Will Railways refund half the fare for unconfirmed RAC tickets? Parliamentary committee suggests reviewing Superfast train criteriaA Parliamentary committee has deemed it unjustified to charge full fare for unconfirmed RAC train tickets when a passenger shares berths wi...
06 Feb, 2026, 04.04 PM IST
Railways should refund RAC passengers without berth, says parliamentary committeeA parliamentary committee has flagged issues with Indian Railways. Passengers holding RAC tickets, who do not get confirmed berths, should ...
05 Feb, 2026, 02.54 PM IST
First EF5 tornado to strike the US in more than a decade just confirmed by experts, marking the return of monster twistersA powerful EF5 tornado struck North Dakota in June. This marks the first EF5 tornado in the United States in over a decade. The storm ended...
07 Oct, 2025, 01.31 AM IST
Trains with maximum permissible speed exceeding 130 kmph are classified as 'High Speed': RailwaysIndian Railways is working on developing trains with speeds up to 320 kmph, while officially reclassifying high-speed trains as those excee...
26 Feb, 2025, 09.49 PM IST
Google develops AI-powered spam detection to make Gmail saferGoogle has developed an AI-powered spam detection system that can help spot "adversarial text manipulations" like emails with special chara...
05 Dec, 2023, 04.05 PM IST
EU lawmakers face struggle to reach agreement on AI rulesThe draft AI rules have to be agreed by the European Parliament and European Union member states. They have so far been discussed three tim...
23 Oct, 2023, 08.37 PM IST
L&T bags 'mega' order from bullet train projectInfrastructure major Larsen and Toubro's arm L&T Construction has bagged a 'mega' contract from the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Li...
21 Jul, 2023, 04.08 PM IST
L&T gets order in Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train projectThe company said the project assigned by the National High-Speed Rail Corporation includes commissioning of a depot spread over around 82 h...
05 Dec, 2022, 03.41 PM IST
L&T bags over Rs 7,000-cr order to construct part of Bullet Train ProjectThe approximately 508 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail project will cover Maharashtra, Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Guj...
19 Nov, 2020, 11.46 AM IST
View: Let the economy open. Don’t micro-manage lockdown exitThe economy is a complex beast, and Covid-19 rules have had some unintended consequences.
31 May, 2020, 09.25 PM IST
Looking ahead: YOLO's technology for driverless cars can also be used for cancer research, track GorillasOne of the speakers at TEDxGateway in Mumbai, Redmon says that the same object detection system used for identifying pedestrians on the roa...
16 Feb, 2018, 11.55 AM IST
Six-month time to probe corruption cases, government amends rulesThe directive comes after the commission noted that administrative authorities are not adhering to the time- schedule prescribed for comple...
05 Jun, 2017, 08.01 PM IST
Rail Budget 2015: Freight hike won't affect prices of essential items, says Suresh PrabhuAt a post-budget briefing, Railway Board Chairman AK Mital said there would be a marginal 3 per cent increase in freight rates on an averag...
26 Feb, 2015, 09.28 PM IST
Railway Budget 2015: No increase in rail faresPrabhu said over the next five years, Railways envisage an investment of Rs 8.5 lakh crore for which a broad indicative investment plan has...
26 Feb, 2015, 04.15 PM IST
Rail Budget 2013: CII for speedy implementation of key railway projectsGovernment should take steps for speedy implementation of key railway projects such high-speed rail corridors.
25 Feb, 2013, 11.36 AM IST
INS Chakra: Govt inducts Russian-origin Akula II class Nerpa into NavyIndia joined the elite club of nations possessing nuclear-powered submarines with the induction of the Russian-origin 'Nerpa' into the Navy...
04 Apr, 2012, 12.47 PM IST
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Beauty consciousness has dawned on rising affluence. With an increase in the number of households upgrading to a higher consumption lifesty...
20 Jun, 2011, 09.29 AM IST