Wednesday, September 30
Global electric vehicle (EV) giants can now apply for the scheme to promote manufacturing of electric passenger cars in India, which offers significantly lower import tax for automakers that pledge to invest in domestic electric vehicle production. Union Heavy Industries Minister H D Kumaraswamy inaugurated the portal for accepting applications under the scheme, which will remain open till October 21. He reiterated that EV giant Tesla is only interested in opening showrooms in India to sell its cars, and not inclined towards setting up manufacturing facilities in the country. "Their (Tesla's) interest is only to open the showroom. They want to sell their car in India. Other than that, actually, there is no further development about this," he said. Responding to another question on reports
Japan's army announced Tuesday that it conducted a missile test for the first time on Japanese territory. The test-firing of the Type-88 surface-to-ship short range missile was conducted Tuesday at an army firing range in Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido. Japan is accelerating its military buildup to acquire strike-back capabilities as a deterrence to China. Japan has previously conducted missile tests overseas, including in the territories of its defense partners such as the United States and Australia.
