January 6, 2011 7:34 PM

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PM arrives in Mumbai

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived in Mumbai on Thursday afternoon. He was received by Governor of Maharashtra K. Sankaranarayanan, Chief Minister of Maharashtra Mr. Prithiviraj Chavan and Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport. Prime Minister will be visiting Bhabha Atomic Research Centre at Trombay. Later in the evening, he will present the annual Infosys Prize, which is awarded under the aegis of the Infosys Science Foundation, a non-profit trust, set up in 2009 by the management of software giant. The award honours the achievements of scientists and researchers in five categories. Each award consists of a cash prize of 50 lakh rupees and a gold medal.The Prime Minister will on Friday inaugurate BARC's second power reactor fuel reprocessing plant at the Tarapur Atomic Power Station located around 100 km from Mumbai. The plant would replace the existing 10-tonne per annum facility at BARC. The new facility, capable of reprocessing 100 tonnes of spent fuel a year, would greatly enhance India's presence in the select club of countries using the closed fuel cycle technology.

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