Month: January 2021
** It’s official! Tesla readies for charge in Bengaluru
Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Tesla will soon start its operations in India with an R&D unit in Bengaluru.
It’s official now. US-based EV giant Tesla Inc has registered with the Registrar of Companies in Bengaluru as ‘Tesla India Motors and Energy Private Limited’ on January 8, 2021.
Confirming Tesla’s entry into the state, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa tweeted, ‘’Karnataka will lead India’s journey towards Green Mobility. Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Tesla will soon start its operations in India with an R&D unit in Bengaluru. I welcome @elonmusk to India & Karnataka and wish him all the very best.”
** Want to work more in India, says ‘Tenet’ director Christopher Nolan
“Tenet”, which sees him explore the time dimension against a backdrop of a spy thriller, also stars Indian talent, including Bollywood actress Dimple Kapadia.
** Odisha farmer uses bamboo, plastic bottles to make irrigation waterwheel
A 35-year-old farmer of Mayurbhanj has devised a lift water irrigation mechanism that uses waste materials but does not require power supply.
All that Mahur Tipiria, a farmer of Badamtalia village under Sukruli block, needed was bamboo, rejected plastic bottles and iron rods to design the waterwheel which can now irrigate his three acre land
** ‘Flunkey’ Hyderabadi robots to assist COVID-19 patients
Hyderabad based start-up Vistan NextGen, has forayed into developing India’s first indigenously manufactured robots –Flunkey– which can very well be used in the healthcare sector especially in the Covid- 19 scenario.
** Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’s first Vogue cover sparks controversy
** Latest attraction at Singhu: A ‘museum’ on wheels showcasing Sikh culture and history
A makeshift ‘museum’ on Sikh culture and history has come up at the Singhu border overnight, with tableaus, placed on two open-air trucks, brought to Delhi by an artist from Mohali.
** SM Chitre, Mumbai astrophysicist and Stephen Hawking’s friend, dies at 84
Chitre, 84, was undergoing treatment at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital for age-related liver ailments. Considered a stalwart in the Indian astronomy community, he was the recipient of the Padma Bhushan award in 2012.
** Indian American owned company donates over 6.5 million masks
Guru Nanda — a manufacturer of premium farm-to-home aromatherapy and other health and wellness products — has also donated a total of 163,128 sets of toothpastes and toothbrushes to the organisations, a media release said on Monday.
** Khadi Prakritik Paint: Eco-friendly, non-toxic wall paint launched by Gadkari
According to a press statement from the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, the eco-friendly, non-toxic paint, called “Khadi Prakritik Paint” is a first-of-its-kind product, with anti-fungal, anti-bacterial properties.