Powering security

Tata Power’s strategic engineering division on December 6 received an order from the Union defence ministry for the supply of Pinaka Multi Rocket Launcher System (MRLS) to the Indian Army. The order is worth over Rs 200 crore. While this is a remarkable testimony to the Union government’s ongoing Make in India campaign, it also provides the end-user Indian Army an option of having faster upgrades, technology refreshes, reduced repair downtime and complete in-country lifecycle support. Multi-barrel rocket launcher system Pinaka is an area weapon system that supplements the existing artillery gun at ranges beyond 30km, and has a quick reaction time and high rate of fire. Its success has been documented during the Kargil conflict, where it was successful in neutralising enemy positions on mountain tops, and has earned confidence of the Indian Army 

Steely performance

Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) sold 3.6 million tonnes (MT) of steel during the second quarter (July-September) of 2016-17, which was 32 per cent higher than the sale figure of the corresponding period of last financial year. Informing this, a SAIL release said that production of saleable steel also went up to 3.492MT during this period, recording a growth of 31 per cent over last year’s corresponding period. During the first half (April-September) of 2016-17, SAIL recorded 18 per cent growth in sale, 20 per cent growth in production of saleable steel and 12.7 per cent increase in market share

Aadhaar for SIM

Telecom service provider Vodafone India Ltd has introduced an Aadhaar based e-KYC solution for instant SIM activation of customers at its stores in Bihar and Jharkhand from this month. Informing this, Rajshekhar Metgud, the company’s business head in Bihar and Jharkhand, said any customer willing to have a Vodafone SIM can show his/her Aadhaar card and go through the biometric (fingerprint) verification successfully. His/her new SIM will be activated instantly. The new initiative had been received well, Metgud said

No cash, use Chillr

Bank of India, which supported a school sports event organised by its pensioners’ association at Bishop Westcott Boys’ School in Ranchi on December 11, utilised it to promote cashless transaction through Chillr, a multi-bank mobile app for sending and getting money via mobile phones. Chillr facilitates transactions among account holders of partner banks. One can pay other bank accounts, energy bills, and recharge phones, data cards, DTH connections