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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Indian government plans to bid out half of the national highway projects planned for fiscal 2027–a spending of Rs75,000 crore on 5,000 km–under a build-operate-transfer (BoT) toll model involving private road developers after a long break since 2014, said three government officials aware of the new plan.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A Karnataka high court order on 13 January has effectively “locked" a block of Aakash Educational Services Ltd's (AESL) shares allegedly linked to Byju Raveendran, creating fresh compliance and legal questions around the coaching firm’s recently concluded rights issue.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : The Centre may maintain the road ministry’s allocation at nearly the same level as ₹2.72 trillion in 2025-26 in the Union Budget 2026-27, aiming to shift focus towards attracting private investment, even amid slowing highway construction, according to two officials close to the discussions.

₹20,000 crore that have slowed highway development in the country.The pre-conciliation committee, set up by the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH), will attempt to resolve disputes valued under ₹5 crore between highway contractors and government authorities before they snowball into prolonged legal battles, according to two government officials aware of the development.The development assumes significance given that these small-value disputes account for a fifth of the nearly ₹1 trillion legal claims in road and highway construction that the government has been party to over the past decade. Also, there are documented cases of sub- ₹1 crore road payment disputes where contractors had to wait for 6-7 years for resolution.

The KG‑D6 oil and gas block in the Bay of Bengal has been at the centre of two disputes involving its operator Reliance Industries, India’s most valuable company, after failing to live up to its potential. Reuters reported earlier this week that the Indian government is seeking a multi-billion-dollar compensation from the Mukesh Ambani-led company.

₹25,000 crore safety net, as the Union Budget for FY26 could unveil a risk guarantee fund designed to ease financing bottlenecks and attract capital to stalled projects. The move comes amid rising project delays, cost overruns, and higher borrowing costs that have long constrained investment flows into the sector.Modelled on credit guarantee schemes for small businesses, the fund, likely managed by the National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company (NCGTC), would underwrite development risks for infrastructure projects, allowing banks and financial institutions to lend on easier terms, said two government officials aware of the development.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi/Karnal: In 2002, Rakshit Jagdale, a young MBA student, went pub crawling in Glasgow, Scotland. Not on a drunken soiree with batchmates but on a more onerous task, assigned by his father.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. GE Vernova T&D India Ltd’s shares have risen about 8% after it announced a big-ticket order award from Adani Energy Solutions Ltd on Friday. The order pertains to the setting up of a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) substation for the evacuation of renewable energy from Khavda to Olpad in Gujarat.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Dear reader, as 2025, a year of global tumult and volatility, rolls by, Mint's reporters and columnists look around the corner on what is coming in 2026—to help you know what to expect and prepare for it. Tell us what you think at [email protected]. India’s infrastructure sector is at an inflection point.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. SAN DIEGO—At a party atop a waterfront hotel, researchers kicked back with cocktails like the Burning TPU, made of honey, bourbon and Sardinian myrtle liqueur, and named after Google’s custom AI chip. They made small talk about everything from the hours at Elon Musk’s xAI (long) to the likelihood that foreign spies were inside top AI labs (high).

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. JPMorgan Chase is giving a payment of up to $1,000 to employees whose annual pay is less than $80,000, many of whom will receive it in the form of a contribution to JPMorgan retirement plans, Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said in a staff memo on Tuesday. Employees qualify for the payment if they participate in the bank’s U.S.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Suzlon Energy Ltd’s stock is down about 20% over the past six months, weighed down by the fear that India’s wind cycle is losing momentum. Still, it’s worth noting that Suzlon has assembled a robust medium-term orderbook pipeline.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BENGALURU : The participation of Beeaar Investco Pte. Ltd, a little-known Singapore vehicle wholly owned by Byju Raveendran, may have exposed test-prep institution Aakash Educational Services Ltd’s ₹250‑crore rights issue to potential legal challenges.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: Two homegrown firms, including a Tata Group company, along with a US chip design major, have bagged a ₹4,500 crore project to enable India’s sole semiconductor fabrication plant, Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL) in Mohali, to make more modern industrial chips used in critical sectors like power and energy. On Thursday, Tata Semiconductor Manufacturing Pvt.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Writer, translator and cultural critic Shanta Gokhale, 85, has often returned to the complexities of gender, power and resistance in her writing in Marathi and English, portraying the tensions and nuances of women navigating patriarchal structures while seeking autonomy and agency. Gokhale says women have “a long way to go yet" because all women still don’t have basic human rights.

Modi was also honoured with Sri Lanka's highest civilian award, Mithra Vibhushana, for his exceptional efforts in bolstering the ties between the two nations and highlighting the spiritual and cultural heritage of both countries. New Delhi and Colombo will move strategically closer in terms of joint maritime surveillance, military exercises, and equipment support with the defence agreement. The other MoUs focus on implementing India's UPI payment system in Sri Lanka, enhancing renewable energy trade through a proposed grid connectivity project, and ferry and aviation services to improve people-to-people ties. The Modi and the Lankan President virtually inaugurated the construction of the Sampur solar power project. They also inaugurated the recently completed temperature-controlled warehousing facility at Dambulla, which is possibly the first facility of its kind in the island, and a project for supply of solar rooftop systems to nearly 5,000 religious institutions across Sri Lanka.

Piyush Goyal Saturday encouraged young founders to set ambitious goals and rise beyond the limitations of the present and called upon the country’s youth to lead the way in emerging sectors like AI, semiconductors and deep-tech. He also said that the second fund of funds for startups (FFS) with a corpus of Rs 10,000 crore has been approved and this year, Rs 2,000 crore will be disbursed to SIDBI as the first installment. A significant portion of the fund will be reserved for seed funding of small startups and to support deep-tech innovation. “The potential you hold will make you a great contributor to India’s journey in this Amrit Kaal. Let the Startup Mahakumbh ignite aspirations that go beyond the current realm of reality,” Goyal said while conferring the Startup Maharathi Awards at Startup Mahakumbh 2025.

UGC) has notified a new regulation to streamline the recognition and grant of equivalence degrees to academic qualifications obtained from foreign educational institutions. The move comes amid a growing number of Indian students returning from abroad with international credentials, often facing delays and uncertainty in getting their degrees recognised either for admission to Indian institutions or for employment. Under the new regulations--UGC (Recognition and Grant of Equivalence to Qualifications Obtained from Foreign Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2025--notified on April 4, the Commission has put in place a transparent, technology-driven mechanism to assess foreign qualifications from schools and higher education institutions.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake honoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the highest award to a foreign head of state, Mitra Vibhushana. Dissanayake said that PM Modi highly deserves this honour. In a joint press statement alongside PM Modi, Dissanayake said, «I am pleased to announce that the Government of Sri Lanka has decided to confer upon him (PM Narendra Modi) the highest Sri Lankan honour to a foreign head of state/head of government- Sri Lanka Mitra Vibhushana. This prestigious honour, which was introduced in 2008, is conferred upon heads of states and government for their friendship, and honourable Prime Minister Modi highly deserves this honour; that is what we firmly believe.» The «Dharma Chakra» demonstrates the shared Buddhist heritage that has shaped the cultural traditions of both nations. The «Pun Kalasa» (a ceremonial pot) adorned with sheaves of rice symbolizes prosperity and renewal. The «Navarathna» (nine precious gems) represents the priceless and enduring friendship between the two countries, depicted within a globe encircled by pure lotus petals. The «Sun and Moon» signify the timeless bond, stretching from the ancient past into the infinite future. Together, these elements beautifully capture the deep cultural and spiritual connection between the two nations.