Boeing has announced a $100 million investment in infrastructure and programs to train pilots in India. This comes on the heels of Air India signing firm orders of over 200 jets earlier this week from Boeing, which include 20 787 Dreamliners, 10 777Xs, and 190 737 MAX narrow body aircraft.

The US-based International Battery Company (IBC) is considering setting up a cell manufacturing unit in Karnataka by investing Rs 8,000 crore in the state, M B Patil,Industries Minister said. IBC representatives met Patil and discussed the way forward.

Gogoro will invest more than $1.5 billion to establish state-wide battery charging and swapping infrastructure in Maharashtra. The proposed Ultra Mega Project deal includes financial incentives and support from the Maharashtra government.

Tata Chemicals intends to pump in a capex of Rs 8,000 crore over the three years to fuel its business expansion mode with a sustainability focus. The capex for FY23 was Rs 1,500 crore. The company will increase its soda ash capacity by another one million tonne (MT), taking its total global capacity to 5.3 MT.

Singareni Collieries Company and NTPC have signed four agreements on supply of coal to Kudgi and Solapur thermal units of the latter, for adjustment of total coal supply under linkage for its plants based on the need and for advance payment for fuel (coal) supply to its Ramagundam plant.

Plans are afoot to convert the age-old film centre located in Prayagraj’s Civil Lines area into a museum. The proposed museum will showcase the rich legacy of the film history of North India. An amount of around Rs 4 crore will be spent on the project.

The State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (Sipcot) has earmarked about 125 acre of land at its Manapparai industrial park in Trichy for setting up an aerospace park to promote investments in the sector as well as in defence manufacturing.

Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has approved the night landing facility at Kalaburagi Airport in Karnataka. The Kalaburagi Airport has a runway of 09-27 (3175m x 45m) and an apron suitable to park 03 aircraft (1 A-320, 02 ATR 72/Q-400).

The airport will consist of four terminals and will have parking for 42 aircraft. There will also be a grand parking lot with a capacity for 5,500 vehicles. The airport will be linked to the 22-km Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL), which will be the key road connector between it and the metropolis.