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BKC-Chunabhatti Connector: Mumbai’s new flyover reduces commuters vows
The Bandra Kurla Complex-Chunabhatti Connector has been thrown open for public use on 10 November 2019.
With this new flyover, the travel time has now...
Thermal power plants face shut down as demand falls
A total of 133 thermal power units across the country were reported to have shut down due to lack of demand. As on 11...
Indian Navy gets first Aircraft-Carrier Dry Dock
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Indian Navy’s first Aircraft-Carrier Dry Dock in Mumbai, Maharashtra on 28 September 2019.
The Aircraft Carrier Dock (ACD)...
G-Ride to upgrade rail connectivity in Gujarat
In a move to improve railway connectivity in Gujarat, the state government and the Ministry of Railways inked a joint venture agreement on 17...
Shift to BS-VI norms to create temporary hiccups in Automobile industry
The Central government has decided to directly switch over from Bharat Stage (BS)-IV to BS-VI emission norms from 1 April 2020. The government had...
NHAI to revive BOT model, offers 950 km for tendering
In a bid to revive Public Private Partnership (PPP) in highway projects, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has identified various stretches on...
Mumbai Metro infra gets major boost, PM launches three Metro projects
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for various Mumbai Metro projects, in line with the vision of ‘Mumbai in Minute’...
Govt announces slew of measures to revive economic growth
In a move to revive the economic slowdown, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a slew of measures on 23 August 2019. From simplification...
OALP: A Govt initiative to reduce dependence on energy imports
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan, launched the National Data Repository (NDR) and Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) process under the Hydrocarbon...
