Salem Steel Plant's Unit 3 Privatization Put on Hold

Patna Turns 21 Utility Centres into Ward-Level Health OPDs

Patna Smart City Limited is converting 21 public-utility buildings into outpatient clinics so that every municipal ward has a walk-in point for primary care. Each centre will treat common ailments, run maternal-and-child check-ups, give vaccinations, distribute essential medicines and carry out routine tests such as blood and anaemia screening. Yoga classes, family-planning advice and communicable-disease awareness sessions will add a preventive dimension.The sites—ranging from Rajendra Nagar Road 1 and Beur Mod to Chitkohra, SK Puri, Kadam Kuan and Khajekalan—have been chosen so that no r..

IIITH, KIET Launch Smart City Lab to Boost Kakinada Innovation

The Smart City Research Centre at the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) and Kakinada Institute of Engineering and Technology have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a Smart City Living Lab on the KIET campus and, in time, extend its solutions across Kakinada. Witnessed by Kakinada district collector Sagili Shan Mohan, the agreement creates a shared environment where students, researchers and city officials can co-develop and trial technologies such as crowd-monitoring analytics, digital-twin water networks, and a scalable City IoT operating plat..

Nitish Kumar Opens Rs 49.88 Bn Kacchi Dargah Ganga Bridge

The long-awaited 19.76 km Kacchi Dargah–Bidupur bridge was inaugurated by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on 23 June, delivering India’s longest extra-dosed cable-stayed crossing and a game-changing artery for Bihar’s transport network. Built by the Bihar State Road Development Corporation, the six-lane structure carries the Patna–Bakhtiyarpur four-lane (NH-30) across the Ganga to NH-103 near Samastipur, opening an all-weather route between Patna and Raghopur Diara and easing pressure on the ageing Mahatma Gandhi Setu.Costing about Rs 49.88 billion, the project relies on Asian Development ..