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ET Prime Special Series: Multibagger or IBC - Part 59: Japan taught it. Tata bought it. Now EVs will test this auto ancillaryThis is a story about a company that is simultaneously an asset and an anomaly. An asset because it builds a tangible, necessary product, g...
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw shares drone cleaning video, asks startups: 'Where's your innovation?'Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon founder, sparked debate by questioning startup innovation. She shared a video of a drone cleaning windows in Be...
Centre plans Guwahati Water Metro in Phase I of nationwide rollout: Union minister Sarbananda SonowalIndia is set to launch Water Metro services in 18 cities, with Guwahati leading Phase I. This initiative aims to transform waterways into e...
Inside India’s Next-Gen Workspaces: The Rise of Intelligent Commercial EcosystemsL&T Realty is expanding its commercial real estate footprint while setting new benchmarks for India’s modern work environment
Amaravati still under construction, but Quantum Valley project already luring deep tech startups, scientistsAmaravati, a new city in Andhra Pradesh, is becoming a hub for quantum computing. A technology park called Quantum Valley is attracting sci...
Safer pilgrimage, dedicated lanes for warkaris in Maharashtra: Nitin GadkariUnion minister Nitin Gadkari announced significant progress on the Pandharpur pilgrimage route. Nearly 80 percent of the work is complete, ...
A construction site buried by Mount Vesuvius may have finally explained why Roman concrete lasted for thousands of yearsAncient Roman concrete's remarkable durability, long attributed to luck, is now understood as a result of a sophisticated "hot mixing" proc...
Construction workers uncovered six centuries old shipwrecks buried beneath the same siteAn ordinary infrastructure project in Sweden has unearthed an extraordinary past. Six shipwrecks, dating from the Middle Ages to the 17th c...
A new law in Peru treats stingless bees as rights-bearing ecological actorsPeruvian municipalities in Satipo and Nauta have granted legal rights to native stingless bees. These tiny pollinators are now recognized a...
Life feeling unfair? This Karnataka boy lost his father early, walked miles for education, studied by a lamp, & still built a legacy India will never forgetSir M. Visvesvaraya's journey from humble beginnings in Muddenahalli to becoming a renowned engineer and statesman exemplifies patience and...
SC issues pan-India directions for road safety, says expressways should not become corridor of perilThe Supreme Court has mandated new nationwide road safety rules. Heavy vehicles are now banned from parking on expressways, except at desig...
From setbacks to second wind, what next for Ola and Bhavish Aggarwal?Ola Electric is struggling to revive its position after a sharp fall in market share, financial stress and operational challenges. Founder ...
Farm to roads, a circular routeIndian innovators have made a remarkable stride with a new technology that repurposes crop stubble into a valuable resource for road buildi...
NHAI working on using solid waste of country for road construction by 2027: Nitin GadkariUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that the National Highways Authority of India aims to segregate all solid waste in the country for r...
Set up ‘innovation bank’ to focus on ‘quality’ in infra development: Nitin GadkariGadkari stated that infrastructure development is critical to achieving Prime Minister Narendra Modi's objective of making India a $5 trill...
Indian road infra industry biggest ingredient to spur economy: VK SinghThe Indian road infrastructure and highways construction industry, including the equipment and materials, is the biggest ingredient in spur...
Bring down cost of road construction without compromising on quality: Gadkari to industryGadkari also urged the industry to increase the use of plastic and rubber wastes in road construction, besides encouraging the use of waste...
Innovative technologies to drive road sector in future: SurveyGovernment needs to conduct in-depth study of the gaps between international and national standards to ensure speedy completion of projects...
Plastic waste, fly ash to be used to build roads in RajasthanRajasthan Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Yunus Khan has approved a project to build roads by using plastic waste and fly ash in Jai...
Road Min to use modern techniques in highway projectsIt has decided to use new materials and techniques in highway projects on experimental basis to promote innovation in construction of roads.