India, Nepal Ink Pact for Water, Sanitation Cooperation

Centre Backs Goa’s 24x7 Urban Water Plan

The Hon’ble Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Manohar Lal, held a high-level review meeting in Panaji with the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa, Shri Pramod Sawant, and Urban Development Minister Shri Vishwajit Rane to assess the progress of key urban infrastructure projects and flagship schemes under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).The review covered urban initiatives including AMRUT & AMRUT 2.0, Smart Cities Mission (SCM), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY-U & 2.0), Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban (SBM-U & 2.0), Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - ..

C-DOT and Synergy Quantum Partner on Secure Quantum Drones

In a major step towards advancing India’s capabilities in quantum-secure communication, the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the leading telecom R&D institution under the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Synergy Quantum India Private Limited, a deep-tech company specialising in quantum technologies.The MoU establishes a collaboration for developing drone-based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) systems using the decoy-based BB84 protocol with polarisation encoding, at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6 or higher. This pa..

L&T Wins Major Government Orders for Building Projects

The Buildings & Factories (B&F) division of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured major contracts from various central and state government bodies across India.Among the new orders is an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract awarded by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) for the development of Common Central Secretariat buildings 6 and 7 in New Delhi. The project involves the construction of two buildings with a configuration of one basement, two podium levels, upper ground floor, and six additional floors.L&T’s responsibilities include civil works, ..