8SEPTEMBER, 2025TATA AGRICO FIRST AGRI TOOLS BRAND IN INDIA WITH GREENPRO CERTIFICATIONINDIA INVITES RUSSIAN FIRMS TO INVEST IN SPACE INNOVATION PROJECTSTata Steel has announced that their flagship hand tools brand, Tata Agrico, has attained the first GreenPro Certification from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - Green Products and Services Council for an agricultural tools brand in India. The GreenPro Certification represents an expanded leap for Tata Steel in relation to sustainability and acknowledges Tata Agrico's commitment to supplying Indian farmers with tools in an environmentally conscious, resource-efficient manner. The award was presented at a formal ceremony in Chennai with sustainability leaders, CII officials and industry experts in attendance. Peeyush Gupta, Vice President ­ TQM, Group Strategic Procurement & Supply Chain, Tata Steel, stated, "We are very proud to receive the GreenPro Certification for Tata Agrico. This certification represents our commitment to sustainable agricultural support through performance-based products that also have minimum environmental impact. In a country whose economy is based on agriculture, this is both recognition of and additional focus on responsible business."The GreenPro eco-label is a Type-I eco-label certification that assists consumers in identifying products that meet stringent environmental performance criteria. It is a detailed assessment that includes raw materials, manufacturing processes, energy efficiency, recyclability, and life cycle impact.Founded in 1925, Tata Agrico is the first brand of Tata Steel, and thereby, very few brands in Agriculture and Infrastructure that can be trusted for high quality hand tools. Tata Agrico has a vast product portfolio including agricultural implements, garden tools, welding electrodes, cutting wheels, grinding wheels and more.The recognition reinforces Tata Agrico's leadership through innovation, durability and sustainability, while encouraging India to transition to greener and more sustainable farming practices. India has invited Russian enterprises to invest in its burgeoning space sector, stressing the new developments in innovation and technology. Ambassador Vinay Kumar made the call to celebrate the second National Space Day at the Indian Embassy in Moscow. "The Government of India is putting out attractive schemes to create a favorable climate for the space market," Kumar said, noting the Indian deal flow has huge potential for collaboration and growth. "It is significant because National Space Day celebrates the successes of our space industry," he explained, citing the successful landing of the Pragyan Rover to the Moon as part of the Chandrayaan-3 mission on August 23, 2023. National Space Day is celebrated annually.Kumar also reminded the audience about the long and deep history of space collaboration between the two countries. He recalled when India's first satellite, Aryabhata was launched on a Soviet rocket in 1975, and also in 1984, Rakesh Sharma's historic journey aboard Soyuz T-11 and how the collaboration continues today with India's Gaganyaan human spaceflight program being developed by India and Russia. Representatives and officials from Russia's space agency Roscosmos, which is a significant partner of ISRO, attended the event underscoring the long-standing relationship of the two space agencies and the two nations overall. Kumar linked the present to India's cultural heritage by noting that although the space industry may be new, space has been studied in India since the Vedic period. "In this tradition, thinkers like Aryabhata studied celestial phenomena and their influence in our earthly life. Today, space pervades our lives from communication to navigation," he said. The event also included cultural performances by students of Kendriya Vidyalaya run by the Embassy and members of the Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre reflecting the growing interest in space science among students and young people. TOP STORIES8SEPTEMBER, 2025
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