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A medical technology park will be set up by the government in Chennai soon to help cut costs of healthcare equipment and research for new vaccines, reports Economic Times.
The park would include medical device manufacturing units, healthcare infrastructure and vaccine technology facilities. The facility will be set up on 300 acres of land allotted by the state government at concessional price. The park is expected to be finished by four years.
The ministry of health and family welfare will invite private players to set up facilities in the park. The government plans to keep the park open to both national and international companies. The step has been taken to reduce the import of medical equipment, currently India imports 90% of its medical equipment need. The medical equipment market in India is estimated to be around a billion dollars.
``The medical park will enable us to manufacture cost-effective medical equipment for the country. The vaccine park will research on developing new vaccines. However, details about financial benefits the government might give to companies are not known as the proposal is at a discussion level``, Surinded Singh, drug controller general of India (DCGI) said.
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Reliance ADA Group soon to be launched DTH venture Big TV has bagged the official direct-to-home (DTH) partnership for the BCCI's Twenty20 cricket tournament Indian Premier League (IPL) with a bid of $31.16 million (about Rs 137 crore) for the next four years.
According to industry sources, Big TV outbid the only other contender Airtel Digital TV- the Bharti direct to home service which is also expected to be launched soon- which had put in a bid of $ 30.28 million for the same number of years.
Rajesh Sawhney, president of Reliance Entertainment said in a statement: "We at Big TV are excited at being chosen the DTH partner of the DLF IPL.As an official partner of this premier event, Big TV will play its role in the enhancement of the League and in the process add to its own business and public profile." Bharti Airtel however declined to comment on the issue.
The tender for the DTH partner was held today and only BigTV and Airtel Digital TV bid for it, the sources added. Under the terms, BigTV will be contributing Rs 34.27 crore per year as part of its commitment to the IPL as the official DTH partner.
IPL had signed up the likes of Pepsi and Kingfisher Airlines as the official beverage and airline partners respectively. The league had also roped in Hero Honda, Citibank, ITC Welcomgroup and Vodafone as other official partners.
For Reliance ADAG, this is a continuation of its relationship with cricket after the official sponsorship by group firm Reliance Communications in the Twenty20 World Cup held in South Africa last year.
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The US described the approval of India-specific safeguards agreement by the IAEA as a key step in the implementation of the Indo-US nuclear deal and vowed to 'vigorously' obtain an India-specific exception in the NSG and clearance from the US Congress.
"The approval today of India-specific safeguards agreement by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors is a key step towards implementation of the US-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation initiative. We will work vigorously with India to obtain an India-specific exception in the Nuclear Suppliers Group and the final US Congressional approval," US Ambassador to India David C Mulford said in a statement.
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"Giant perennial grass Miscanthus outperforms current biofuels sources
Thu, Jul 31 04:05 PM
Washington, July 31 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Illinois have determined that the giant perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus outperforms current biofuels sources.
Using Miscanthus as a feedstock for ethanol production in the US could significantly reduce the amount of farmland needed for biofuels, while meeting government biofuels production goals, the researchers reported.
Using corn or switchgrass to produce enough ethanol to offset 20 percent of gasoline use would take 25 percent of current US cropland out of food production, the researchers report.
Getting the same amount of ethanol from Miscanthus would require only 9.3 percent of current agricultural acreage.
"What we've found with Miscanthus is that the amount of biomass generated each year would allow us to produce about 2 1/2 times the amount of ethanol we can produce per acre of corn," said crop sciences professor Stephen P. Long, who led the study.
In trials across Illinois, switchgrass, a perennial grass, which, like Miscanthus, requires fewer chemical and mechanical inputs than corn, produced only about as much ethanol feedstock per acre as corn, according to Long.
"It wasn't that we didn't know how to grow switchgrass because the yields we obtained were actually equal to the best yields that had been obtained elsewhere with switchgrass," he said.
In field trials in Illinois, researchers grew Miscanthus x giganteus and switchgrass in adjoining plots. Miscanthus proved to be at least twice as productive as switchgrass.
"One reason why Miscanthus yields more biomass than corn is that it produces green leaves about six weeks earlier in the growing season," said Long. "Miscanthus also stays green until late October in Illinois, while corn leaves wither at the end of August," he added.
The growing season for switchgrass is comparable to that of Miscanthus, but it is not nearly as efficient at converting sunlight to biomass as Miscanthus.
According to Long, because Miscanthus is a perennial grass, it also accumulates much more carbon in the soil than an annual crop such as corn or soybeans.
"In the context of global change, that's important because it means that by producing a biofuel on that land, you're taking carbon out of the atmosphere and putting it into the soil," he said. (ANI)...
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Reiterating its support for the India-US civil nuclear deal ahead of the crucial trust vote in the Manmohan Singh government, the US has said it will do all it can to move forward once New Delhi decides.
"I think this is a pretty unique agreement," a state department spokesman said Monday when asked about a senior official's comment that Washington intends to go ahead with the deal even with a minority government in New Delhi.
"What we have stated is that this is an important agreement to us. We believe it's an important agreement for India," Gonzalo Gallegos told reporters. But "Indians have to decide whether or not they wish to proceed with this agreement."
"We have said that we continue to support it, and we'll do all we can to move forward with it once we hear from the Indians," he added.
Noting that the Indian parliament is set to vote Tuesday on the motion of confidence in the government, Gallegos said: "I guess we'll have to wait and see where we go with this."
Earlier Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher as saying that US intends to move forward with the nuclear deal with whatever government is in charge in New Delhi - even if it is in minority.
The Bush administration was ready to "go as far as" possible to see conclusion of the deal, he told the website. "We are going to work with the Indians, we are going to work with the Congress and we are going to take this as far as we can go."
Aware that unlike the US, the Indian government does not require legislative approval for the deal, the Bush administration's new point man on the deal said: "Internally within India, that's a question for your (India's) law, and your (India's) policy and your (India's) political community."
But he pointed out: "In terms of the United States and India, we deal with the legally constituted government of India - whoever is running that government at the time, that's who we sign agreements with. So, that's not a problem for us."
"If they have a legitimate government - people who are empowered to run the government - that's who we'll deal with," he said and reiterated: "That's not a problem for us."
Asked if Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's decision to go ahead with the deal despite the Left parties' withdrawal of support had come a little too late, Boucher said: "I guess what I'll say is it's never too late. This is not a deal between a government and another government. It's a deal between the United States and India - it's good for India, it's good for the United States."
Acknowledging the constraints of the Congressional calendar, Boucher said:
"...I think, everybody wants to take it as far as we can. I can't promise what the US Congress will do, but if we take it to some point and time expires on this Congress, then the new Congress will have to take it up - that's all you can say. So, that's our pledge."
India also needs to sign an India-specific safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and get clearance from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) before the deal goes to the US Congress for final approval.
On its part the US had already launched a concerted effort to expeditiously move on all fronts - IAEA, NSG - in order to try and consummate the deal before the end of its term in office and this Congress, Boucher said, "We are already heavily engaged - we've got designated teams working on this stuff."
Thus, Boucher added, "We've really set ourselves up to do this as fast as possible but there's an enormous amount to be done." et-...
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