Mahindra & Mahindra’s Cherokee jeep project with Chrysler Corporation of the US is off, according to Mr. R. K. Pitamber, Managing Director of M & M. ‘Since July this year nothing really moved in our talks with Chrysler,’ he said. ‘We felt they were not too keen on the project.’ The Cherokee jeep was expected to hit the roads in late 1995. Priced at around Rs. 15 lakhs, it was targeted for the upper end of the market. M & M’s tie-up with Ford Motor Company follows a series of talks between the two parties.

PSLV bang on target

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) D2 had a textbook-perfect lift-off from the SHAR Centre launch pad at 10-35 a.m. today. Closely hugging the desired trajectory, the 44-tonne launch vehicle took exactly 1012 seconds after blast-off to inject the 804-kg remote sensing satellite IRS P2 into a near sun-synchronous orbit at 825 km above earth. Moments after the event, the ISRO Chairman, Dr. K. Kasturirangan, exclaimed: “It’s a great day for ISRO and a great day for India.”

Dutch council recognises BIS

The Dutch accreditation council, Raad voor de Certification (RvC) has decided to grant accreditation to the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to assess and certify quality management systems for the ISO 9000 series. Official sources said representatives of RvC had visited offices of BIS to study the organisation and its capabilities. “RvC accreditation would ensure increased acceptability of BIS attestation in the international market,” a senior official said. The Indian Register Quality Systems, a department of the Indian Register of Shipping, was the first Indian agency to receive RvC accreditation.

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