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India’s Grid Capex Pipeline Swells To Rs 9 Trillion As Power Demand Hits Record
NEW DELHI: India’s rapidly rising electricity demand and renewable energy expansion are expected to drive a ₹9-trillion transmission and grid infrastructure investment cycle over the next few years, with transformers, substations, switchgear and high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems emerging as major beneficiaries. The transmission push comes as India’s peak...
RBI Forms Panel To Study Quantum Technology Risks In Finance Sector
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has formed an eight-member panel to study issues related to quantum technology and recommend a roadmap and framework to quantum-secure the Indian financial system. Anil Prabhakar, professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras, will be the convenor of the panel and the...
IRFC Hits All-Time High Profit, Makes Landmark Hyderabad Metro Funding
NEW DELHI: Indian Railways Finance Corporation Ltd (IRFC) announced its highest-ever performance during FY26 after making a historic Rs 13,527 crore refinancing arrangement for the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project. IRFC termed the move towards greater diversification within its infrastructure financing business from the traditional railway industry. IRFC recorded its...
Rising Prices, Falling Rupee And FPI Exit Pose Big Challenge To Economy
By Nantoo Banerjee India’s economy is navigating severe stress. The impact of Persian Gulf war, high cost of imported crude oil, frequent upward adjustment of retail oil prices, rising commodity rates, soaring transportation costs, weakening Rupee and continuous exit of foreign portfolio investors (FPI) are posing a big challenge...
When Energy Becomes A Political Weapon At The Hands Of Donald Trump
By R. Suryamurthy When Marco Rubio declared before arriving in India that the United States wanted to sell New Delhi “as much energy as they’ll buy,” the remark sounded, at first glance, like standard diplomatic salesmanship. In reality, it was something far more consequential. It was a blunt acknowledgement...
Chief Minister Vijay Has Similarities With The Way N T Rama Rao Became Andhra CM
By Kalyani Shankar In the vibrant South Indian political landscape, movies have often been intertwined with politics. Few personalities exemplify this connection better than two film superstars, Vijay and N.T. Rama Rao (NTR). They both share a common link: they became chief ministers shortly after launching their parties. As...
Dr. Manmohan Singh’s 10 Year Tenure And Narendra Modi’s 12 Years Portray Contrasts
By T N Ashok The comparison between the overseas engagements of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi often generates sharp political debate, but such comparisons also require an understanding of the vastly different global environments in which the two leaders operated. Dr. Singh, who led...
Indian PM Has To Recognise The Right Of Western Media To Get Replies To Their Questions
By Tirthankar Mitra India’s image abroad was tarred by a sharp exchange between an Indian diplomat and a Norwegian journalist last week at Oslo after a question was asked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Norwegian journalist Lyng Svendsen asked “Prime Minister Modi, why don’t you take some questions from...
Presently, Transformation Is Happening In Constitution Without Change In Written Text
By Ajitesh Singh, Ananya Gunjan On the evening of May 21, the Seminar Halls of the Kamaladevi Complex at the India International Centre filled to capacity with lawyers, academics, students and public intellectuals. The occasion was the launch of Senior Advocate Indira Jaising’s memoir, ‘The Constitution Is My Home’....
India’s Relaxation To Tea Imports From Nepal Is Welcomed By Kathmandu Govt
By Ashis Biswas KOLKATA: Indian Tea Board and Industry circles are not happy with the recent relaxation allowed by Union Commerce Ministry, to exempt mandatory testing for Nepalese tea imports into the country. The temporary relief has been heartily welcomed in Nepal by the fledgling industry, which expressed its...
US Green Card Directive May Add New Uncertainty For Indian Aspirants Now
BENGALURU: The US government’s decision that foreign nationals seeking lawful permanent residence should generally apply from outside the country through consular processing rather than adjusting status within the country can add a fresh layer of uncertainty. This could come as a setback to thousands of Indian engineers who have...
Coal Flexibility Push Slows As Storage Gains Edge In Balancing India’s Power Grid
NEW DELHI: India’s push to make coal-fired power plants operate flexibly to balance rising renewable energy generation is running into mounting cost, technical and operational hurdles, with senior government officials flagging retrofit expenditure, higher operating costs and tariff implications even as battery storage increasingly emerges as a stronger grid-balancing...
RBI Cut Its Risk Buffer Citing Macro Factors, Dividend To Centre Rose By Rs 92,000 Crore
NEW DELHI: The central board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday approved the transfer of a record Rs 2.87 lakh crore to the Centre as surplus — or dividend — for 2025-26. But it would have been much lower had the board not reduced a key...
DMRC Expands Global Outreach, Forms International Arm To Pursue Overseas Metro Projects
NEW DELHI: Countries including Israel, Egypt and Kenya have approached the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for possible collaboration in metro projects, with the corporation now looking to expand its international presence through a dedicated overseas arm as it seeks additional revenue to modernise ageing infrastructure in the national...
Labour Ministry Consults Industry On Migrant Worker Welfare Framework Plans
NEW DELHI: The labour ministry has begun consultations with industry bodies on migrant worker welfare, focusing on housing, portability of benefits, and registration systems, according to people aware of the matter. In a meeting held on May 19, participants discussed housing access and portability of welfare benefits for migrant...
Cockroach Party Exposes A Deeper Political Unease Among New Generation
By K Raveendran Cockroach Janta Party may have begun as satire, but its popularity has exposed something far more serious than a passing joke on the internet. The response it has drawn from government functionaries suggests that the ruling establishment is less disturbed by the humour itself than by...
Workers Won The Historical Battle Of ‘Right To Strike’ Again, But Miles To Go
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has finally concluded by 10 – 4 votes on May 21, 2026 that the worker’s right to strike is protected under the International Labour Organization’s (ILO’s) Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 No....
US Threats To Cuba And Raul Castro Must Be Met Through Global Actions
By Ben Chacko LONDON: US threats to Cuban revolutionary leader Raul Castro reek of the extraterritorial arrogance of a thuggish imperial power. They indicate too that the extreme economic war Washington is waging to break the Cuban people could escalate to a direct military attack very soon. The charges...
