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Chennai, Sep 4 (Reporter) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, who is on an official visit
to US to attract investments, took a bicycle ride in the Chicago beach on Wednesday
morning.
Sharing the video of his cycling drive in his social media, Mr Stalin said "Evening’s calm
sets the stage for new dreams."
Mr Stalin, who left for US on August 27, completed his first leg of visit to San Francisco
and reached Chicago on Tuesday night.
Mr Stalin, is on an official trip to US to attract investments to achieve the goal of making
TN a USD one trillion dollar economy by 2030.
Upon reaching Chicago, he posted "reached Chicago from San Franciso".
"I thank the Tamil brethrens from showering affection on me by according a rousing reception",
he said.
During his Chicago visit, Mr Stalin will meet leading investors, business and top executives of
leading firms, including Fortune 500 companies and invite them to invest in the State.
He will also be addressing the Tamil diaspora.
At San Francisco, the Tamil Nadu government, in the presence of Mr Stalin, signed MoUs
with eight companies attracting investments to the tune of Rs 1,300 crore, that would offer
jobs for over 4,600 people, he said.
In Tamil Nadu, the government, under the leadership of Mr Stalin, is actively working to
enhance the industrial growth and create job opportunities for youth, according to an
official release.
As part of this effort, the Chief Minister is on an official visit to the USA to attract industrial
investments.
During this visit, at an investors' conference in San Francisco, MoUs were signed with six
leading global companies—Nokia, PayPal, Eltete Engineering Systems, Microchip Technology,
Infinx Healthcare, and Applied Materials—for an investment of Rs 900 crores, which will create
4,100 jobs in Chennai, Coimbatore, and Madurai.
Subsequently, the Chief Minister met with senior executives from Apple, Google, and Microsoft,
inviting them to invest in Tamil Nadu and signed an MoU with Google for setting up Artificial
Intelligence (AI) research labs in the state.
Following this, another MoU with Ohmium was signed in San Francisco for setting up a new
electrolyzers and green hydrogen factory in Chengalpattu district, involving an investment
of Rs 400 crores, which will provide employment for 500 people.
Ohmium designs and manufactures green hydrogen production and scalable Proton Exchange
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