The Ministry of Civil Aviation has asked airlines and airports to strengthen fog-season preparedness and passenger facilitation ahead of the 2026-27 winter period. The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has directed airlines, airports and aviation agencies to strengthen preparedness for the upcoming fog season, with a focus on minimising passenger inconvenience through timely communication, operational coordination and enhanced passenger assistance. At the first fog preparedness meeting for the 2026-27 winter season, chaired by Samir Kumar Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, on Tuesday, stakeholders were asked to ensure safe and efficient flight operations during periods of low visibility while maintaining...
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Civil Aviation Ministry Reviews Fog Readiness Ahead of Winter Aviation Season
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No Compromise on Highway Quality, Gadkari Warns Contractors and Officials
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No Compromise on Highway Quality, Gadkari Warns Contractors and Officials
Intelligence for Infrastructure
India’s challenge has shifted from building more infrastructure to making project execution predictable, Varghese Daniel asserts. India’s infrastructure build‑out is taking place at a scale that makes project execution increasingly complex. Public capital expenditure has risen from about `2 trillion in FY2014‑15 to `12.2 trillion in FY2026‑27, underlining the sustained focus on infrastructure‑led growth. The scale of projects being executed is equally significant. As of June 2026, the Central Government’s PAIMANA platform was monitoring 1,847 ongoing central‑sector infrastructure projects across 17 ministries and departments, with a combined revised cost of `40.54 trillion. Transport and logistics alone accounted for 55 per...
UAVs: Governance from Above
Drones are fast becoming the operational backbone of a new governance model that observes more, responds faster, and leaves a verifiable record, Pradeep Pandurangi notes. Every monsoon, millions of pilgrims descend on Haridwar for the Kanwar Yatra, and the city buckles. Sanitation systems strain, crowds surge through narrow ghats, and municipal staff scramble to stay ahead of a situation that changes by the hour. No number of ground inspectors can cover it all, so this time the administration looked up and sent drones. During 30 days of Kanwar Yatra from July to August this year, the Haridwar administration ran 170...
