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...
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CareEdge-ESG and RAEX Ink Strategic MoU to Advance Global ESG Collaboration
Announced in Mumbai and Moscow, the partnership sets out collaboration on ESG knowledge exchange, joint publications and sectoral insights. CareEdge‑ESG, a wholly owned subsidiary of CARE Ratings Ltd, has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) with RAEX International Group, Russia’s leading analytical agency, to strengthen global cooperation in environmental, social and governance (ESG) thought...
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CII Seeks Sovereign Fund to Finance India’s Long-Term Growth
New Delhi-based apex industry body, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), has proposed the creation of an India Development and Strategic Fund (IDSF), a sovereign-backed institution to finance the long-term growth, resilience, and global economic security of the world’s fastest-growing major economy. A sovereign-backed fund is a state-owned investment institution that invests surplus reserves for...
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The Great Maritime Reset
As part of its Amrit Kaal Vision 2047, India has undertaken systemic reforms as well as initiated the construction of mega ports and transhipment hubs to reclaim its position as a global maritime superpower, opine Jagannarayan Padmanabhan and Parul Singhal Garg. The Amrit Kaal Vision 2047 expands the goals of the Maritime India Vision 2030...
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Tailwinds Returning: Rekindling India’s Wind Ambitions
India’s energy future isn’t just about getting more megawatts; it’s a journey where wind power helps the country become independent, boosts industry, and supports its goal of becoming net-zero, writes Amit Kansal. India’s renewable energy story has garnered global attention, but one chapter of that story comes with special promise: wind energy. India, once a...