PM calls for concerted efforts to make India global centre of research and innovation

PM calls for concerted efforts to make India global centre of research and innovation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for concerted efforts to make India a global centre of research and innovation, and urged state governments to frame modern policies in the fi elds of science and technology. Mr. Modi lamented that unlike the western countries, India failed to adequately celebrate the works of its scientists, which turned a large section of the society indifferent towards science. 

There is a need to celebrate the achievements of Indian scientists, he emphasised, while virtually addressing the inaugural session of the Centre-State Science Conclave organised recently in Ahmedabad.

Assam captivate 16 ethanol projects worth Rs. 3,290-crore

 Assam attracts 16 ethanol projects worth Rs. 3,290-crore 

Assam has attracted 16 ethanol projects worth Rs. 3,290-crore under its Ethanol Production Promotion Policy, 2021, the State’s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed. He recently held a meeting with the promoters of seven ethanol manufacturing entities who had come forward under the policy to set up their plants. During the meet the promoters apprised the Chief Minister of their latest developments and issues. The seven entities are presently ready to commence construction and commercial production of bio-fuel by the middle of 2023. Six out of seven entities have been provided with land in Industrial Development Corporation Industrial Parks across various parts of the State including two units in IGC Matia, one unit each at Industrial Landbank in Sipajhar, ID Dhing, IGC Balipara and near Assam Plastic Park, Tinsukia. The proposed annual capacity of these seven units is 970-kld with planned investment of Rs. 1,154-crore.

trinamiX Face Authentication by BASF

trinamiX Face Authentication is the first to be certified as highly secure behind OLED

The first face authentication to pass Android Biometric Security Test and FIDO Biometric Component Certification, while the hardware is mounted behind an OLED display
Solution officially approved for integration into Android phones as well as for use in particularly sensitive applications

trinamiX Face Authentication is the world’s first to fulfill highest biometric security demands while the hardware is invisibly mounted behind an OLED display. The solution was lately put to the thorough test of accredited assessment institutes. It was certified to be spoof-proof behind OLED according to the top standards defined by AndroidTM and FIDO® Alliance. trinamiX GmbH, a German subsidiary of BASF SE, is thus taking a further step towards creating the next generation of biometric authentication for smartphones. 

Cosmo Speciality Chemicals launches organic complexing agents

 Cosmo Speciality Chemicals, a 100% subsidiary of Cosmo Films Ltd., has launched a range of organic complexing agents – Sequest SA and Sequest DM. The agents are effective in hard water and exhibit excellent chelation properties over a wide range of pH. Applicable in pre-treatment, dyeing and printing processes like desizing, bleaching, dyeing and printing, both agents prevent the corrosion of the metal. Sequest SA is a highly effi cient, eco-friendly, high temperature stable sequestering agent for Ca+2, Fe+3 and other heavy metals; while Sequest DM is a high performance demineralising agent to remove heavy metal ions from cotton and process water. The two agents form complexes by reaction of their negatively charged donor groups with polyvalent metal ions like iron present on the greige fabric and in process water.

Source : chemical weekly 

MIDC relocate 150 manufacturing units from Dombivli to Patalganga

MIDC to relocate 156 manufacturing units from Dombivli to Patalganga

 The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) has taken a decision to relocate 156 chemicals, hazardous and high risk industries from Dombivli in Thane district to Patalganga in Raigad district. State Industry Minister, Mr. Subhash Desai made the announcement days after the MIDC Board gave its approval after accepting the survey of the Directorate of Industrial Safety and Health of these industries. “The decision to relocate the factory was taken after frequent accidents and pollution came to the fore. Dombivali Industrial Area has 525 industrial plots and there are 617 residential plots. 

The industrial units located at a distance of 50-m from residential areas, in particular, will be relocated to avoid possible accidents,” said Mr. Desai. He further added that MIDC will make an offer to convert these 156 units to engineering, information technology and non-polluting units and continue to operate on the existing plots. Mr. Desai added that units, which want to shift to Patalganga, will be provided plots to start their chemical units. “MIDC will make available lands in the Patalganga industrial estate,” he added. A MIDC offi cer said it has the list of 156 units adding that they will be approached soon on relocation to Patalganga or converting the existing chemical units into non-polluting units.