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How War-Risk Insurance Has Restructured India's Landed Costs

Grade-A or Left Behind: The Warehouse Divide Reshaping Indian Logistics

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Grade-A or Left Behind: The Warehouse Divide Reshaping Indian LogisticsLalita Subrahmanyam · 15 May 2026

$Minimalist flat editorial illustration of a tall, top-heavy stack of heavy black ribbed blocks balancing on a single small orange block that is cracking the ground beneath it — depicting how mounting war-risk surcharges pile onto India's importers until landed costs fracture their margins.$

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How War-Risk Insurance Has Restructured India's Landed Costs

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The OperatorThe GuardianLalita Subrahmanyam · 24 July 2026

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Clean Stack Forum India. Clean freight is a stack, not a switch: it gets built one layer at a time. Transport and Logistics, 17 February 2027, Nagpur. Register interest.

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Data Stack Global India: Construction & Infrastructure

Date: 16 February 2027
Venue: Nagpur, Maharashtra

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Koustuv ChoudhuriTechnical Director, AECOM
Sabyasachi NayakVice President & Head, Design & Engineering Centre, RBF SBG, Larsen & Toubro Limited, Transport Infrastructure IC
Vinod Kumar AgrawalDirector (Systems & Operations), Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd

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10:50 amOpening discussionFrom break-fix to predicted: what changes when the asset tells you firstWho is accountable for the sensors after the contractor has gone?
11:30 amPanel oneStructure before software: getting your data ready before you buy anythingWho owns the schema when six contractors each brought their own?
12:50 pmWalkthroughCarbon data, from certificate to pourWhere does the carbon claim stop matching the pour?

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Clean Stack Forum India: Transport & Logistics

Date: 17 February 2027
Venue: Nagpur, Maharashtra

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11:00 amPractitioner briefingThe Scope 3 mandate: what your customer now requiresWhat do I need to do to stay on the tender list?
11:30 amPanel oneBuilding the backbone: ports, airports, rail and road in a multimodal MaharashtraShould my routing already have changed?
12:45 pmInteractive sessionSustainability scorecard: benchmarking your own carbon and cost footprintWhat is my number, and how does it compare?

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How War-Risk Insurance Has Restructured India's Landed Costs