From micro wind turbines to rice husk, low-cost solutions are being tested to drive the huge market hunger for energy.
In the midst of huge job losses as a fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has signed 17 MoUs for an investment of Rs 15,100 crores that aim to provide 47,100 jobs. But a clearer picture on where the projects stand will emerge only after the Covid-19 induced fear psychosis ends, to see if popular protests will derail them like they have done so many others, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
"After sinking in Rs 6,000-7,000 crore in the Nano till date, what is the result?"
Nano's production though continues unhindered despite mounting losses
After Rs 1-lakh people's car Nano, the Tatas have unveiled a low-cost realty project which offers a house for less than Rs 4 lakh.
The Tata Nano received over 203,000 fully paid bookings amounting to nearly Rs 2,500 crore (Rs 25 billion), Tata Motors said on Monday.
Market leaders saw good traction for new cars, including the electric ones.
"The rear engine does not have a proper cooling system as a result of which the engine heats up leading to such an incident. The summer season will be the toughest test for the Tata Nano," says Mahendra Dhruva, national president, The Institute of Insurance Surveyors and Adjusters (IISA).
At the height of the agitation against Tata Motors and after, the decibel level at Singur has always been high. The coronavirus scare, however, appears to have tempered it. The lockdown has hit Singur's inhabitants hard in more ways than one, reports Ishita Ayan Dutt.
The world's cheapest car, Tata Nano, made a two-hour stop over near here before heading off to Detroit, where it would be on display for the US audience for the first time this week.
These cars offer the performance of a more expensive car for a quarter of the price.
Enthusiastic owners who drove the Nano through dusty roads, highways and steep terrains, hundreds of kilometres at a stretch share their experience.
'The Nano becomes a tool and a metaphor for the future. It will be a tool in the sense that any first car purchase in a country like India opens its owner to imagining their own mobility in and through the mobility of the car. This is a feature and a potential of all first cars in India,' says NYU Prof Arjun Appadurai.
The campus placements process usually starts in July-August, but is likely to start earlier this year.
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Tata Motors ended the year selling 21,012 Nanos, up from 16,901 in FY15.
'Even for those of us who are not driven or hardworking, life will be much more interesting and vastly different from the way life is today,' says Aakar Patel.
"Nano is like an open canvas for us. We have the option of positioning it on the lines of the (Volkswagen) Beetle or the (BMW) Mini."
'An influencer is expected to have upwards of 100,000 followers across various social media platforms of YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter etc,' points out brand strategist Ambi Parameswaran, founder, Brand-Building.com.
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'The launch of the vehicle was successful beyond expectation'.
Nano remains a cautionary tale of misplaced ambitions and a drag on profit.
One of the challenges on diesel engine is refinement.
Refreshed Tata Indigo eCS and facelifted Tata Sumo Gold are also expected to be unveiled.
In 2006-07, TCS had employed 7,000 people in the eastern states.
The Gujarat government admitted in the Assembly that it had paid Rs 456.79 cr.
The Nano will get some upgrades on this year's model year.
The countdown began at 6.27 am for the launch on board ISRO's third generation workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its 47th flight, ISRO said.
Different circuits have been designed, depending on the tourists' preference, connecting the Rann Utsav at Kutch with the ports at Mundra and Kandla.
The company has delivered 1,000 cars to buyers and is in the process of delivering another 2,000 units.
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Calling it India's fastest hot hatch is a claim that the Super Nano fully deserves especially with the very interesting specs.
With deregulation in diesel prices, this variant does not make sense.
It epitomises a significant opportunity lost, just when the state was beginning to shed three decades of leftist inhibitions in favour of economic reform.
The car so far known by the code name 'Kite' will be a hatchback.
The company is currently selling an average 2,000 units each month.
The ISRO had earlier said Chandrayaan-2 will be launched in a window from January-February 16, 2019.Sources said it is expected by the middle of next month but no date has been finalised.
In 2013-14, Tata Motors produced 21,358 Nano models against the plant capacity of 250,000 vehicles.
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