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NDTV Infrashakti Awards: Inspiring Innovation And Excellence - Winners' List

The NDTV Infrashakti Awards are aimed at celebrating outstanding infrastructure practices across India. The event was a defining part of the Infrashakti campaign, which sought to go beyond steel and concrete and tell the story of India's infrastructure growth through its people. The awards will inspire innovation and excellence across India by celebrating extraordinary individual and institutional initiatives. From engineering feats to sustainable urban planning, these awards celebrate it all. Pranav Adani, Managing Director (Agro, Oil and Gas) and Director, Adani Enterprises, delivered the keynote address. Amit Singh, CEO of Adani Green Energy, said there is a need to discover innovators across the country to tap into their brand new ideas. "India is a big country, and we have so many innovators and pioneers in different parts of India. They are coming up with brand new ideas which can scale, and that's what we need," Mr Singh said. "When we have an award

Will Be Proud If We Get Ability To Take PM To Space: ISRO Chief

It will be a "very proud" moment for the entire nation if we can fly Prime Minister Narendra Modi to space, Dr S Somanath, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, has said. However, he quickly added that he would wait for the much anticipated Gaganyaan Mission to be "ready, to be proven, to be qualified enough to do that." In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Dr Somanath noted that ISRO was at a "critical juncture" with Gaganyaan this year and had three important missions scheduled. A few months ago, Prashanth Nair, Angad Prathap, Ajit Krishnan, and Shubhanshu Shukla were chosen as the four test pilots of the Indian Air Force for the Gaganyaan mission. The human space flight mission will launch a crew of up to three members into a Low Earth Orbit. Dr Somanath said he was "limited by the availability of the trained astronaut whom I can put in front of the possible candidates for this mission."  "Any other candidate, including

"Isn't It Morning Yet": Andhra Minister's Wife To Cop For Making Her Wait

Sitting in her car, Haritha Reddy, wife of Andhra Minister Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy, excoriated a uniformed policeman for making her wait. The policeman, Ramesh, stood attentively and saluted her at the end of his ordeal, showed a video. The incident took place at Rayachoti, Annamayya district in erstwhile Kadapa, when she was on her way to a function for distribution of enhanced pensions to beneficiaries. "Why are you late and isn't it morning yet for you. You don't have a uniform? I had to wait half an hour for you. Even SI is busy with a video conference? Who pays your salary? Government or YSRCP," asked Ms Reddy, wife of the Andhra Transport Minister. The assembled crowd watched in silence as the Sub Inspector was being lectured. At the end of it, he saluted the Minister's wife and went about his work even as the minister's wife directed him to lead the convoy. Critics pointed out that a Minister's wife, unlike a Minister, is not entitled to get

Bridge In Bihar's Thakurganj Sinks, Sixth In 10 Days

Another bridge in Bihar went out of commission today, making it the sixth  in 10 days. The bridge in Thakurganj block sunk by a feet today the water level of the Bund river increased following heavy rains. The surface of the bridge cracked, making it too risky to use.   The bridge, located in Khoshi Dangi village of Patharia panchayat, was built in 2007-2008 from the MP fund of the then MP Md Tasleemuddin of Thakurganj. But today, it could not withstand the pressure of water. This bridge connects areas under three to four panchayats and if it collapses completely, it would affect around 60,000 people. Yesterday, an under-construction bridge in Madhubani region collapsed. Work on the bridge, built at a cost of Rs 3 crore by the Rural Works Department of the Bihar government, has been on since 2021. Before that, bridge collapses were reported from Araria, Siwan, East Champaran and Kishanganj. On Thursday last week, a bridge caved in at Kishanganj district. Before that, a bridge unde