It is a great time for our industry leaders and entrepreneurs to look at oil and gas exploration in India. It has never been easier, faster and more profitable to do exploration in India,” Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri posted on the microblogging platform X, while inviting feedback on a series of proposed reforms to...
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Operation Sindoor: The Indigenous Edge
India’s aerial strikes on terror infrastructure inside Pakistan under Operation Sindoor have been more than a tactical success. They are also a defining moment for India’s indigenous defence manufacturing. The first phase of the operation, running from May 7-10, saw homegrown technologies in air defence systems to precision-strike capabilities outperform foreign alternatives, proving India’s strategic...
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Securing India’s New Crown Jewels
As India advances its economic growth and strengthens its global presence, embedding security-by-design into the infrastructure being built will ensure resilience, safety, and long-term national prosperity, writes Pushkar Gokhale. The story of India’s transformation is inseparable from the story of its infrastructure. Roads, railways, airports, smart cities, digital highways, and energy corridors, you name it,...
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Collaborating Beyond Bricks and Steel
All stakeholders, including industry, government, investors, institutions, and communities, need to work together to build infrastructure that is not only functional but also resilient, inclusive, and sustainable, opines YR Nagaraja. In India, infrastructure is more than just roads, bridges, and buildings; it’s the foundation of our growth story. It determines how efficiently we live, how...
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Jayesh Ranjan & Cement Expo Forum Leaders converge in Hyderabad
Jayesh Ranjan, IAS, Special Chief Secretary for ITE&C and Industries & Commerce Departments, Government of Telangana, to be the Guest of Honour at the Cement Expo Forum 2025, which will be held alongside Indian Cement Review Awards and Conference on March 5-6, 2025 at Taj Krishna, Hyderabad Highlight of the Forum will be Fireside Chat,...
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MOU signed between NBCC and Hindu College for development of “Centre for Advance Studies”
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between NBCC (India) Ltd. and Hindu College, University of Delhi, for development of “Centre for Advance Studies” valued at Rs. 180 Crore approximately. The MoU was signed by Prof. Anju Srivastava, Principal, Hindu College, and Sh. Nagendra Kumar, Chief General Manager, NBCC in presence of senior faculty members...
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Global investors are eyeing India’s infrastructure sector
For India, transitioning from a $2.3 trillion economy to a $30 trillion economy by 2047 will need an incremental $20 trillion in urban economic output. India’s urban transformation is both a challenge and an opportunity, finds out Rakesh Rao, during his conversation with Clara Cutajar, Global Capital Projects & Infrastructure Leader, PwC; Jennifer Tay, Asia...
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Roads & Highways Builders book RAHSTA Expo
India’s Largest Road Construction Expo has attracted exhibitors from all over India and has been sold out in Mumbai for Oct 9-10 at Jio World Convention Centre Mumbai, October 1, 2024 – Excitement is building as the 10th India Construction Festival approaches, set to take place on October 9th and 10th at the Jio Convention...
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Debt Financing: Funding Sustainable Infra
Sustainable Infrastructure: Debt Financing Shiva Rajaraman, CEO of NIIF IFL, discusses the changes in the infrastructure landscape in the country, policy back-ups and different sources of infrastructure finance that have opened up in the country. With a balance sheet of an impressive Rs.210 billion with zero per cent NPAs, NIIF IFL is an infrastructure debt fund...
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$30 trillion economy seems possible
Unveiling a $30T Economic Vision Government funding has to be complemented by private sector investment. By 2018 to 2020, assets which were created in the early phase were completed and started earning revenue to become an asset class of its own. So that has again evinced interest of investors, says Padmanabhan Raja Jaishankar, Managing Director, India...