Editor’s Desk

India is not just arming itself—it is becoming an enabler of regional security. Its defence exports today carry not just payloads, but ideology: that of a peaceful, independent, technologically sovereign global south

Short-term gains are possible, but only in surgically selected micro-markets, backed by deep market intelligence and trustworthy developers

The National BIM Platform, now under development, aims to standardise workflows, certify professionals, and create a repository of best practices

For India’s infrastructure sector, the path forward must balance resilience and adaptability with targeted government support

Among its feats of construction is a 21-kilometre undersea tunnel in Thane Creek – India’s first attempt at subaqueous tunnelling on such a scale

Although the project is projected to slash travel time between Delhi and Varanasi from nearly twelve hours to less than four, the economic calculus that excites policymakers is not mirrored in the sentiment on the ground

By conducting such an expansive absorption of funds, the RBI is endeavouring to recalibrate short-term interest rates, propelling the overnight call money rates upwards towards the benchmark repo rate of 5.5 per cent

Conceived as a long-gestating aspiration to decongest the saturated precincts of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, NMIA is poised to impart catalytic momentum to the adjoining regions – transcending its immediate utility as an aerodrome to become an axis of sustained development and urban renewal

While this roundup offers only a snapshot of a week replete with transformative events, it reinforces a cardinal truth: infrastructure is no longer confined to brick, mortar, and steel