Technology news from India in November 2023 captured items as diverse as: India’s moves into the small satellites launch market; lithium recycling for India’s critical minerals needs; energy production in India using floating solar panel arrays; and more.
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- India: Skyroot Aerospace secures $27.5M backing, led by Singapore gov’t Temasek fund, with sights on the global small-to-medium size satellite launch market
- India: Hack sees personal data of 815 million citizens posted for sale on the dark web, raising fears of identity fraud and more
- India: Hindustan Petroleum state-run refiner to launch blockchain system to automate purchase order verification, partnering Zupple Labs to integrate digital credentialing technology
- India: RecycleKaro, taking lithium ion battery waste and processing it into cobalt, nickel and manganese
“From 2015, RecycleKaro started extracting metals from electronic waste. In 2019, we set up a small pilot plant and produced 5 metric tons of cobalt sulfate per month. When companies like Tata Chemicals started buying our product, we built a commercial plant — the largest in India for recycling of lithium ion batteries, where we process 180 metric tons every month.”
- India Australia Rapid Innovation & Startup Expansion Accelerator has launched, seeking circular economy technologies and solutions
- India: A brief look at Quant Solar Technologies, working on floating solar tech that both conserves water bodies and reduces evaporation by up to 70%
- Taiwan’s iPhone maker Foxconn to invest an additional $1.6BN in India, adding to 9 production campuses and over 30 factories in the country
- India may gain agreements for 3 more semiconductor fabrication facilities in the coming months, representing investment of $8-12BN
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