Indian Railways
New 309-km railway line to connect Mumbai and Indore
03 Sep 2024
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Monday approved the construction of a new 309 km-long railway line that will provide the shortest rail connectivity between Mumbai and Indore
Budget outlay for Railways for FY25 at Rs68,634 crore
28 Jul 2024
Union Budget 2024-25 has allocated Rs68,634 crore for Indian Railways across various projects, including construction of new lines
ICF, Chennai developing hydrogen-powered train
10 Feb 2024
The Indian Railways has designed a train which will run on hydrogen fuel cell and the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai has taken up a project for development of a train using hydrogen fuel cell
ABB teams up with Titagarh Rail for metro projects in India
22 Nov 2023
ABB Ltd, a global leader in electrification and automation technology, has formed a strategic partnership with Titagarh Rail Systems Ltd for the supply of Metro Rail propulsion systems.
Alstom, Siemens, BHEL among 11 companies likely to vie for production of 58 Vande Bharat trains
24 Sep 2021
PM flags off 1.5 km double stack container train on WFC’s Rewari-Madar section
14 Jan 2021
The double stack 1.5 km long electric train that first ran in DFCCIL’s newly commissioned 7.5 meter high OHE Section, can accommodate 360 ten feet container equivalent units (TEU), which is equivalent to 270 high capacity road trailer trucks
ICF completes 180-km speed trial of Vistadome tourist coach
04 Jan 2021
The Vistadom coach has large windows on the sides, glass panels on the roof, and is provided with 44 seats that can rotate up to 180 degrees to face the direction of train movement, besides a Wi-Fi-based passenger information system
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India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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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
