The prize pool for NIDAR 2.0 has been expanded to over ₹6.5 million, with winners gaining internships, incubation and cloud credits to help turn prototypes into commercial products. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), in collaboration with the Drone Federation of India (DFI), has launched the second edition of the National Innovation Challenge for Drone...
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Karnataka Partners with SIA-India to Launch India’s First State-Led Space Technology Centre
The centre of excellence in Bengaluru will incubate startups, drive R&D, and position Karnataka as a global space innovation hub. The Karnataka government has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with the industry association SIA-India to establish India’s first state-level centre of excellence (CoE) in space technology. The initiative, led by the Karnataka Innovation and...
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Avaada Group Commits ₹360 Billion to Gujarat’s Green Energy Push at Vibrant Gujarat 2025
Under the MoU, Avaada will develop 5 GW of solar power, 1 GW of wind energy, and 5 GWh of battery storage across Gujarat’s Kutchh, Banaskantha and Surendranagar districts. Avaada Group has signed a ₹360 billion memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat government to develop large-scale solar, wind and battery energy storage system (BESS)...
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Avantel Unveils ₹560-Million Hyderabad Facility to Boost Indigenous Aerospace and Defence Technologies
The facility is expected to create over 300 direct jobs and more than 1,000 indirect employment opportunities, delivering a significant boost to Telangana’s high-tech manufacturing ecosystem. Avantel Ltd, a leading player in satellite communications and defence electronics, has inaugurated its second facility in Hyderabad to expand its footprint in indigenous aerospace and defence innovation. The...
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INOX Air Products Invests ₹5 Billion in Dholera to Build India’s First Electronic Speciality Gas Hub
Speciality gases are critical to semiconductor fabrication, with ultra-high purity essential to wafer integrity, device performance and fabrication yield. INOX Air Products (INOXAP), India’s leading producer of industrial and electronic gases, has announced a strategic investment of ₹5 billion to support the country’s fast-growing semiconductor and outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) sectors. The company...
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India Achieves 100 GW Solar PV Milestone with ALMM-Driven Expansion
This solar PV manufacturing boom has driven a near 400 per cent rise in the number of manufacturers, growing from 21 in 2021 to 100 today. India’s efforts to develop a robust renewable energy equipment manufacturing ecosystem received a major boost with the country attaining 100 GW capacity in solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing under the...
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HSR Needs Fast Tracking
A new report from The Infravision Foundation calls for the accelerated development of High-Speed Rail (HSR) to address India’s growing transport challenges. With every kilometre of High-Speed Rail (HSR) providing about five times the capacity of conventional rail, developing HSR on the Golden Quadrilateral and its diagonals—about 10,000 km—is expected to significantly boost rail capacity...
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Augmenting the Indian Economy From US$ 3 to 30 Trillion
India’s economy has seen a sharp rebound, writes Bharat Joshi, ACTL India’s economy has seen a sharp rebound after the first-two waves of the pandemic and as per the projections made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), India is expected to be among the fastest growing major economies in the world in 2021 and 2022,...
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Need to develop 700 km of metro rail lines annually to meet future growth
With Indian cities emerging as the key drivers of economic growth, attention also needs to be paid to developing a robust public transportation system in them, observes Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs. Puri made these observations at a panel discussion moderated by Pratap Padode, Editor-in-Chief, CONSTRUCTION WORLD, and Aashish Chandorkar, Columnist,...
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Spurring a Sea Change
The draft Indian Ports Bill, 2020, has many positives, but it should safeguard state autonomy and plug holes. The wish list is for an act that will make India’s coastline future-ready – safe harbours, unimpeded access, water deep enough for the largest vessels, no risk of noise, dirt and danger associated with loading and unloading...
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