♦ The National Test House (NTH) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to strengthen quality control and third-party testing in national highway and infrastructure projects. The MoU was signed at the NHAI Headquarters in New Delhi.

♦ Under the agreement, NTH will be empanelled as a recognised laboratory for NHAI. It may send samples related to highway construction and allied works to NTH laboratories across the country for testing and inspection. Samples will be tested at NTH’s regional laboratories and satellite centres located at Ghaziabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Jaipur, Guwahati, Bengaluru and Varanasi.