News Adjaye-designed extension to create India’s largest art gallery Sir David Adjaye and local architect S Ghosh & Associates have unveiled their extension to the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), which will make it the largest art and…
News Larsen & Toubro wins contracts in Saudi Arabia and India Indian contractor Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has won engineering, procurement and construction contracts worth between $300m and $600m in India and Saudi Arabia through its power transmission and distribution subsidiary.…
News Secrets of the universe: India approves $320m gravitational wave detector The government of India has approved the construction of a $320m observatory to detect gravitational waves from space to help answer fundamental questions about the universe, the SciTechDaily website reports.…
News India launches $600m “Vibrant Villages” programme along Chinese border The government of India has launched its $600m “Vibrant Villages” programme to develop homes and roads in Himalayan states, India Express reports. This scheme, which was announced in the 2022…
News India clears way for its biggest-ever hydroelectric scheme India has approved plans to build the country’s biggest hydropower project in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, the Times of India reports. The $3.9bn scheme will be built on the…
News Delhi Metro operator in race to deliver $2bn Bahrain Metro The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) says it has qualified to bid as the main consultant for the first phase of Bahrain’s forthcoming metro project. If it wins the tender,…
News Two firms in race to build Mumbai’s 21km bullet train tunnel Two Indian companies have entered bids to build India’s first undersea tunnel for the high-speed rail line between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, Indian Express reports. Larsen & Toubro and Afcons Infrastructure…
News $1.2bn cost hike for Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway The governments of China and India have agreed to a budget increase of $1.2bn to complete the China-financed high-speed railway running between the Indonesian capital Jakarta and its third largest…
News Bengaluru’s “water tank” art gallery is about to open to the public Mathew & Ghosh Architects’ water-tank themed Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) is due to open in Bengaluru on 18 February. The museum is wrapped in a steel façade and…
News India to spend $13bn on 100 airport schemes by end of next year The government of India is planning to begin 100 airport projects by the end of next year, according to the country’s civil aviation minister. The Business Standard website reports that…
News Larsen & Toubro wins solar power and office construction jobs in India worth over $200m Indian contractor Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has won three deals worth between $200m and $500m in India. In Hyderabad, L&T has won a contract to build two office towers and…
News China and India compete to build rail links with Nepal India and China are competing to build rail connections – and influence – in the Himalayan state of Nepal, with India somewhat ahead in the race, according to a report…
News Historic deal: Siemens sells over a thousand locomotives to India German engineer Siemens has signed a €3bn contract to supply 1,200 electric freight locomotives to India, the largest such deal in the company’s history. Over the next 11 years it…
Projects Young learners help restore crumbling colonial-era mansion in Hyderabad Sixteen young people learning heritage restoration skills have finished the latest stage of restoring the two-centuries-old main building of Osmania Women’s University College in Hyderabad, India. Commissioned in 1803, the…
News Asian Development Bank to lend India $1.2bn for power and transport schemes The Asian Development Bank (ADB) agreed on Tuesday to lend the Indian government $1.2bn to improve transport and energy infrastructure, the Economic Times reports. Quoting a statement from India’s finance…
News Indian conglomerate plans $1.2bn EV assembly plant for Pune Indian conglomerate Mahindra and Mahindra said today it was planning to build a $1.2bn electric vehicle (EV) assembly plant near the city of Pune in the state of Maharashtra. According…
News Man electrocuted at apartment under construction A 50-year old man has died in Chennai, southern India, having been found electrocuted after visiting an unfinished apartment he had bought. The man, named as Paalpandi by The Hindu…
Projects Leighton Asia wins four Mumbai towers in the past three months Leighton Asia, a subsidiary of Australia’s Cimic Group, has won a $100m contract to construct a high-rise residential project in Mumbai. The Aga Hall Estate scheme involves building two towers,…