CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -BHEL signs Technology Transfer Agreement with ISRO for manufacture of Space Grade Lithium-ion cells | Official Website of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, New Delhi, India.

Detailed explanation-2: -GOCL Corporation Limited, Hyderabad,National Aluminium Co Limited, Bhubaneswar, Sukhbir Agro Energy Limited, New Delhi, Tata Chemicals Limited, Mumbai, and Thermax Limited, Pune, ISRO said on its website. ISRO will intimate further modalities to all the applicants through individual communications, it added.

Detailed explanation-3: -GODI India, the first Indian company to get BIS certification to sell lithium-ion cells developed and produced locally, today announced beginning production of India’s first-ever 5.2 Ah 21700 cylindrical lithium-ion cells with an energy density of 275 Wh/kg based on silicon anode technology.

Detailed explanation-4: -Exide Industries is India’s largest selling battery company. Exide plans to participate in the PLI Scheme for National Programme on ACC battery storage and it recently forayed into lithium ion cell manufacturing.

Detailed explanation-5: -CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited) has become the largest lithium-ion battery manufacturer in 2022, overtaking its main competitor LG Energy Solution.