Railways
China launches world's fastest train
26 Dec 2009
At 350 km an hour, the train beats the current average for high-speed trains in Japan of 243 km per hour 277 km per hour in France
Delhi metro surpasses billion-passenger mark
28 Nov 2009
Qatar to spend $25 billion on rail network
23 Nov 2009
The gas-rich gulf state of Qatar plans to build a rail network linking its cities with nearby countries of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
India to invest Rs2 lakh crore in metro projects over 10 years
12 Sep 2009
In addition to Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chennai, metro projects will be launched in Pune, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Ludhiana, Kochi, Indore and Chandigarh
RITES turnover rises to Rs672 crore, profit dips
31 Aug 2009
Reliance Infra bags Rs11,000-crore Mumbai Metro-II project as well
04 Aug 2009
A consortium of Anil Ambani group company Reliance Infrastructure and Canada's SNC Lavolin has bagged the Rs11,000-crore Mumbai Metro-II project.
Mamata Banerjee's railway factory at Singur stumps CPM
03 Aug 2009
Railway minister Mamata Banerjee has announced a package for Singur, the biggest of which could be a railway coach manufacturing unit provided the Tata Nano factory land is handed over to the railways.
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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