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Bihar, one of the largest states in the Hindi heartland, is often in news for many things. But, of late, it has been in the spotlight due to a string of major infrastructure failures. Contrast this, the neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, which was in the same boat until a few years...

Critical minerals are those minerals which are essential for economic development and national security, the lack of which, may lead to supply chain vulnerability and disruption. The November 2022 expert committee was initiated to fill the policy gap, identify and develop value chains for the minerals which are critical to...

Titagarh Rail Systems Limited has been awarded the contract for supply of Metro coaches for the first phase of Surat Metro Rail, the engineering company announced Tuesday in a regulatory filing. Under the terms of the agreement, Titagarh Wagons will undertake the design, manufacture, supply, testing, commissioning and training of...

The Indian Railways is ready to commence production from its largest solar plant at Bhilai in Chhattisgarh. The Railways' second solar photovoltaic plant, the 50-megawatt (MW) facility follows the 1.7 MW unit commissioned in February 2022 at Bina in Madhya Pradesh. The Raipur Division of the South East Central Railway (SECR)...

The breakdown in talks between Russia's Transmashholding (TMH) and Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) might compel the Indian Railways to re-issue its tender for the manufacture and maintenance of 120 Vande Bharat sleeper trains, the Money Control reported on Monday (19 June). According to the report, the TMH-RVNL joint venture...

Forced by price considerations, the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) has contracted a company to prepare a feasibility report for a Monorail project to connect Noida international airport in Jewar with Greater Noida’s Knowledge Park-2. Previously, the Authority had enlisted the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to prepare a...

In a boost to India’s ambition to become a global shipping hub, the Udupi Cochin Shipyard Limited (UCSL) has bagged an international shipbuilding order from Wilson ASA, a leading European player in the short-sea market, for supply of six new generation diesel electric cargo vessels. UCSL at Malpe in Udupi is...

The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) president Uddhav Thackeray will visit Barsu village in Ratnagiri district in the first week of May to express solidarity with the ongoing protests by a section of local residents against the proposed oil refinery. The decision follows the detention of 111 protestors including women...

In a significant enhancement to Kochi's infrastructure, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (25 April) inaugurated the first phase of the Kochi Water Metro- India's first "Water Metro" service. The Kochi water metro project envisage connecting 38 terminals spread across 10 islands in and around Kochi with a fleet of...

The first broad-gauge passenger railway service between India and Nepal has completed one year of operation and is running profitably, a media report has said. The 35-kilometre railway extending from Kurtha, Nepal to Jaynagar, India, was virtually inaugurated by the then Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his Indian counterpart...