Avishek G Dastidar

The US has been pushing for net zero carbon emissions, under which a country compensates for the greenhouse gases it generates by making provisions for absorption and removal of an equal amount.

The arch, the most difficult part of the Rs 1,400-crore bridge over Chenab, is a major leap towards the completion of the 111-km long-winding stretch from Katra to Banihal. It will symbolise the Kashmir rail link, to be ready for at least a century.

Nitin Gadkari said the target would be even more in the coming years.

"The RBI’s internal committee has recommended that corporate houses be allowed to get into banking. There is a huge conflict of interest if it is allowed" says BSP MP from Ambedkar Nagar, Ritesh Pandey.

The ABVP members had allegedly falsely accused the women of engaging in forced religious conversion.

The incident, which occurred at Jhansi station on March 19, was brought to light in a video that showed the women being heckled, prompting a wave of outrage across Kerala from where the nuns are -- and an assurance from Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Earlier in the day, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan sought Shah’s intervention in the incident of four Christian women harassed purportedly by Bajrang Dal activists in a train in Jhansi last week.

The Union Budget for 2021-22 has allocated Rs 100 crore for the development of Chabahar Port.

Sena and NCP MPs, including Supriya Sule, protested against the use of Zero Hour for raising a “political issue”.

The Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on March 17.

The report says one passenger of the affected coach has given a written statement that the smoke detector alarm went off in the coach when the fire started.

Announcing the “Voluntary Vehicle-Fleet Modernisation Programme” in Lok Sabha on Thursday, Gadkari said that commercial vehicles over 15 years old and personal vehicles over 20 years old will be marked for scrapping if they fail to pass the test.

The central government will develop a website for single-window clearance, on which the applicant willing to set up an RSVF will apply with documents and fee. State governments are to clear the proposals in 60 days.

Under the policy, old vehicles are supposed to undergo mandatory fitness tests in automated fitness centres to be set up across India.

Congress leader Manish Tewari alleged that the WHO chair is currently held by Health Minister Harshvardhan and that a joint team of WHO and China have absolved India’s eastern neighbour from the accusations of spreading the virus across the world.

While the Kisan Rail, launched in July last year, has transported over 80,000 tonnes of fruits and vegetables so far from various parts of the country to bigger markets, it has not been able to take unique products of the Northeast to elsewhere in India.

There were no casualties on Saturday. The Railways has decided to compile all its instructions on fire safety in its system, the various Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) — coaches, buildings, stations, etc — and compile a single protocol, sources said.

Announced in the Budget for 2021-22, the new policy is set to be notified soon, and plans to create an ecosystem which provides incentives to old vehicle owners to decide in favour of scrapping, even if the vehicle has residual life.

The decision was aided by studying past global pandemics and their responses by countries and their consequences, he said.

The World Bank report found that it is about 15-20 per cent less expensive for a company in India to trade with a company in Brazil or Germany, than with a company in Bangladesh.

India has currently no capability to manufacture its own cargo containers. They are all manufactured by foreign players, mainly Chinese.

AFTER ROADS and power sector, the next InvIT or infrastructure investment trust is likely to be in rail sector, which is increasingly looking to lure private investments in all areas of its operations.

That's the new business model designed by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) for one of its newly opened stretches in the western region with a projected annual earning close to Rs 100 crore, a senior official told The Indian Express.

According to officials, even though protesters had given the call to stop trains noon onwards, disruptions started from 9 am. By the evening, however, trains on all routes were operating normally, Railways said.