The esteemed BW People L&D Excellence Award 2026 has been bestowed upon Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) in the realm of “Best Use of AI in Learning”. This accolade is a testament to POWERGRID’s innovative work in developing AI and ML skills and to the company’s ability to successfully deploy technology-driven learning programmes […]
Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has given its approval to upgrade two crucial portions of National Highway 56 in Gujarat to four-lane standards, with a total capital expenditure of ₹4,583.64 crore. Using the Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM), the project will cover a distance of 107.67 km in […]
In the first ten months of fiscal year 2026, India added 52,537 MW of capacity for generating energy, an increase of 11% over the previous year. Solar power accounts for 34,955 MW and wind power for 4,613 MW, for a total of 39,657 MW. Fifty percent of the entire installed capacity, which is 520,510.95 MW, […]
For the second year running (January 2026 to January 2027), Navratna firm NHPC Limited of the Government of India has been Certified™ by Great Place To Work, improving its Trust Index Score. Culture, employee experience, and leadership actions that boost market success are the three main tenets of Great Place To Work. Credibility, respect, fairness, […]
Indian Railways protected its e-ticketing system from 60.43 billion malicious bot queries in the last half of December 2025. Improving transparency and fairness by eliminating numerous unauthorised accounts and using Aadhaar-based OTP authentication for purchasing tatkal tickets are key steps. A Content Delivery Network (CDN), anti-bot solutions like AKAMAI, and CAPTCHA systems are some of […]
India, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will create its own model of development while also acting as a global growth engine. His speech at the ET Now Global Business Summit 2026 focused on the government’s plans to improve the economy so that everyone can live well and create a “Viksit Bharat” (Developed India). The […]
The India-AI Impact Summit 2026 will take place in New Delhi from February 16 to 20. Notable attendees include French President Emmanuel Macron and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The summit’s organising principles are “People, Planet, and Progress”, and they will centre on AI collaboration. Leaders from a number of other countries will […]
West Central Railway (WCR) and the Central Bank of India have signed an MoU so that railway workers in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan can get the Cent Prestige Salary Package. Central Bank of India General Manager (Resource) D.P. Khurana and West Central Railway Deputy Chief Personnel Officer Purnima Jain formalised the agreement. As part of […]
Under the auspices of the Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE), the Forum of Women in the Public Sector (WIPS) held a two-day National Meet with the theme “HER ERA – NOW & BEYOND” in Mumbai. Asha Ramamurthy, President of WIPS, and other WIPS office bearers were present, along with Chief Guest Atul Sobti, Director […]
Four papers outlining options for reaching Net Zero by 2070 in the transportation, industrial, power, and essential minerals sectors have been produced by NITI Aayog. Important findings include the following: the power sector’s share of electricity will increase from 21% in 2025 to 60% in 2070; the demand for important industrial materials like steel, cement, […]
