The budget for the advanced chemistry cell sector has gone up 6x in the last few years, reflecting the government’s continuous focus to boost the country’s energy storage ecosystem, a senior official said. The National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) battery storage was approved by the Union Cabinet on May 12, 2021 with budgetary […]
Category: Railways
3 railway officials violated MCC by attending BJP poll meeting: BJD to EC
The ruling BJD in Odisha has approached the Election Commission, alleging that three railway officials violated the model code of conduct by attending a BJP poll meeting on March 29. A delegation of the BJD led by Rajya Sabha member Sasmit Patra submitted a memorandum to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Odisha, in this regard […]
Summer ready: Railways draws up plan to ease coal transportation
The railway and coal ministries are redrawing logistics plans to improve the movement of coal to meet the country’s rising power demand during the peak summer time, officials said. The Centre, which has typically struggled with coal transportation for thermal power plants during the April-October period, is expecting a streamlined supply chain this year. After […]
Kalpataru Projects bags orders worth Rs 2,071 cr for metro tunnel project
Engineering firm Kalpataru Projects International Ltd(KPIL) on Thursday said the company and its arms have bagged orders worth Rs 2,071 crore for power transmission and distribution and construction of an underground metro rail tunnel project. KPIL is one of the largest specialised EPC (engineering procurement construction) companies engaged in power transmission and distribution, railways, highways, […]
Delhi Metro’s ITO, Lok Kalyan Marg stations reopen, say DMRC officials
The Delhi Metro has reopened the ITO and the Lok Kalyan Marg stations, a day after these were closed in view of an AAP protest against the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, officials said on Saturday. “ITO metro station and Lok Kalyan Marg metro station are now open for entry/exit,” the Delhi Metro Rail […]
Tata Group will move to 70% green energy by 2030: Chairman Chandrasekaran
Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran on Saturday said the conglomerate will move to 70 per cent green energy by 2030. He was addressing the convocation of XLRI-Xavier School of Management in Jamshedpur where he was honoured with the Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Social and Industrial Peace. “Nation-building impulse is as relevant now as it […]
Delhi Metro services to begin from 2:30 pm on Holi: DMRC officials
Delhi Metro services will begin from 2.30 pm on the day of Holi on March 25, officials said on Friday. The services on non-terminal stations will be available much later as the operations start from terminal stations at 2.30pm. “On the day of the Holi festival, on March 25 (Monday), Metro services will not be […]
Porter Buddy, A New AI Enabled Tool to Help Coolies, Travelers and Indian Railways , an IPR of Siddharth Gupta incubated by 3EA
In a landmark press conference held on March 19, 2024, in Mumbai, entrepreneur Siddharth Gupta along with strategic partner 3EA unveiled their latest venture, Porter Buddy, a revolutionary aggregator platform set to disrupt traditional and unorganized railway porter services. With an exclusive IPR in hand, copyright registration number L-144139/2024, Gupta’s startup aims to bridge the […]
RVNL rises on emerging as L-1 bidder for railway project
RVNL advanced 2.86% to Rs 246.05 after it emerged as the lowest bidder (L1) for a project awarded by South Eastern Railway to upgrade electric traction system for Rs 167.28 crore. The scope of entails design, supply, erection, testing and commissioning for upgradation of electric traction system from 1 x 25 KV to 2 x […]
Rail Vikas Nigam wins project of Rs 167 cr from South Eastern Railway
Rail Vikas Nigam emerges as the Lowest Bidder (L1) from SER HQ-ELECTRICAL/SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY for Design, Supply, Erection, Testing and Commissioning for upgradation of Electric traction system from 1 x 25 KV to 2 x 25 KV traction system for Rajkharsawan -Nayagarh- Bolani section of Chakradharpur division of South Eastern Railway to meet 3000 MT […]
Reduce unnecessary paperwork of drivers during train ops: Railway Board
The Railway Board has asked all its zones to reduce paperwork of drivers and assistant drivers while they are operating trains so that they can focus more on safety aspects and signals. “Loco pilot and assistant loco pilot have to maintain a memo book and an engine log book. While the memo book is a […]
Land for Job case: Delhi HC refuses to cancel interim bail of Amit Katyal
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to set aside and cancel the interim bail granted to businessman Amit Katyal on medical grounds. He is an accused in a land-for-job money laundering case and was granted interim bail on medical grounds on February 5. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had challenged the order of the trial […]