Ahmedabad, July 5 (IANS) The phased demolition of Ahmedabad’s ageing Subhash Bridge reached another milestone on Sunday after five more spans, including sections over the Sabarmati river and on the Shahibaug side, were safely dismantled under strict safety measures as the civic body continued work to remove the structure. According to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), the latest phase involved the successful demolition of a total of five spans.The operation was carried out by the contra…
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Ahmedabad, July 1 (IANS) Ahmedabad’s civic authorities on Wednesday successfully completed the controlled demolition of three spans of the old Subhash Bridge over the Sabarmati River, marking another milestone in the dismantling of the ageing structure that is set to be replaced with a new bridge.According to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), the three spans located above the riverbed were carefully dismantled and lowered in a controlled manner without any untoward incident.The corporat…
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and other premier institutions will now independently proof-check designs of major bridges being built along National Highways in the country. This move will not only ensure safety but also lead to long-term cost savings. This landmark decision was taken by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on June 30. The premier institutions will be empanelled for independent proof-checking of hydraulic studies and the design of major…
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) State-owned Maharatna company Coal India Limited (CIL) on Tuesday said it plans to invest around Rs 1,900 crore in research and development (R&D) activities by FY30 as it steps up efforts to drive technological innovation and support the evolving energy landscape.In an exchange filing, the coal mining major stated that it has intensified R&D initiatives with the establishment of the National Centre for Coal and Energy Research (NaCCER) in FY2024-25, marking a ke…
Washington, June 13 (IANS) India’s innovation ecosystem has gained “tremendous respect” in Silicon Valley over the past five years, fuelled by a surge in startups, artificial intelligence (AI) ventures and global investment, entrepreneur and investor Shashi Tripathi told IANS ahead of the ‘Bharat Innovates 2026’ summit in France.”What India has done is phenomenal in many areas around AI, around technology, around overall innovations,” Tripathi said, adding that “the respect for India has gone up…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) India must emerge as a global leader in critical and emerging technologies to secure its technological sovereignty and define its place in the world order, Union Minister of State Dr. Jitendra Singh said on Sunday.Addressing the PAN-IIT Alumni Conference in Los Angeles virtually, Singh asserted that India can no longer remain merely a consumer of technology and must instead become a creator, designer and global driver of innovation.“This shift is essential for the co…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Four male students shared the All India Rank 1 and 26 candidates scored 100 percentile in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2026 national-level engineering entrance exam as the National Testing Agency (NTA) declared the result on Monday. Kabeer Chhillar, Pasala Mohith, Chandra Sekhar and Aditya Gupta were the four AIR 1 students who scored a perfect 300-on-300 to corner AIR 1, NTA sources said, adding that Mallavarapu Aasna from Telangana was the best performin…
New Delhi/Riyadh, April 2 (IANS) The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2026 commenced in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, providing an opportunity for Indian students and expatriate children in the Gulf country to appear for the engineering entrance test without travelling to India.The Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia announced the development through its official X handle, stating that arrangements have been made to ensure smooth conduct of the examination.The Embassy said it is extending full suppo…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) A total of 3,032 mentors have been onboarded across the country by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) under the National Mission on Mentoring (NMM) for developing skills of school teachers, the Centre told the Lok Sabha on Monday. Minister of State (MoS) for Education, Jayant Chaudhary, said in a written reply that mentors under the NMM are selected by NCTE through a structured process that examines professional excellence, mentoring aptitude, and alignment…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) is hosting the India International Conference on Democracy and Election Management (IICDEM) 2026 starting Wednesday. The three-day conference is set to become the largest global gathering of its kind ever hosted by India in the field of democracy and election management. With the arrival of nearly 100 delegates from about 70 countries, the Election Commission of India on Wednesday commenced the IIICDEM-2026 at Bharat Mandapam in the…