Unprecedented Turbulence
Aviation industry struggling to ride out the COVID-19 storm
The aviation industry is facing its worst crisis ever. Global airlines with strong balance sheets are on the brink of bankruptcy. Even airline manufac...
Managing Contracts
Implications of force majeure in light of contractual disruptions
The COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in unprecedented times. Construction contractors are experiencing disruptions due to shortages of raw materials, eq...
Uncertain Future
Impact of COVID-19 on the Indian oil and gas sector
K. Ravichandran, Senior Vice President and Group Head, Corporate Ratings, ICRA Limited COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the global economy and...
Bailout Bid
In April, the government unveiled a series of economic measures as part of a mega Rs 20 trillion stimulus package, AtmaNirbharAbhiyaan, to revive the ...
Potable Purpose
Air-to-water technology to help solve drinking water crisis
One of the major consequences of rapid urbanisation has been the water crisis looming over major cities of the country. Owing to the increased depende...
- Key Statistics Update on key government programmes
- Equipping ULBs Cities take initiatives to ensure judicious use of water resources
Smart Solutions
Lucknow adopts RFID technology for better waste management
In the past few years, information technology usage and penetration in the waste management segment have been growing with the deployment of innovativ...
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Implementation Impediments
Analysis of delayed bids in the road sector
COVID-19 has had a severe impact on the Indian road sector. Even as several highway developers have resumed work, disrupted supplies of key inputs suc...
- Path to Recovery Recent initiatives by NHAI to boost highway construction
- In a Fix NHAI’s asset monetisation plan hit by market uncertainties
Technology Impetus
Key tunnelling plans for India’s first high speed rail project
The development of high speed rail projects has been a key focus area of Indian Railways (IR) over the past few years. The ambitious Mumbai-Ahmedabad ...
- Decongesting Delhi India’s first RRTS project progressing on schedule
- Marking a First Lucknow-Delhi Tejas Express spearheads privatisation in railways
Infrastructure Sharing
The issue of enhancing the scope of infrastructure providers (IP-Is) to include provisioning of common shareable active infrastructure has been a grea...
- An Enabling Environment New-age technologies close the gap in times of social distancing
- Computing at the Edge New opportunities for the telecom sector
Troubled Waters
Impact of coronavirus outbreak on the shipping industry
Dr Abhijit Singh, Executive Director, Indian Ports Association As the country comes together to slow the spread of COVID-19, the union government ha...
- Ground Reality
- Interview with Dr Abhijit Singh “Our goal is to make Indian ports more competitive globally”
