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NGT seeks responses on 'environmental violations' in NINL expansion

The tribunal has issued notices to the Centre, Odisha government and NINL over allegations of large-scale tree felling and ecological damage linked to the steel plant expansion

Centre may have to tweak VGF rules for strategic Rs 48,862-cr Galathea port

The Great Nicobar transhipment port project may require major tweaks to viability gap funding norms amid strategic imperatives, commercial risks and environmental concerns

NIT Rourkela develops AI-powered microscopy for disease detection

The AI-enabled microscopy platform can rapidly detect blood cancer and malaria while improving imaging precision and reducing human intervention in diagnostics

Private bus services may increase rates by 30% due to diesel price hike

Around 125 buses ply between Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and various other cities in Maharashtra and neighboring states, he said

India office realty demand surge faces funding crunch: Knight Frank

Knight Frank says $2.3 billion dry capital with AIFs can meet only 14 per cent of India's annual office demand despite the country leading APAC occupier activity

168 MT buffer available to meet rising demand: CIL on coal shortage fears

The company said it has an adequate quantity to meet the generation capacity of domestic coal-based plants, even as daily consumption of the dry fuel by thermal power plants soared

Enforcing anti-dumping duties can save India ₹28,540 cr annually: Report

The report has examined the effects of anti-dumping duties on downstream costs, inflation, MSMEs, domestic capacity, and investments

AU Real Estate targets ₹1,600 crore sales from Ghaziabad housing project

The NCR-based developer plans to develop 831 residential units in Ghaziabad with an estimated investment of Rs 1,200 crore and completion targeted by 2031

Brigade expects ₹850 cr revenue from 5.6-acre housing project in Hyderabad

The company said it has signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to develop a premium residential project on a land parcel spanning 5.6 acres at Kompally, Hyderabad

'Power consumers in India can save ₹2.5 trillion by doubling AC efficiency'

A UC Berkeley study says stricter air-conditioner efficiency standards can reduce peak power demand, lower electricity bills and help India avoid future power shortages

Electronics makers want govt action to assess twin Chinese decrees

Industry body ICEA urges govt to set up high-level inter-ministerial group to ensure supply chain curbs do not upend the 'China Plus One' strategy

Centre looks to untangle cyber compliance, audit knots for telcos

Service providers may see single-point incident-reporting requirements

Mounting costs turn the heat on India Inc amid West Asia conflict

Firms diversify sourcing, redraw playbook, increase prices to tide over crisis

Indian drugmakers deepen US bets despite decline in pharma exports

Indian pharmaceutical companies are investing in specialty drugs, biosimilars and local manufacturing in the US despite a near 10 per cent fall in exports in FY26

Hyderabad Metro gets Indian Railway Finance Corp lifeline after L&T exit

Interest burden to be lowered by around 300 bps

India's IIP basket gets a refresh: Rare earths in, kerosene out

The recommendations are contained in the report of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), released by the National Statistics Office on Monday

Five listed Reits in India distributed over ₹2,500 crore in Q4FY26

India's five listed Reits distributed over Rs 2,566 crore to more than 4.25 lakh unitholders in Q4 FY26 amid rising investor participation and portfolio expansion

No blanket extension of ALMM list for solar cells beyond June 1, says MNRE

Under the existing framework for ALMM List-II for solar PV cells, net-metering projects and open-access projects commissioned before June 1, 2026, are exempt

West Asia conflict to shave 200 bps off India Inc's margins in FY27

A prolonged West Asia conflict could reduce India Inc's operating profitability by 200 basis points in FY27, according to a Crisil Ratings stress test

Karnataka may offer sops for innovative data centre cooling solutions

Karnataka's upcoming data centre policy may incentivise firms developing innovative cooling, renewable energy and cable landing station solutions