Gandhinagar, Feb 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate Micron Technology’s advanced semiconductor facility at Gujarat’s Sanand on Saturday, which features one of the world’s largest cleanrooms for chip manufacturing.The facility marks a major step in strengthening India’s semiconductor manufacturing capabilities.The Phase‑1 cleanroom at the Sanand plant spans five lakh square feet.Speaking ahead of the inauguration, Sanjay Mehrotra, Chairman, President and Chi…
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Gandhinagar, Feb 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate an advanced semiconductor Assembly, Testing, Marking and Packaging (ATMP) facility in Sanand on February 28.The inauguration is said to mark a significant step in India’s semiconductor manufacturing ambitions under the National Semiconductor Mission.The Sanand unit, established by Micron Semiconductor Technology India Pvt. Ltd., has been developed with an investment of Rs 22,516 crore.The facility will undertake assembly, …
Gandhinagar, Feb 25 (IANS) Gujarat will host the third edition of the Semiconnect Conference on March 1 in Gandhinagar, bringing together global semiconductor chief executives, policymakers and industry leaders to discuss India’s expanding role in the global value chain.The two-day conference is being organised by the state’s Department of Science and Technology and the Gujarat State Electronics Mission (GSEM).The event is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for achieving self…
Ahmedabad, Feb 21 (IANS) A plan to deploy more than 3,000 electric buses alongside expanded metro connectivity and a Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) to transform Ahmedabad’s urban transport network was unveiled at the inauguration of the ‘Ahmedabad Next’ and ‘Mobility Exhibition’ on Saturday. The exhibition was inaugurated by Minister of State for Urban Development Darshana Vaghela at an event jointly organised by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Shift Transport.The p…
Ahmedabad, Feb 5 (IANS) Ahmedabad will host the National Town and Country Planners Conference from February 6 to 8 after a gap of 13 years, as urbanisation pressures and regional development challenges take centre stage across India. More than 500 town planners, policymakers, academicians and urban development experts from across the country are expected to participate in the three-day event to deliberate on the future of regional planning.The conference is being organised by the Institute of To…
Sanand, Feb 5 (IANS) Police in Gujarat’s Sanand conducted a raid on a private weekend home near Ahmedabad and detained 81 people after allegedly uncovering a liquor and hookah party held in violation of the state’s prohibition laws, officials said on Thursday.The raid was carried out at Nirvana Greens Weekend Home near the Goras Seem area of Sanand on Wednesday night, following specific intelligence received by the police.According to officials, the gathering was organised under the pretext of a…
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) Enthusiasm is at its peak at Singur, the erstwhile site for Tata Motors’ small car project Nano, in Hooghly district of West Bengal, over the Chief Minister’s likely message at a scheduled rally there later in the day.The excitement over the rally stems from two reasons. The Chief Minister will be leaving for New Delhi immediately after her Singur rally, reportedly to garner consensus among opposition parties against the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in some…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose arrived at Bandel railway station on Sunday after travelling from Malda on the Intercity Express, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled public rally in Singur, Hooghly district. The Governor’s visit is part of preparations related to the Prime Minister’s official engagements in the state.Strict security arrangements were put in place at Bandel station from early morning. Railway officials, along with the district ad…
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to address a public rally at Singur in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, where he is expected to resurrect the memories of the exit of Tata Motors’ small car project, Nano, in 2008. The pull-out of the project from Singur happened in the face of the violent movement by Trinamool Congress, as the then Opposition party in the state, led by the then opposition leader and the current West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, against lan…
Gandhinagar, Jan 2 (IANS) In a step towards achieving the vision of Developed India by 2047 and Developed Gujarat@2047, the Bhupendra Patel government has accelerated plans for the strategic development of Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities. Aligning with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of strengthening smaller urban centres, the state, under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, has initiated the process to develop five satellite towns by 2030 and has invited urban planners to prepare…