Miscellaneous

Expected to produce 1,422 coaches in 2018-19 Foundation Stone of Modern Coach Factory (MCF), Raebareli was laid in February 2007. But construction began only in May 2010. The factory was slated to produce 1,000 coaches. However, between 2011-14, it only did minor work on some coaches brought from

The first phase of all-India launch of the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS), which can be accessed through panic buttons in mobile phones, will start from February 19. The project is meant for those in distress, mainly women, so that they can send out distress signals along with their

Moving a step ahead towards ensuring optimum use of National Waterways, the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) launched a new portal LADIS – Least Available Depth Information System here today. LADIS will ensure that real-time data on least available depths is disseminatedfor ship/barge and

Hours after former Bihar MLA Raju Singh absconded after allegedly shooting a woman at a New Year’s party in the Capital last month, a Delhi Police sub-inspector posted details of his car and a mobile tower location on a group on the Telegram app. It was this message that helped a police officer from

पंजाब में बटाला के तलवंडी झियुरां के 66 साल के बलवंत सिंह रोजाना घोड़े के साथ 2 किलोमीटर की दौड़ लगाते हैं। शरीर इतना फिट कि अपने गांव से 31 किलोमीटर दूर गुरदासपुर तक दौड़कर डेढ़ घंटे में ही पहुंच जाते हैं। ऐसा उनका दावा है। अब तक रेस में 100 से अधिक मेडल, सर्टिफिकेट्स अपने नाम कर चुके हैं। उनका

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved Patna Metro Rail Project having two Metro Rail Corridors,namely (i) Danapur to Mithapur (ii) Patna Railway Station to New ISBT at an estimated cost of Rs.13365.77 crore. Project Details: The Project will be completed in five

Buoyed by the success of a ‘natural sewage treatment plant (STP)’, the state government is planning at least 16 more such units to treat sewage flowing into the Yamuna. The natural STP in the heart of Bawana industrial area was installed in July last year. It uses natural material such as pebbles

From February 13, at least 60 lakh documents — including Mughal emperor Shah Alam II’s 19th Century farman, partition decrees, and property papers dating back to 1870 — will be available free of cost to the public, with the launch of the Delhi government’s ‘e-abhilekh’ website. Touted as a “first-of

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, participated in Swachh Shakti- 2019, a convention of Women Sarpanchs and felicitated the women sarpanchs from across the country with the Swachh Shakti-2019 awards, in Kurushetra, Haryana on Tuesday. PM stated that coming together of swachagrahis from across the nation

Among the case studies at the technology de-addiction clinic or the Service for Healthy Use of Technology (SHUT) clinic at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Bengaluru is that of a 21-year-old college student who took selfies every 15-20 minutes. Doctors said her obsession

World’s largest container shipping company Maersk Line will move 16 containers on river Ganga (National Waterway-1) from Varanasi to Kolkata tomorrow. Maersk moves 12 million containers yearly across the globe. The firm is onboard India’s inland waterways for the first time. Maersk moving containers

Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Chemicals & Fertilizers, Shri Mansukh Mandaviya in a written reply to the Lok Sabha last week informed that the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has initiated Skill Development Program under RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning)