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ICRA Forecasts Steady Power Demand Growth in FY2026 Amid Monsoon Drag and Renewable Surge
IndiGo Retains Dominance in Indian Skies as Four New Airports Join Winter Schedule 2025
Railways Deploys 6,181 Special Trains for Post-Chhath Return; Bihar Stations Reinforced for Festive Rush
NTPC and EIL Partner to Develop Coal-to-SNG Facility for Grid Stability and Clean Energy Transition
NHAI to Display Toll Pass Details at Fee Plazas to Boost Transparency and Ease Travel
TEC Signs MoU with IIT-Hyderabad to Drive Indigenous Telecom Standards
Grid of Change: Odisha Model and Reimagining Power Sector Reforms Through PPPs
SAEL to Procure 2 MT of Paddy Waste for Clean Energy Push, Targets 300,000 Tonnes CO₂e Avoidance
Vikram Solar Secures 148.9 MW Module Order from Sunsure Energy for Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh Projects
KPIL Secures ₹23.32 Billion in New Orders Across T&D and Civil Infrastructure Businesses
NHAI to Deploy Network Survey Vehicles for 20,000-Plus km Highway Audit Across 23 States
India’s Renewables Pivot: From Speed to System Strength
IndiGo Expands Saudi Connectivity with Daily Mumbai-Madinah Flights from November 15
Vaishnaw Visits Delhi Station as Railways Set to Run Record 12,011 Festive Trains
UDAN Turns Nine: 15.6 Million Flyers, ₹90 Billion Invested in Regional Aviation
India’s Logistics Cost to Hit Single Digits by December 2025: Gadkari
Toshiba Commits ₹32.32 Billion to Expand T&D Manufacturing in Japan and India
Embraer-Mahindra Alliance to Deliver C-390 Millennium Transport Aircraft for IAF
Inland Waterway Haldia Multi-Modal Terminal Operationalised Under PPP Model
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Growth Spearhead
Ramboll has announced the appointment of Sanjeev Kapoor as Director to lead its transport business in India. Based in Gurgaon, Kapoor´s responsibility will include developing and driving the business growth strategy for Ramboll´s transport market in India and leading the organisation to identifying new profit avenues.
Is India´s steel industry ready to take the torch from China?
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushes for improvements in India´s infrastructure and housing, the nation´s steel consumption is set to accelerate. China´s demand for steel, meanwhile, is retreating from the double-digit growth rates of the past 10 years as Beijing tries to shift the economy to focus on domestic consumption rather than exports.
Smart cities will open up multiple growth opportunities
Agendra Kumar, President of Esri India, lays down the essential elements that should be in the roadmap for development of smart cities in India.
Transforming our cities
Cities that have a perfect socioeconomic set-up with an integrated technological base have become the need of the hour owing to the rapid pace of urbanisation. As India looks to develop 100 smart cities
Water: The challenge to India's development
It is now becoming paramount for the nation to invest in infrastructure, maintenance, revamp the effectiveness of water utilities and plan for a 24/7 safe water delivery strategy in all cities
A balancing act
The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 is an Act of Indian Parliament that regulates land acquisition and lays down rules for granting compensation,
Land Acquisition Bill is not against industrialisation
Union Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh said that the new Land Acquisition Bill is not against industrialisation and urbanisation as there is no bar on purchase of private land. He said the new Act renamed as the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2013 will come into force only in such cases where the land will be acquired by Central or State Authorities for any public purpose.
Cost, lopsided contracts, technology adoption are still issues: Experts
Tunnelling is a relatively recent phenomenon in India in especially when it comes to roads. With few domestic players in the market in manufacturing sophisticated equipment, each tunnel is a marvel in itself.
Improving land use for better transport
The single-agency approach to city development, coupled with disincentivising unplanned growth, has been adopted internationally. In India, the ball often gets tossed between the two leading heads-the mayor and the municipal commissioner.






