Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the three-lane 1.5 km long Koilwar bridge over River Sone in Bihar through video conferencing on Thursday.

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

Sanjay Malhotra, a 1990 batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS)’s Rajasthan cadre has assumed charge as Chairman & Managing Director, the Navratna non-financial banking company (NBFC) REC Ltd with effect from November 9. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) had approved Malhotra’s appointment.

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.

The infrastructure engineering software company, Bentley Systems Inc. has announced the establishment of Bentley iTwin Ventures to invest in promising technology companies addressing the emerging opportunity for infrastructure digital twin solutions for roadways, railways, waterways, bridges, utilities, industrial facilities and other infrastructure assets.

The Government think-tank NITI Aayog and Quality Council of India (QCI) on Wednesday launched the ‘National Programme and Project Management Policy Framework’ (NPMPF), envisaged to bring radical reforms in the way infrastructure projects are executed in India.

Union Minister for Science & Technology, Health & Family Welfare & Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Thursday inaugurated the Department of Biotechnology-Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (DBT-BIRAC) Clean Tech Demo Park at Barapullah drain site in New Delhi.

The Central Government has approved the Ministry of Railways’ proposal for a revised cost estimate for the construction of the Kolkata East-West Metro Corridor Project at an estimated cost of Rs 85.74 billion on Wednesday.

The Indian engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) projects to defence multinational, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) launched the seventh and final offshore patrol vessel (OPV) for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) today at its Kattupalli defence shipyard, north of Chennai.