Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the 306 km long Rewari-Madar section of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) on Thursday through video conference. He also flagged off the double-stack long haul container train on this route.

Union Minister for Coal & Mines, Pralhad Joshi has said that the National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) will invest around Rs. 300 billion crores by the financial year 2027-28 on expansion and diversification.

Smart cities of the future would require smart urban traffic management. Realising this fundamental truth, Siemens reimagined and ideated a solution that is customer-centric and factors in all the variables that are unique to specific urban scenarios, writes DEEPAK GORAY.

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) voted unanimously to leave the policy repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent. At the same time, the marginal standing facility and bank rate also remained unchanged at 4.25 per cent, while the reverse repo rate too remained unchanged at 3.35 per cent.

The construction & infrastructure sector will make a strong comeback to support the revival of the Indian economy, says TONY VAN HERBRUGGEN

The country’s first automated delivery-based gas trading platform, India Gas Exchange (IGX) has announced securing the necessary authorisation to operate as a gas exchange as per the provisions of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Gas Exchange) Regulations, 2020, for a period of 25 years.

The big elephant in the room affecting the future of roof-top solar in India is and has been government policy. Frequent changes in state government policy have made things difficult for both consumers and developers. By ANIMESH DAMANI

In the months to come, India can undoubtedly pick a few lessons from China and with appropriate improvisations lead the way to making policy changes that bring in a radical change in the ease of doing business as well as supplying its domestic needs and international demands. By DR. POORNIMA ADVANI

Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Minister of Science & Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan has said that as the world raced to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, India was looking to become self-reliant in both development of the vaccine and its mass production.