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India building Rs820-cr railway test track in Rajasthan
11 Nov 2024
India is for the first time developing a dedicated test track to facilitate advanced testing of high-speed rolling stock like the upcoming bullet trains.
Railways to link Andhra capital Amaravati as cabinet clears Rs6,798-cr spending on 2 projects
25 Oct 2024
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday granted approval to two railway projects estimated to cost a total Rs6,798 crore.
Centre approves Rs12,200-cr Thane Ring Metro Rail Project, expansion of Bangalore Metro
17 Aug 2024
The union cabinet on Friday approved the construction of well integrated Ring Metro Rail Project in Thane, near Mumbai, involving a total cost of Rs12,200 crore.
World's first 100% hydrogen-powered train now runs in Germany
29 Aug 2022
With a range of 1,000 km, the Alstom multiple units of the Coradia iLint model, which are emission-free in operation, can run all day long on just one tank of hydrogen on the route between Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervörde and Buxtehude
Germany’s Deutsche Bahn, Siemens team up for driverless train
03 Nov 2021
This is similar to India’s own fully automated driverless train, which travels on Delhi Metro’s 37-kilometre-long Magenta Line that connects Janakpuri West in Delhi to Botanical Garden in Noida, Uttar Pradesh
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
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The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
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By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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