India's first advanced ultra-supercritical thermal power plant would be set up in the Sipat station of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in Chhattisgarh.

With all the glitter and shine, India's newly-found tech hub, Telangana, hosted the country's smartest conclave ever - SMART URBANATION from March 22to 23, 2018.

India's fragile and finite water resources are depleting, while the multi-sectoral needs of water from sustained economic growth (over 8 per cent) will further increase demand for water with supporting dynamics like increased energy and consumption.

Krishnapatnam Port, the country’s largest all-weather; deep water port on the east-coast of India, in its quest to become best port globally has increased its draft for container terminal to 16 meters. With the new milestone, Krishnapatnam Port Container Terminal now shares the honor of being one of the deepest draft container ports on the east coast of India.

I think in many sectors the policies are conducive. The most recent example is the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Project, where IFC was the lead public-private-partnership (PPP) transaction advisor. We helped structure the bidding process to include a three-tiered payment security mechanism.

In the recently concluded Smart Cities workshop-City Infra Outlook and Development plan-by the Smart Cities Council India, decision makers and solution providers closely examined what Solapur should do in order to enable a vibrant city operating platform.

The Smart Cities Council India successfully organised its first-in-its-series of India-wide multicity smart cities workshops in Solapur on June 2, 2017. Solapur was selected under the Centre’s smart city mission, which witnessed a lineup of world-class solution providers.

With 59 special purpose vehicles (SPVs) in place, India's Smart Cities Mission is now ready to take off. With more than 15 tenders coming in every month, winning cities have made sure their envisaged plans are on track, albeit at a slow speed.

Effective and fast-track implementation of decisions taken by the governments of India and Bangladesh has resulted in enhancement of trade and investment between the two nations, said Veena Sikri, Former Ambassador of India to Bangladesh, at a FICCI seminar on ‘Doing Business with Bangladesh’.