Month: November 2016

Celebrate the Festive Season with new Nikon COOLPIX Series 2016

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Nikon India has announced the launch of the Nikon COOLPIX Series 2016 to brighten season’s celebrations for its customers. The latest addition to Nikon’s extensive offering of point-and-shoot cameras is packed with remarkable new features to create a wonderful photography experience.   Each of the new seven cameras in this year’s COOLPIX series are marvellously designed through Nikon’s relentless pursuit of advanced quality combined with a youthful style and hi-tech innovation. The series offers a collection of a wide range of vibrant compact cameras, which enable you to capture and…

Intex Technologies and Jaya Foundation Collaborate

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Intex Technologies has partnered with Jaya Foundation, an institution that provides aid, care and assistance and creates awareness on Cancer, to support children suffering from the deadly disease. As a part of this partnership, a fund raising musical event ‘NANHEE’ was organized in Mumbai. Funds raised will be used to facilitate treatment of kids who are suffering from cancer but due to lack ofadequate funds are deprived of proper treatment. The event will witness live performances by Sumeet Nagdev Dance Arts (SNDA) and will also have Saurabh Nimbkar playing songs on…

Akshaya Patra Opens its Second Food Safety Laboratory

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Akshaya Patra has inaugurated its second Food Safety and Quality Control Laboratory (FSQC Lab) in Amausi Industrial Area, Lucknow; the first lab was set up in Ahmedabad in 2015. The new lab was inaugurated in the presence of Alok Dhawan, Director and Dr Mukul Das, Chief Scientist and Area Co-ordinator of CSIR – Indian Institute of Toxicology Research. The state-of-the-art mini lab is equipped with advanced technology and high-precision testing instruments which will be used for evaluating food from farm to the plate. The highly specialised lab will cover 20…

Infosys Foundation Invests in Bannerghatta Biological Park

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Infosys Foundation has undertaken the construction of a ‘Zebra Enclosure’ at the Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) which was inaugurated today. The enclosure spread across one acre of land will be home to 4 Zebras that the BBP has secured from an animal exchange program from the Zoological Centre, Tel Aviv Ramat Gan (safari), Israel. This new enclosure, named Infosys Foundation Animal Enclosure, was inaugurated by Mrs. Sudha Murty, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation, in the presence of senior officials of the Karnataka Forest Department, Sri. R.S Suresh, Sri. B. J Hosmath and Sri.…

Infosys Foundation Invests in IUCAA

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Infosys Foundation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Inter-University Center of Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) through an endowment worth INR 6.5 Crores to build a novel and powerful instrument called Wide Area Linear Optical Polarimeter (WALOP). According to the MoU, the endowment from the Foundation will also be used to boost support for international travel, post-doctorate fellowships and thematic workshops amongst researchers of IUCAA. The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) is an autonomous institution set up by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India to…

Azim Premji Foundation Announces Fellowship Programme 2017

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Azim Premji Foundation has announced its annual Fellowship Programme. Applications for this programme are invited from people having 3 to 10 years of work experience, with a postgraduate or a professional degree in any discipline and the desire to contribute to quality and equity in education. Proficiency in the local language is a must and candidates should be open to relocate to the districts where Azim Premji Foundation operates. The monthly stipend offered would be Rs.28, 800 (all inclusive). Last date for submitting the application is November 30, 2016 (email:…

Badarpur plant under pollution cloud again

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The Delhi government has ordered the Badarpur power plant to be shut for 10 days due to high pollution levels. Last year, too, it was closed for some time, but resumed operations after the state-run NTPC managed to show that the emission levels from its two functional units were within 50 microgram per cubic metre, the standard set by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee. Though Delhi’s only coal-based plant has an installed capacity of 702MW, only two units, each of 210MW capacity, are working while four older units have been…

Centre plans ‘mobile air dispensary’ for Northeast

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In a first of its kind service, the Centre is planning to launch a ‘mobile air dispensary’ for the Northeast, with a helicopter, fitted with medical equipment and doctors on board, flying in remote areas for the benefit of people. Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh said the mobile air dispensary with a doctor, necessary equipment and medicines will fly to remote areas on regular basis especially where patients find it difficult to reach a doctor and basic health centre. The experiment, which would…

Centre meets 35% of target to build toilets for urban households

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Over one-third of the mission target of constructing individual household toilets in urban areas under Swachh Bharat Mission has been met, a statement from the Ministry of Urban Development said. During the two years of Swachh Bharat Mission, 22, 97,389 individual household toilets have so far been constructed in urban areas. The five year mission target of 66, 42,221 such toilets need to be built by 2019. With 35% of mission target being met in two years i.e 40% of the mission duration, construction of toilets meant for ending Open…

PowerGrid to set up energy highways to meet demand growth

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Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL) is planning to build energy highways across the country to meet a projected growth in demand and ease the load on the national grid.  The highways include 11 high-capacity corridors, each with a capacity of about 4,000 Mw, and three high-capacity HVDC (high-voltage, direct current) systems (6,000 Mw each). The central transmission utility will also develop eight inter-state transmission systems (ISTS) or green energy corridors to help the renewable energy sector. The ones to come up first would be to connect the solar power…