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NEW DELHI: Sushil Chandra was on Monday appointed as the new chief election commissioner of India, succeeding Sunil Arora who demitted office after completing a long innings as election commissioner and then as CEC. Chandra, a former IRS officer, had retired as the chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) before being appointed as election commissioner in February 2019.
He takes over as CEC as per convention of the senior-most election commissioner heading the poll panel. Chandra’s tenure as CEC starts half-way through the crucial assembly elections in West Bengal.
He will be overseeing the remaining four phases, and his experience as election commissioner through several assembly polls as well as 2019 Lok Sabha polls will ensure that the transition is smooth. In any case, as the election commissioner, he has been part of every decision and move of the Commission to ensure free, fair and violence-free elections in the five poll-going states/UTs including West Bengal.
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Global demand for non-ferrous metals helps Indian engineering exports survive pandemic
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A near 16 per cent increase in overall engineering exports during January,2021 over the same month last year was influenced by a sharp rise of 66.66 per cent in shipments of copper/products to USD 138.50 million from USD 83.10 million.
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Malaysia,South Korea,China, the US and Singapore are the top destinations for export of non-ferrous metals from India.
A sharp rise in global demand for non-ferrous metals like copper, aluminium and zinc along with their products , has greatly helped the Indian engineering exports brave through the Covid-19 pandemic hit world trade, an EEPC India analysis has shown.
Optilan opens new engineering hub in India
MUMBAI, January 12, 2021 Optilan, one the UK’s major communications specialists for the energy, power, rail, and infrastructure sectors, has announced the official opening of its new office in Mumbai, India. Optilan is involved in key UK infrastructure projects such as Crossrail and major international energy infrastructure works, including the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline. Optilan’s new Indian Engineering Hub will serve as a primary centre for driving cutting edge innovation. The decision to open the Engineering Hub is testament to Optilan’s growing commitment to invest in India’s world class engineering talent, as part of its mission to create security, safety, and communications related solutions that can have a genuinely global impact.