All 15 Kashmir Valley Railway Stations, Including Srinagar, Get Integrated with 6021 Station Rail Wi-Fi Network
All 15 Kashmir Valley Railway Stations, including Srinagar, have now got integrated with 6021 Station Wi-Fi Network of Indian Railways.
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Sea Water Desalination through Solar Thermal Forward Osmosis Brings Relief to Drought Prone Tamil Nadu Village
Narippaiyur, a village in Ramanathapuram District, a drought prone area situated in the South-East corner of Tamil Nadu will benefit from 20,000 litres per day of fresh water produced from sea water – thanks to the solar thermal Forward Osmosis (FO) sea water desalination system installed in the place.
Tata Motors, Tata Power Inaugurate India’s Largest Solar Carport in Pune
The 6.2 megawatt peak (MWp) solar carport deployed by Tata Power will generate 86.4 lakh kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity per year and is estimated to reduce 7,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually and 1.6 lakh tonnes over its lifecycle.
Raksha Mantri Dedicates to the Nation 12 Roads, Built by BRO, in Northern & Eastern Border Areas
At an event organised in Lakhimpur district of Assam, the Raksha Mantri e-inaugurated a 20-km long double lane Kimin-Potin road, along with nine other roads in Arunachal Pradesh and one each in the Union Territories of Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir. The roads have been constructed under ‘Arunank’, ‘Vartak’, ‘Brahmank’, ‘Udayak’, ‘Himank’ and ‘Sampark’ projects of BRO.
Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel Kick off 5G Network Trials in India
The Department of Telecommunications had in May allocated 5G trial spectrum in 700-megahertz (MHz), 3.2-3.6-gigahertz (GHz), and 24.25-28.5-GHz bands to Airtel, Jio, and Vodafone Idea to develop India-specific use-cases. Jio is using standalone 5G architecture for its trials and this will include testing of core and radio network for peak speed, latency, and data loads, said a source.
28 Seaplane Routes, 14 Water Aerodromes Under Development in India: Centre
The Centre on Tuesday said a total of 28 seaplane routes and 14 water aerodromes across the country are in various stages of development with an investment of Rs 450 crore.
In A First for India, Bridge to be Built in 20 Days
If all goes according to the plan, the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) will finish building a road overbridge (ROB) in 20 days, a milestone for the country.
BRO Links Two More Sensitive Areas with Roads, Bridges on China Border
Sources confirmed an important bridge towards Doka La in Sikkim has been launched by the Border Roads Organisation, and Yangtse in Arunachal Pradesh has been linked with roads. “Launch of Indigenously-developed (by GRSE) 140’ double lane Class-70 modular bridge in Sikkim (to Dokala) is complete, and forward location of Yangtse in Arunachal Pradesh is now connected with road.” said the source.
IISc Facility can Detect Water Pollutants at Low Concentration
The multi-instrument facility includes Quadrupole Inductively Couple Plasma Mass Spectrometer fitted with collision reaction cell (QQQ-ICP-MS), and an Inductively Couple Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer with dual detection capability (ICP-OES).
Cabinet Approves Allotment of 5 MHz Spectrum in 700 MHz Band to Indian Railways
Giving a boost to ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ mission, the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for allotment allotment of 5 MHz Spectrum in 700 MHz frequency band to Indian Railways for public safety and security services at stations and in trains.