.