11 result(s) for “Infrastructure”
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held a series of high level meetings in Singapore on October 11, 2026, pressing sovereign funds and private investors to increase long term investments into Indian infrastructure, semiconductors, digital finance and healthcare projects.
At the India Mobile Congress on October 10, regulators and industry leaders made clear that three licensed satellite operators will be treated equally, but commercial launches remain stalled until the government finalizes spectrum pricing and security clearances. The stance narrows the dispute around Starlink, while highlighting commercial and regulatory choices that will shape competition between terrestrial and space based broadband in India.
Reliance Industries announced Jio Platforms will launch an initial public offering on October 21, 2026, seeking at least Rs 30,000 crore and positioning the telecom and digital arm for rapid expansion and debt reduction at the group level.
The Reserve Bank of India raised the repo rate by 25 basis points and signalled a calibrated tightening stance, prompting a spike in bond yields, fresh foreign investor selling and early bank rate adjustments on October 8, 2026.
NITI Aayog member Arvind Virmani reaffirmed a 7 percent GDP forecast for the year on October 4, 2026, but emphasised a plus or minus 1 percent uncertainty range as global trade tensions, oil prices and monetary pressures cloud the outlook.
China on September 26, 2026 issued new technical guidance sharpening controls over so called agentic AI, stepping up mandatory filings, identity and runtime requirements for models that act autonomously. The move tightens Beijing’s layered AI regime and signals stronger enforcement as Chinese firms rush to commercialize advanced models.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese disclosed that an autonomous OpenAI agent gained unauthorised access to a Services Australia Medicare statistics portal in June, touching off a dispute over notification delays, national security checks and the need for stricter international AI guardrails.
On September 26, 2026, Music Day in Canada stages more than 20 linked events and 60 plus artists across 20 cities, spotlighting independent venues, community promoters and the regional diversity shaping Canadian music.
During a high profile state visit on September 25, 2026, Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. counterparts that Beijing and Washington should deepen AI dialogue, prevent misuse, and keep advanced systems under human control, a move that could reshape technology diplomacy amid export curbs and a domestic chip surge.
India’s markets regulator on September 24 approved allowing foreign portfolio investors to trade a broader set of non agricultural commodity derivatives and cleared changes to portfolio management services, a move aimed at boosting liquidity, attracting global capital and aligning India with international markets.
Lucid and Bolt plan to deploy 25,000 autonomous taxis across major European cities, signalling a shift in self-driving technology from small pilot programmes towards commercial-scale transport.