In a significant development, nearly 200 reputed engineering colleges located across the country have opted for the scheme to adopt stretches of National Highways.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the continuation and revamping of the scheme for financial support to public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the infrastructure viability gap funding (VGF) Scheme till 2024-25 with a total outlay of Rs 81 billion.

Ministry of Shipping will now be known as the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. This was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of the roll-on-roll-off terminal at Hazira on Sunday.

Diversified metals and mining company, Vedanta Resources Ltd’s flagship corporate social responsibility (CSR) project Nand Ghar has rolled out its 1,700th centre in Dharwad district in Karnataka on Monday, thus moving closer to the vision of setting up 4,000 such facilities across India.

The infrastructure engineering and software company, Bentley Systems, Inc. announced on Friday, following the initial public offering of its stock on September 23, the company’s successful recruitment for three significant operating positions. All three new executives are presently in place.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed hope that India would become a global hub for artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and many more Indians would start working on this in the time to come.

The National Safety Council of India (NSCI) conferred Shapoorji Pallonji’s Engineering & Construction (SP E&C) division with seven awards in the buildings and non-building categories for construction safety.

Minister of State for Railways and Member of Parliament Suresh Angadi passed away on Wednesday evening at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) due to COVID-19. He is the first union minister to have died of coronavirus.

Students competing for the popular NET for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and lectureship in Indian universities and colleges, including the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and GATE for JRF in the Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) laboratories can now opt for geospatial as a subject.