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Tata Power Renewables Signs PPA for 80 MW Dispatchable Green Energy Project in Mumbai
IndiGo to Resume China Flights from October 26 as India-China Air Services Restart
From Muddy Tracks to Expressways: Bihar’s Quiet Road Revolution
Indian Railways Launches Assured Transit Container Service from Delhi to Kolkata
IGL Opens New Delhi Office as Minister Puri Highlights India’s Clean Energy Push and Refining Ambitions
Road Construction May Hit Five-Year Low in FY2026, Cautions ICRA
Delhi Airport Rolls Out E-Arrival Card for Foreign Travellers to Streamline Immigration
From Muddy Tracks to Expressways: Bihar’s Quiet Road Revolution
NMIA Secures DGCA Aerodrome Licence Ahead of October Launch
India Re-elected to ICAO Council with Enhanced Global Support
India’s Renewable Energy Surge: ICRA Projects 35 GW Capacity in FY2026
Air Marshal Bharti Calls for Full Indigenisation to Win Future Wars
Air India, Airbus Launch Advanced Pilot Training Hub in Gurugram
India-Bhutan Rail Links Signal Strategic Leap in Himalayan Connectivity
India Anchors $8 Billion Maritime Investment Wave
India’s Deepwater Energy Ambitions Ignite with Andaman Basin Gas Discovery
Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor to emerge as major economic cluster: Ashwini Vaishnaw
IndiGo Adds 12 New Domestic Routes in October, Strengthens Regional Air Connectivity Across India
IndiGo Deepens Indian Ocean Connectivity with New Routes to Bali and Malé
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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.