The meeting focused on measures to build a robust, globally competitive ecosystem in step with India’s rapidly expanding aviation sector. India held the first meeting of the High‑Level Committee (HLC) on Aircraft Leasing and Financing on Wednesday to deliberate measures for building a robust and globally competitive ecosystem, in step with the rapid expansion of the country’s aviation sector. In his opening remarks, Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu said, “Last year, we organised the first Aircraft Leasing Summit in GIFT City. One of the key suggestions from stakeholders was the ratification of the Cape Town Convention,...
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Naidu Chairs High‑Level Committee to Strengthen Aircraft Leasing and Financing
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NHAI Tightens AI-Machine Construction Norms
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‘Logistics growth will mirror India’s manufacturing momentum’
NHAI Tightens AI-Machine Construction Norms
New Delhi: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has significantly tightened its framework for Automated and Intelligent Machine-Aided Construction (AI-MC), introducing provisions that could directly affect contractor payments, equipment deployment and digital ownership of highway project data. Under Policy Circular No. 11.109/2026 dated August 28, 2026, mandatory AI-MC deployment has been rationalised to highway projects with a continuous length exceeding 20 km and an EPC/civil construction cost above Rs 5 billion. Standalone bridges, ROBs, tunnels, short bypasses below 10 km and strengthening/overlay projects where base earthwork is not reconstructed are exempt; adoption below the thresholds remains optional. However, the more...
IndiGo Ventures Backs Sarvam to Drive AI in Aviation
The collaboration combines IndiGo’s operational scale and aviation expertise with Sarvam’s capabilities across AI models, voice and agentic systems to build a more intelligent, AI-enabled airline. IndiGo Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of IndiGo, India’s largest airline by fleet and market share, has announced an undisclosed investment in Sarvam, India’s full‑stack sovereign AI company. The investment, part of Sarvam’s Series B funding round, builds on the existing partnership between the two companies, which have been collaborating on customer engagement, employee productivity, and streamlining complex operational workflows using AI. The deal creates a long‑term platform for accelerating AI‑led innovation and operational...
