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List of 25 bills passed https://www.opindia.com/2020/09/summary-25-bills-passed-modi-government-lok-sabha-monsoon-session The truncated monsoon session of the Parliament concluded yesterday, cut short due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Although the session ran for only 10 days, it was the most product...

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http://newsonair.com/News?title=Parliament-passes-three-labour-code-Bills-for-welfare-of-workers&id=400585 Parliament has passed the three labour code Bills for the welfare and protection of workers. Rajya Sabha gave its nod to these bills today while the Lok Sabha had already passed it on Tuesd...

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http://newsonair.com/News?title=Lok-Sabha-passes-the-Major-Port-Authorities-Bill%2c-2020&id=400589 Lok Sabha passes the Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020 PTILok Sabha passed the Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020 today. The Bill seeks to provide for regulation, operation and planning of major por...

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https://themetrorailguy.com/2020/09/23/3-bidders-for-mumbai-ahmedabad-hsrs-package-c4/ India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) today received 3 bids to construct the 237.1 km Package C4 of the 508.17 km Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR Bullet Train) project which’ll connect bo...

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/arrested-scribe-rajeev-sharma-was-passing-info-about-indias-border-strategy-to-chinese-intelligence/articleshow/78204153.cms Arrested scribe Rajeev Sharma was passing information on India's border strategy to Chinese: Police "Both the Chinese woman and ...

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/worlds-longest-highway-tunnel-is-ready-to-open/articleshow/78164866.cms The world's longest motorable tunnel, the Atal Tunnel at Rohtang, at an altitude of over 3,000 metres (10,000 feet) is ready to open. At a time when India is facing border issues with Ch...

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https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-inaugurates-kosi-rail-mega-bridge-in-bihar/story-U5ptbIhunFheDYggBLOWbK.html Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the historical Kosi Rail Mega Bridge to the nation and inaugurated new rail lines and electrification projects in Bihar via video-conf...

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https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-explainer-are-farm-bills-game-changer-or-anti-farmer-2843667 Lok Sabha on Thursday took up for discussion two bills for reforms in agriculture marketing with Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar stating the legislations were in the interest of farmers and p...

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https://swarajyamag.com/insta/bringing-maglev-trains-to-india-bhel-partners-with-swissrapid-to-introduce-trains-running-at-500-kmph Indian Railways is set to take a giant leap for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of an ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’. The Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has colla...

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https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/20200921-changing-tracks-1720884-2020-09-12 Since the nationalisation of railways in 1951, passenger trains had been a government monopoly. In October 2019, as a pilot project, the railways allowed its subsidiary IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering ...

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https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2020/aug/26/roll-on-roll-off-train-service-to-have-its-maiden-run-on-august-30-from-karnataka-to-maharashtra-2188454.html BENGALURU: Nearly five months after the trial runs were approved by the Railway Board, the first Roll On-Roll Off (RO-RO) servic...

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https://indianexpress.com/article/india/chinese-firm-sole-foreign-bidder-railways-cancels-tender-for-vande-bharat-trainsets-6564853/lite/ More than a month after a state-owned Chinese rolling stock major emerged as the sole foreign company in the bid to manufacture 44 Vande Bharat trainsets, Indian ...

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https://www.urbantransportnews.com/india-needs-multi-modal-infrastructure-for-transportation-narendra-modi/ Integrated transport system is going to develop in India as under the National Infrastructure Pipeline it will spend more than Rs 110 trillion on infrastructure sector in the next 5 years. Acr...

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https://www.metrorailnews.in/medha-group-to-invest-rs-1000-cr-to-set-up-countrys-largest-private-sector-rail-coach-factory/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=name_here_are_updates_from_metro_railway_industries&utm_term=2020-08-16 Hyderabad (Metro Rail News) – Medha Serv...

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Figures seem to show a slowdown of new cases: https://www.covid19india.org/

The tide has turned?

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Seriously @ANandy you should know better than quoting news from a mouthpiece of the Catholic diocese of Mangalore----Daijiworld, that is known to be so virulently anti--Modi that they will spread any canard----bungee jumping off the Chenab bridge, next khemta dancing on semi HSR to Howrah. I should...

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https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/nep-can-make-india-a-knowledge-superpower/story-MT4nRgE7XbR2hh9JGNMT3L.html The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 comes a staggering 34 years after it was last revised. With this comes the possibility of historical educational reform. Timely and progressive...

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They have to increase the number of rakes, hopefully some sense will come through as these roll off the line. Meanwhile, the much delayed Chenab bridge: https://resize.indiatvnews.com/en/resize/newbucket/715_-/2020/07/chenab-bridge-1594472791.jpg It is the most challenging project in the post-indepe...

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Yes the concrete expanse effect is a eye sore for sure. European cities like Munich seem a lot better mix of greenery and buildings with underground transport. Off context but I wonder what happened to the Japanese economy. With such incredible infrastructure, their economic stagnation seems strange...

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https://swarajyamag.com/news-brief/indian-railways-drafts-in-three-production-companies-to-speed-up-manufacturing-of-vande-bharat-trains Indian Railways has said that it has drafted in not one but three railway production companies to speed up manufacturing of Vande Bharat trains amid reports of del...

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Holy hell, I just saw that bullet train station and sank a few feet

We have just so much to build in this generation.

Small temple city onlee

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Here is an overview I found: https://twitter.com/Aish17aer/status/12 ... 6901805056

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsDaDs2 ... u.be&t=185

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https://www.narendramodi.in/cabinet-approves-national-education-policy-2020-paving-way-for-transformational-reforms-in-school-and-higher-education-systems-in-the-country-550741 Cabinet Approves National Education Policy 2020, paving way for transformational reforms in school and higher education sys...

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-modi-launches-covid-19-testing-facilities-in-noida-mumbai-and-kolkata-highlights/articleshow/77199535.cms Speaking after virtually launching Covid-19 testing facilities, th Prime Minister said that these hi-tech state-of-the-art testing facilities will bo...

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Maybe it can be managed in the same way as national parks with access controlled at all entry/exit points. In the US, places like Yosemite have been preserved in this way.

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Chairman, Railway Board Media Interaction on 23/07/2020

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https://newsstation.media/news/sohna-dfc-tunnel-worlds-first-electrified-rail-tunnel-fit-to-run-double-stack-containers/ DFCCIL has completed the ‘Tunnel Breaking Ceremony’ which marks the completion of tunnel caving work of the 1 km long tunnel of its Western Dedicated Freight Corridor through the ...

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https://swarajyamag.com/news-brief/indian-railways-puts-in-motion-an-action-plan-to-run-trains-at-160-kmph-on-major-trunk-routes In order to expand the capacity, work for electrification and doubling the routes are underway on the high-density path. According to the timeline, the high-density routes...

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Railways keeping the wheels turning :D . Production going up despite pandemic. https://twitter.com/RailMinIndia/status/1280712964564086784 Despite prevailing situation of COVID-19 pandemic, Rail Wheel Factory manufactured 15582 wheels & 6480 axles in June’20, higher than 15295 wheels and 5020 ax...

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You have to start somewhere, but India is not an expansionist power.
Making extravagant claims will cause extravagant losses.

We are not expansionist until we are expanded upon. Then we must expand quickly

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https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/private-train-operators-to-decide-own-fares-share-gross-revenue-with-railways/story/409173.html Railways has begun the formal process to allow private companies to run 151 modern passenger trains on 109 pairs of routes across the country. Accordi...

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Discussed in another thread, deleting. Sorry.

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Cool. Phobos may be the initial target before Mars landings.

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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/cashless-treatment-scheme-soon-for-road-accident-victims-with-rs-2-5-lakh-cap-per-case/articleshow/76717442.cms NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday said it is ready with a blueprint to implement a cashless treatment scheme for road accident...

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https://swarajyamag.com/insta/many-start-ups-showing-interest-in-space-sector-big-corporates-yet-to-come-to-the-front-isro-chief-k-sivan Interacting with reporters here via video conference, Sivan said the process of acquiring land is in progress in Kulasekarapattinam for building a second rocket la...

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Space sector reforms: https://www.narendramodi.in/historic-reforms-initiated-in-the-space-sector-550298 The Public Sector Enterprise ‘New Space India Limited (NSIL)’ will endeavour to re-orient space activities from a ‘supply driven’ model to a ‘demand driven’ model, thereby ensuring optimum utiliza...

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The most touching video clip I saw was a poor rag picker who was seen clapping standing on the road near a luxurious apartment...

Yes. We need to stop this virus soon. And get back to work getting these guys off the road and a home to live in.

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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/bureaucracy-slows-down-reforms-approved-by-pm-says-ex-niti-chief-arvind-panagariya/articleshow/74634634.cms “A final example relates to the civil services reform. Prime Minister Modi has pushed for lateral entry at the top levels of the bureau...

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