A statement issued by the Railway Ministry said that Indian Railways is now running a total of 1,138 mail and express trains per day, compared to average 1,768 mail and express trains in pre-COVID times

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The contract awarded by the Indian Railways to the firm is for design and manufacturing of propulsion, control and other equipment for making 44 rakes, having sixteen cars each, of Vande Bharat train sets, according the railway ministry

Centre had planned a disinvestment mop-up of Rs 2.1 lakh crore this fiscal, by selling stake in several public sector enterprises, but the plans have been stalled due to several factors

DFCs are exclusive corridors for faster movement of freight trains. The Western DFC is a 1,525 km corridor between Delhi and JNPT (Mumbai) while the Eastern DFC connects Ludhiana and Dankuni, spanning 1,800 km

Countries including Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles will be the first recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine shipments out of India

Nair has worked at JLL India for more than two decades, joining as an analyst in 1999. He became the Chief Operating Officer in 2013 and CEO four year later in 2017. Nair also served as a member of the Asia Pacific Executive Board

Yamaha's new RX-V line has been redesigned and built on the foundation of performance and power. The new design includes a high-resolution LCD and a jog dial with touch-sensitive buttons

The gross budgetary support (GBS) sought by the railway ministry is about 7 per cent higher than GBS of Rs 70,250 crore allocated for the financial year 2020-21 in last year's budget by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

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ASSOCHAM said that the Indian economy needs to double down on growth which is only possible with a conducive environment for industries. Government's promise to spend big budget on roads and transport cannot be fulfilled with the ongoing protests

This will be the fifth railways company to hit the Dalal Street since 2017. The four listed ones include IRCON International, RITES, Rail Vikas Nigam and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation

As India marches from one economic disaster to another, policy and planning appear to be victims of whims and fancies as and when they strike

FM Nirmala Sitharaman Press Conference Live: FM Sitharaman's announced several stimulus measures to revive the ecomony on Thursday, November 12. Among several of them, she announced new subsidies for employers and employees under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana Subsidy

Considering additional expenditure by the government and shortfalls in tax and disinvestment receipts, ratings agency has estimated fiscal deficit to be 9% during the year FY21

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IRCTC offer for sale: The share sale will be part of the Narendra Modi's government ambitious  Rs 2.1 lakh crore disinvestment process for fiscal 2020-21

Despite an ambitious target, public expenditure on infrastructure - the only functional engine of the economy - is dwindling. That spells bad news for economic recovery

The major projects completed in the last six years include the 5-km Bogibeel Rail cum Road Bridge across the Brahmaputra

According to an official order of the Railways, all special trains including 15 pairs on the Rajdhani routes since May 12 and 100 pairs operating since June 1 will, however, continue