The Uralungal Labour Contract Cooperative Society Ltd. (ULCCS) was established 100 years ago in Kozhikode, Kerala, by the social reformer Vagbhatananda. Its cooperative structure makes it to the construction sector what Amul is to the dairy industry in India. The cooperative’s engineering and construction subsidiary, U-Sphere, launched in February 2025 as part of the centenary...
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Cement and Logistics: Celebrating Sector Excellence
The 9th Indian Cement Review Awards and the Multilogistix Awards 2025, held alongside the 15th Cement Expo and Conference, celebrated excellence across the cement and logistics sectors. The ninth edition of the Indian Cement Review Awards, popularly known as the Oscars of cement industry, celebrated achievements in wealth creation, growth and individual contribution. The ceremonial...
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Shaping Skylines, Driving National Growth: How M3M India Is Powering India’s Urban Future
Indian real estate has moved far beyond brick and mortar. Today, it sits at the crossroads of economic ambition, global design standards, and changing social aspirations. Few companies reflect this shift as clearly as M3M India. In just over a decade, the country’s largest unlisted real estate developer has gone from a bold new entrant...
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Express Logistics: Powering India’s Global Trade
With India’s express logistics industry set to double in value by FY2029-30, its role extends beyond numbers and symbolises the nation’s ability to deliver to the world with speed, reliability and confidence, writes Vijay Kumar. India stands on the cusp of a defining economic moment. The convergence of digital transformation, infrastructure modernisation and an ambitious...
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Chasing the Barrel: India’s Relentless Hydrocarbon Quest
As India’s appetite for oil and natural gas grows at a pace few major economies can match, it is reshaping the country’s strategy to secure long-term hydrocarbon supplies. Whether it succeeds will hinge on several critical factors, writes Manish Pant. If there is one word that captures India’s ever-growing appetite for oil and natural gas,...
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Shaping Skylines, Driving National Growth: How M3M India Is Powering India’s Urban Future
Indian real estate has moved far beyond brick and mortar. Today, it sits at the crossroads of economic ambition, global design standards, and changing social aspirations. Few companies reflect this shift as clearly as M3M India. In just over a decade, the country’s largest unlisted real estate developer has gone from a bold new entrant...
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Smarter, Greener, Stronger
Siemens Infrastructure Transition Monitor 2025 provides insights into how Energy, Industry, and buildings are powering the infrastructure transition Powering the Future: The Energy Sector’s Digital Revolution The Siemens Infrastructure Transition Monitor 2025 reveals a dramatic acceleration in the digital transformation of global energy infrastructure. Over 70% of energy sector respondents now see digital technologies—especially AI,...
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India Eyes US Trade Framework Deal by Year-End; FDI Strategy Expands Beyond Market Access
Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal has said that, alongside negotiations on a bilateral trade agreement with the US, India is pursuing a framework deal to tackle reciprocal tariff challenges faced by domestic exporters. A senior Department of Commerce official has said India is likely to conclude a framework trade deal with the US within this calendar...
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India’s GDP Surges 8% in H1 FY26, Driven by Infra and Services
Private consumption has emerged as the key driver of India’s growth momentum, with Real PFCE rising 7.9 per cent in Q2 against 6.4 per cent last year, and expected to sustain in the current quarter. Buoyed by secondary and tertiary sectors of the economy, real GDP growth for the second quarter of the current fiscal...
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SIA‑India Pushes Bold Budget, Hybrid PLI to Power Space Sector Takeoff
Alongside higher allocations proposed over the next three Union Budgets, the industry association has urged a unique hybrid Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme to draw global investment into India’s fast‑growing space economy. Industry body Satcom Industry Association of India (SIA-India) has urged higher allocation for the space sector in the Union Budget 2026-27, along with...