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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
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Topic: MIDC

Vestiges of British-era infra, 10 Mumbai rail overbridges to make way for newer, swankier ones

Nine bridges are currently at various stages of construction. On Monday, stakeholders will take a call on the demolition date for the Elphinstone Bridge.

Stuck for two decades, plans for Pune’s Purandar airport once again gain momentum

The Congress-NCP govt in Maharashtra had conceived the plan for a 2nd airport in 2004. After protests at original site, the govt of BJP & undivided Shiv Sena picked Purandar in 2015.

Chartered flight, dinner for 150 — Davos outing cost Maharashtra Rs 32 crore, 50% spent on pavilion

Total cost incurred on Maharashtra delegation’s trip to Davos for annual WEF conference went from Rs 63.28 lakh in 2015 to Rs 32.31 crore this year, show MIDC records accessed by ThePrint.

Maharashtra signs strategic MoU with UK-based Causis E-Mobility as it aims to become EV hub

The partnership aims to set up a EV plant in Maharashtra’s Talegaon. Under the MoU, Rs 2,823 crore investment will be made and 1,250 jobs will be created.

On Camera

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays 

With vessels stranded at Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Centre ramps up production, cracks down on hoarding, and urges households to use alternative.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.