Supply-chain resilience, diversification reshaping global trade beyond comparative advantage: Commerce SecySupply-chain resilience, multiple sourcing and diversification are increasingly becoming important drivers of global trade alongside tradit...
25 Sep, 2026, 09.49 AM IST
Good news for Railways employees, India's largest employer announces a salary hike for these workersThe Ministry of Railways has announced that the COVID-19 lockdown stay-at-home period will be considered duty for trainee railway employees...
09 Jul, 2025, 08.32 AM IST
Railways spent Rs 98.10 to earn Rs 100 in 2022-23: Ashwini VaishnawRailways achieved highest ever total revenue of 2,40,177 cr in 2022-23 with operating ratio of 98.10%. CAG report examined railways finance...
02 Feb, 2024, 08.53 PM IST
CPI MP Binoy Viswam urges rail minister to restore senior citizen concession in trainsWhile the decision was made in light of COVID-19, it has not been reviewed despite repeated demands of senior citizens as the country opene...
23 May, 2022, 11.13 AM IST
Covid measures for poor, job loss to come under house panel scrutinyParliamentary standing committees, led by Opposition MPs, have added new subjects for examination by the panels which would bring under scr...
01 Jul, 2021, 05.05 PM IST
India's business activity saw its steepest weekly fall in over a year: NomuraNomura was optimistic that pent up demand would return as it expected the pace of vaccinations to increase in June. India’s weekly vaccinat...
28 Apr, 2021, 07.07 AM IST
Suburban train services hit in Bengal after 90 drivers, guards test COVID-19 positive"The situation is pretty grim. Some 90 drivers and guards are unable to report for duty due to Covid. We have cancelled 56 local trains to ...
20 Apr, 2021, 12.10 PM IST
COVID-19 among reasons for Railways' losses in last 3 years: Piyush GoyalGoyal pointed out that remittance of dividend receipts from Railway PSUs to General Revenues, which hitherto used to be part of Railways' s...
10 Mar, 2021, 08.44 PM IST
Railways' revenue declined by Rs 36,993 crore in 2020 due to pandemic: GovtIn written reply to a question in Lok Sabha, the minister said this decline in revenue was due to the adverse impact of COVID-19 pandemic, ...
03 Feb, 2021, 08.48 PM IST
1.7 lakh book tickets as railways restarts operationsThe Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, the railway ticketing arm, sold tickets to over 82,000 passengers, as of Tuesday morni...
13 May, 2020, 07.02 AM IST
3.4 lakh workers ferried in 302 Shramik trains since May 1Shramik special trains were run from May 1 on the request of different state governments. The railways has suspended passenger, mail and ex...
09 May, 2020, 10.05 PM IST
Indian Railways to continue land monetisation, hold pre-bid meeting via video-conferencingRail Land Development Authority, a statutory authority, under the Ministry of Railways, for development of vacant railway land for commerci...
17 Apr, 2020, 02.42 PM IST
Modified rail coaches to provide 3.2 lakh isolation beds: Indian Railways"These modified 20,000 coaches can accommodate up to 3.2 lakh possible beds for isolation needs. Work on modification of 5,000 coaches, whi...
31 Mar, 2020, 04.15 PM IST
COVID-19: Northeast Frontier Railway to convert coaches into isolation wardsIn view of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is converting coaches at the Coach Maintenance Depot in Kamakhya and...
28 Mar, 2020, 06.33 PM IST
Covid-19 Impact: Refund rules relaxed in different zones of Indian RailwaysTo avoid the rush in ticket counters due to cancellations of all passenger trains across the country due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian R...
23 Mar, 2020, 09.16 PM IST
Government mulls curbing train travel as Covid-19 cases rise, 13,000 trains may be affected3,500 to 4,000 train services were already affected on Sunday amid the janta curfew imposed nationwide.
22 Mar, 2020, 12.22 PM IST
Jagannath temple in Puri shut to general public until March 31Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation has identified three city hotels, Ginger Hotel, Empires and Hotel Kalinga Ashok that will offer pay for u...
19 Mar, 2020, 03.57 PM IST