Construction
BIS issues revised standards for building construction
18 Jan 2024
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has issued 'Standardised Development and Building Regulations, 2023, which aims at ensuring safety, accessibility, and sustainability in building construction.
Godrej Properties achieves record sales with the Gurugram luxury housing project
26 Dec 2023
Godrej Properties announced on Tuesday, 26 December 2023, the successful sale of more than 600 flats in its newest luxury housing venture in Gurugram, Haryana.
L&T Hydrocarbon wins mega offshore project in Middle East
21 Nov 2023
Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro on Monday said its hydrocarbon business secured offshore project orders worth up to Rs15,000 crore in the Middle East.
Pallonji Mistry, chairman of Shapoorji Pallonji Group, dies at 93
30 Jun 2022
The largest individual shareholder in the Tata Group with an 18.4 per cent holding in the conglomerate, Mistry, along with his family, ran the Mumbai-based Shapoorji Pallonji Group
Realty needs government handholding
24 Sep 2020
The real estate sector is perhaps the largest industry in the country in terms of scale and revenue generation and the top employer providing employment to millions directly and to several millions indirectly
Modi dedicates world's tallest statue to Vallabhbhai Patel
31 Oct 2018
The 182-metre-tall `Statue of Unity’, which depicts Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in traditional attire, with a shawl over the shoulders, used 210,000 cubic metres of cement, 25,000 tonnes of steel and 1,700 tonnes of bronze
Larsen & Toubro Q2 net jumps 23% to Rs2,230 cr
31 Oct 2018
Texas company building 3D printed houses for $10,000
14 Mar 2018
Austin startup ICON has devised a method of mass producing small homes using a massive 3D printer in a process that the company claims will take just 12 to 24 hours to build a home
Larsen & Toubro’s Subrahmanyan takes charge as new CEO
01 Jul 2017
Subrahmanyan is credited with successfully completing some of L&T’s largest infrastructure projects, including new airports in major cities, metro, and freight corridor projects, helping to grow its construction business to rank among the top 25 global contractors
Essar Steel develops eco-friendly sand from slag
08 May 2017
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
