Toronto: Wilted, starving, thirsty houseplants could soon be getting more tender loving care thanks to a new plant sensor and app that tells owners when it is time for watering and feeding. The Koubachi Wifi Plant Sensor, which is placed in the soil of the potted plant, connects with a smartphone app that alerts users when plants need watering, misting, fertilizer or more sun or shade. "There's very little information...
03:57 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said that the government will do everything to ensure the complete safety of the nuclear power plants in the country. "We must do everything to ensure complete safety of our nuclear power plants. We must keep the option of nuclear power as an additional source of power. Not in the interest of the country to give up the the option of nuclear...
11:40 AM, May 16, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government is scouting land to set up three solar energy plants as part of its efforts to augment electricity generation in the state. Sources in the state energy department told PTI that the three plants of 50 mw each would be set up in Osmanabad and Parbhani. "We need at least 100 hectare of land and are looking for it for setting up two plants in Parbhani...
04:44 AM, Apr 25, 2012
Vadodara: Gujarat government is hopeful of generating 3650 MW of power through joint synergy of hydroelectric and solar-based projects in future. The six power units of the Sardar Sarovar project are currently generating 1450 MW hydroelectric power whereas the total length of the canal network intrlinked to the project in the state is 85,000 km. "Even if 10 percent of the existing canal network is utilised for setting up solar...
04:24 AM, Apr 25, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Tucked away inside a heavily forested area, Kerala's only Scheduled Tribes (ST) panchayat Idamalakkudy is home to some of the world's most endangered plant species but the rich biodiversity is fast dwindling as is the tribals' unique way of life, say worried researchers. Spread over 106 sq km area in Idukki district, about 270 km from here, Idamalakkudy has a population of 2,236 -- comprising 1,196 men and 1,040...
04:24 PM, Apr 18, 2012
New Delhi: The two earthquakes that jolted Maharashtra on Saturday had no impact on nuclear power plants in the state, India's nuclear operator said. "No effect was felt at any of the nuclear power plants and all the reactors continue to operate normally," S Krishnamurthy, Executive Director (Operations) of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) said. The NPCIL operates four nuclear power plants at Tarapur in Thane district of...
06:47 PM, Apr 14, 2012
New Delhi: India plans to add 5,300 MW nuclear power capacity during the 12th Plan period, taking the total contribution of atomic power to 9980 MW to the country's energy basket. This planned capacity addition includes power from two 1,000 MW units at Kudankulam being built by the Nuclear Power Corporation with Russian collaboration. "The proposed capacity addition target during the XIIth Plan is envisaged as 5300 MW," the budget...
04:49 AM, Apr 07, 2012
Chennai: India will have at least 60 nuclear reactors by 2035, SK Jain, Chairman & Managing Director of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), said in Chennai on Saturday. He was talking to reporters on the sidelines of his visit to the city to address a one-day awareness programme on Atomic Energy at Sathyabama University. Jain said that the country has mastered nuclear energy, which can be tapped further...
08:08 AM, Apr 02, 2012
Shanghai: Apple Inc's Tim Cook, on his first trip to China as the chief executive officer, has visited an iPhone production plant run by the Foxconn Technology Group, which is being accused of improper labor practices. China is the world's largest mobile market and already Apple's second-biggest market overall, but its growth there is clouded by issues ranging from a contested iPad trademark to treatment of local labor. Picture handouts...
01:15 PM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: As many as 18 power plants in the country are faced with critical level of coal shortage, Minister of State for Power KC Venugopal informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Of the 89 thermal power projects being monitored, 34 had fuel (coal) stock less than seven days and 25 of these had less than four days stock, he said during Question Hour. Stating the situation has improved subsequently,...
02:08 PM, Mar 19, 2012
Dallas: Texas Instruments will close two of its older computer-chip factories, one in Houston and one in Hiji, Japan, and lay off about 1,000 workers to cut costs. The company announced the cutbacks Monday in its fourth-quarter earnings report. Its results topped analyst estimates, but the company offered tepid forecast for the first quarter of this year. Texas Instruments shares gained $1.11, or more than 3 per cent, to $34.30...
01:03 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: Motorcycle maker India Yamaha Motor plans to set up its third plant in the country, for which it has started scouting for land in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The company, which plans to invest Rs 800 crore in the next two years, on capacity enhancement, said it expects to sell around 10 lakh units by 2014. "Setting up a third plant is under consideration. We are already looking...
01:44 PM, Jan 05, 2012
Seoul: South Korea said on Wednesday it had approved a plan by Samsung Electronics Co to build a flash memory chip plant in China seen costing some $4 billion, as a boom in smartphones and tablet computers fuels the chip industry's growth. The plant would be Samsung's second overseas chip manufacturing site and reflects the growing importance of the Chinese market. China's consumption of NAND-type flash memory chips is set...
11:56 AM, Jan 04, 2012
Hyderabad: Dr Imran Siddiqi's research on hybrid plants can ensure enough food for millions of Indians. He has also won the Infosys Prize for 2011 in Life Sciences. Dr Imran Siddiqi isn't fooled by appearances. India's green revolution gave food to millions. But many of the plants in Dr Siddiqi's research are hybrids with different breeds crossed together, to ensure a bumper yield. But if one takes seeds from such...
08:54 AM, Jan 03, 2012
Taipei: Apple Inc supplier Pegatron Corp reported a small explosion at a subsidiary's plant in Shanghai over the weekend that it said had injured 61 workers, the latest in a series of incidents that have spotlighted safety concerns at factories in China. Pegatron Chief Financial Officer Charles Lin told Reuters that the explosion at the plant belonging to Riteng Computer Accessory Co, in Shanghai's Songjiang industrial park, had not caused...
10:38 AM, Dec 19, 2011
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