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Sunday, August 10, 2025
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Topic: Larsen and Toubro

L&T exit aside, Bengaluru’s suburban rail dream faces another big hurdle—shinier big-ticket projects

When rail project was announced, several legislators, parliamentarians had rushed to claim credit. Things moved swiftly, at least in terms of its marketing. But now, focus has pivoted.

Post legal battle with L&T, MMRDA says it will retender 2 infra projects in ‘public interest’

MMRDA’s decision comes 4 days after SC asked it if it was willing to retender the projects, failing which the apex court might have to freeze the whole tender process.

All about OBOGS, a life support system for IAF pilots that has cleared DRDO’s high altitude tests

Performance evaluation of ILSS included rigorous tests, such as oxygen concentration, demand breathing, availability of 100 percent oxygen & aerobatic manoeuvres at various altitudes.

In defence of Murthy & Subrahmanyan: Success isn’t 9-to-5, and no one’s forcing you to work longer

It’s easy to beat up on the corporates. But a society that does not give its entrepreneurs, wealth & jobs creators love and respect, is doomed to be frozen in a low-middle-income status.

Centre okays Mazagon Dock & German maker Thyssenkrupp’s bid for multi-billion dollar submarine deal

The L&T-Navantia bid failed to meet technical requirements. The deal, which will easily cost over Rs 70,000 crore, will see the German firm design a new submarine to cater to Indian needs.

We don’t need millionaires telling us to work harder. L&T’s Subrahmanyan is in wrong century

L&T chairman SN Subrahmanyan will survive this controversy because this is India, where we have a ‘chalta-hai’ attitude. In the West, he would have been forced to apologise or resign.

‘What are you doing sitting at home?’ L&T chairman calls for ‘work on Sundays, 90-hour work weeks’

L&T chairperson Subrahmanyan said in annual address that he ‘regrets being unable to make employees work on Sundays’. One employee says what Subrahmanyan expects is ‘inhumane’.

India’s indigenous light tank ‘Zorawar’ unveiled, fastest product development by DRDO, L&T

Tank will go for desert trials later this yr in coordination with Army & eventually high-altitude areas of Ladakh to test its capabilities to operate in such terrain & extreme winters.

‘Dream no small dreams.’ AM Naik’s scale of ambition propelled L&T’s speedy growth

In 'A. M. Naik: The Man Who Built Tomorrow', Priya Kumar and Jairam N. Menon explain why AM Naik is the energy powerhouse he is.

‘Monument of shame,’ Delhi Cong chief attacks BJP over Pragati Maidan tunnel, alleges infirmities

Arvinder Singh Lovely said the tunnel's flawed design was clear when last year's monsoon rains and an overflowing Yamuna river flooded the tunnel and damaged the costly murals on its walls.

On Camera

There’s a method in Trump’s Pakistan romance. It’s all about Gulf security

Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.