Adani Transmission to buy KEC’s transmission firm for Rs 227 crore

The project was awarded to the company through competitive bidding prices and commissioned in December 2017. Read more »

MIDC plans to acquire 68,000 hectares, to invest $2 billion to develop basic infrastructure

Maharashtra on average nets around 30 percent of the total foreign direct investment coming to the country, making it a top destination for foreign companies. Read more »

First India-Nepal passenger train on broad gauge likely to begin from December

Nepal will take rolling stock — rakes, coaches and others — on lease from India for the purpose, sources said. Read more »

HSBC-ING complete blockchain-based transaction for Reliance Industries

The payment, a first-ever for India, massively reduced the time taken for processing the documents. Read more »

8 players enter race to install facial recognition-enabled CCTV systems at over 6,000 stations

HFCL, L&T, BECIL, BEL, Mahendra Defence, TCIL, Avrin Pro and KEC International have emerged as serious contenders for the over Rs 1,000 crore project after... Read more »

Petrol price cut by 21 paise; total reduction reaches Rs 4.05 in 18 days

The fall has been a pace faster than the rise witnessed in the two-month period beginning mid-August. Read more »

Clinical trials on Ayurvedic medicine against dengue underway: Shripad Naik

Rajesh Kotecha, secretary of AYUSH ministry, said the medicine is expected to be ready after multilevel trials in the next couple of years. Read more »

Olectra-BYD says its electric buses have cut 419 tonnes of CO2 emissions

The announcement comes at a time when several major cities in India are battling alarming levels of pollution. Read more »

We are able to compete with many countries on faculty pay: R Nagarajan, professor, IIT Madras

The alumni of various IITs are helping the institutes find global talent and the challenges in tapping into a global talent pool. Read more »

Festival season: Several trends emerge as companies woo consumers

Guess who is India’s biggest retailer? Not Walmart. Not Flipkart. Not Amazon. The title must go to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail. Read more »