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ICMR undertakes research initiative to eliminate TB from India

India TB Research and Development Corporation (ITRDC) to bring together all major national and international stakeholders to develop new tools (drug, diagnostics and vaccines) for TB

Apollo Tyres to invest Rs 525 cr for setting up production plant in AP

The new facility will produce tyres for two-wheelers and pick-up vehicles

Enhance production capacity of textile machinery: Smriti Irani

There is need for support of state governments in expanding manufacturing capacity and employment generation capacity, says the Textiles Minister

Reliance receives first ethane carrier from Samsung

RIL has given an order for construction of six such vessels, which will be used by the company for transporting ethane from the US to India for the production of petrochemicals

Air purification market pushes demand for activated carbon in US

Gains resulted from the phase-in of the EPA's Mercury & Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which had a final implementation deadline in early 2016, says a Freedonia Group's report

Fertiliser council ICFNR to adopt international best practices in research

It is of prime importance to have an indigenous research environment in India to achieve food security, according to Ananth Kumar

IG Petrochemicals buys Mysore Petro Chemicals' maleic anhydride business

Mysore Petro Chemicals (MPCL) procures wash water, a raw material required for the production of maleic anhydride, from IG Petrochemicals

Apollo Tyres opens global R&D near Chennai

The R&D centre will service the product development needs for the entire Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa region

Titagarh Wagons to bag maiden contract from Indian Navy

Its subsidiary Titagarh Firema has also secured a new contract worth about Euro 70 million for new traction and fire protection systems in the existing fleet of Italy's Trenitalia

Mahindra HZPC opens Aeroponics facility for potato cultivation

The new facility in Mohali will use Aeroponics plant cultivation technique, in which plant roots are suspended in the air, to produce high-quality potato seeds

Alfa Laval bags $ 14 mn order for heat exchangers

The order was placed for the supply Alfa Laval OLMI heat exchangers by a petrochemical plant in the Middle East

MOL Group to invest $ 1.9 bn in petrochemicals business

In order to allow further diversification in the propylene value chain, MOL Group will invest more than $ 500 million into its steam crackers in Hungary and Slovakia

Bayern Munich players wear shirts made from recycled ocean plastic waste

Club partner Adidas presented the shirt, which is entirely made of Ocean Plastic - fibres from recycled plastic found in coastal areas of the Maledives

BASF to invest Euro 200 mn to increase global plastic additives capacity

The company's plastic additives business will make this investment, approximately half of which in Asia, in the next five years

L&T ties up with Japan's Chiyoda for emission control technology

Indian firm has signed licence agreement with Chiyoda Corp for its flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) technology, which reduces sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions in thermal power plants

Biocon and Mylan submit application for biosimilar cancer drug trastuzumab in US

The application, which is believed to be the first for a proposed biosimilar trastuzumab in the US, marks first US regulatory submission through the Mylan-Biocon collaboration

Kabra Extrusiontechnik to partner with Germany's Unicor GmbH

Two companies will collaborate to provide a fully integrated extrusion solutions for the Indian & global plastics corrugated pipe industry

Himachal Pradesh receives Centre's nod for pneumonia vaccine

HP will be among four other states (Bihar, UP, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh) that will introduce pneumonia vaccines under Universal Immunisation Programme from 2017

Alfanar buys Crompton Greaves' automation biz for Rs 880 crore

B2B automation business has been on the block since the sale of CG's international power business materialised in March this year

L&T-MHPS Boilers inks licence pact for SCR systems with Japan's MHPS

The move, to secure technology for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems, will strengthen the JV's capability to cater to power plant requirements meeting new emission norms