Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday announced that Indian Railways have equipped nearly 60 passenger coaches with solar panel for meeting their light and fan power requirements. 10 non-air-conditioned coaches at Mathura to run in the Mathura-Alwar railway section, as well as 30 non-air-conditioned passenger coaches in the Lucknow-Varanasi railway section are to be equipped with solar power technology.
China President Xi Jinping hoped that he could simply wear India down.But India outsmarted and isolated China on all fronts — militarily, economically, and diplomatically. It understood the gap between China’s words and actions and kept the pressure on for full disengagement.
Having reduced tensions with China after the simultaneous disengagement of troops began in eastern Ladakh, India will renew its engagement with Russia that will culminate in a visit by Vladimir Putin for a summit meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said sources.
Now, India has its own gerbera varieties as scientists at the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) have developed six indigenous varieties of this flower, used extensively in decorations and bouquets.
India on Thursday earned a pat on the back from the World Health Organization (WHO) for its efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) as the global body said the number of infections in the country has been on the decline. “Over three months now, cases of Covid-19 in India have been consistently going down… Considering the magnitude of the population…it’s something the Government of India should be very, very proud of,” Roderico Ofrin, WHO’s India representative, was quoted as saying by ANI.
Koo, the Made in India social network platform, has seen a massive surge in the number of users in the last few weeks amid a spat between the Centre and Twitter. “We had two million users with about 1.5 million active users. Now, we have now crossed 3 million-mark,” Koo co-founder Mayank Bidawataka said, according to news agency PTI.
In an effort to decrease the dependence on lithium ion batteries, an industry dominated by China, the Modi government is focusing on encouraging research on new technologies such as metal-ion and metal-air batteries, reports The Times of India.
The exports of military hardware went up to Rs 4682.36 crore in 2017-18 and further jumped to Rs 10745.77 crore in 2018-19. The amount for 2019-20 was 9115.55 crore while it was Rs 6288.26 crore in the current fiscal till January 31, according to Naik.
The volumes of the PCB&W and FMCG & Healthcare (F&H) categories increased by 95% and 46% YoY respectively from October to December 2020, according to the Q4-2020 -E-commerce Trend Report, jointly released by Unicommerce and Kearney.
Cross-border infiltration along the India-Bangladesh border fell in 2020 with 489 cases being recorded and 955 persons being apprehended, as compared to 500 cases and 1109 apprehended persons in 2019, the home minister told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
