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Thursday, September 25, 2025
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Topic: Infrastructure

Modi needs help of opposition ruled states to meet Rs 235 lakh crore infrastructure goal

With private investments tepid & fiscal limitations on central spending, states will need to contribute nearly 50% of infrastructure investments.

Dubai faces a ‘disaster’ from overbuilding

Damac’s chairman is the latest to call for curbs on construction in Dubai market that’s been on a downward trajectory since it peaked 5 years ago.

Modi govt again considering merging rail, roads, aviation, shipping into transport ministry

A top govt panel is set to make a presentation of the proposal to PM soon. The idea of a unified transport ministry was discussed during Modi govt's first tenure as well.

Maharashtra looks at bending tender norms to fast-track infra projects in Gadchiroli

After 3 major incidents of Naxal attacks, Maharashtra has formed a district-level panel to take a call on bending tender norms where necessary.

Modi’s Rs 100 lakh cr infra push for India that no longer settles for trains, wants to fly

Delivering his sixth Independence Day speech as Prime Minister, which ran into 92 minutes, Modi noted how the common Indian’s aspirations had risen.

Modi govt’s flagship water scheme Jal Jeevan Mission gets Rs 3.35 lakh crore

The Modi govt’s Jal Jeevan Mission includes the ‘Har Ghar Nal Se Jal’ programme, which envisions taking piped water supply to 18 lakh rural households.

Tourism is overwhelming the world’s top destinations

Even as local businesses get a financial boost, mobs of travelers strain infrastructures of cities that were never built to handle so many human bodies.

GIC to back Indian road builder IRB Infrastructure for bigger projects & revenue boost

Road construction companies like IRB need funds more than ever after the IL&FS collapse increased costs and delays in acquisitions.

4 sq ft of corals over 20 million humans — why India’s cities will remain miserable

India’s big cities are rotting, growing into massive, self-governing slums. When attempts are made to fix them, corals come in the way, like in Mumbai.

Mumbai building collapse: Should India save its metropolises before dreaming of smart cities?

Mumbai is facing its second serious infrastructure disaster in a month with the collapse of a building in Dongri area.

On Camera

‘I am Assam,’ Zubeen Garg had said. He was the soundtrack to our lives

Zubeen Garg's funeral entered the Limca Book of Records as the fourth-largest such procession in the world.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.