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Train passengers, a major safety upgrade is coming: Rs 170 crore approved for a project covering another 712 km of tracksRailways has approved the deployment of Kavach Version 4.0 across 712 route kilometres in the Moradabad Division. The rollout will strength...- In 2006, Portland converted 45,000 streetlights to LEDs. 20 years later, its streetlights and signals use 66% less energy and save the city $1.5 million every yearTwo decades after 2006, Portland’s lighting story offers a useful lesson for cities considering their own energy transitions. The important...
- Science says sharks can hunt in total darkness using electricity: The biology behind their sixth senseA shark does not always need to see a fish to detect that a living creature is nearby. In murky water, beneath the sand or during the final...
- In 1870, a New York millionaire secretly built a 300-foot underground railway. Decades before the city's modern subway network took shape, people forgot it existedLong before New York City’s modern subway system opened in 1904, a millionaire had already built a secret underground railway beneath Broad...
- Cloudflare launches ‘Adaptive Intelligence’ to fight AI-era bot attacks in real timeCloudflare introduced Adaptive Intelligence for real-time cyberattack detection. This engine learns from global internet traffic to block e...
- 125-million-year-old crocodile fossil reveals shocking details - UV light exposes traces of skin, sensory structures and possible color patternA fascinating 125-million-year-old crocodile fossil found in Spain has unveiled remarkable insights into prehistoric life. Through the use ...
- Ashoka Buildcon shares rally 10% after securing Rs 602 crore order from RVNLAshoka Buildcon shares surged over 10% after the company received a Rs 602.16 crore order from Rail Vikas Nigam Limited for electro-mechani...
- India mandates IST as common time reference; gives 180-day window for complianceNew rules mandate Indian Standard Time as the single national reference. These rules will come into force 180 days after their official gaz...
- Indian Railways is planting an aromatic-rooted grass in Lonavala ghats to prevent landslides and avert a Nepal-like flash flood situationIndian Railways is testing vetiver, an aromatic-rooted grass native to India, as a low-cost nature-based solution to stabilise vulnerable s...
- In 1990, a rural Idaho community of 17 homes made one final phone call. It marked the end of America's last known hand-cranked telephone systemIn July 1990, a small community in Idaho’s remote Salmon River Canyon said goodbye to a telephone system that had survived for decades. Sev...
- From Mars to interstellar space, NASA’s new giant antenna is now operationalNASA activated its new 34-meter radio antenna, DSS-23, on August 3, 2026. This new antenna will help communicate with spacecraft across the...
- Quote of the day by Alfred Winslow Jones: "The tools that get investors and speculators in and out of the market only after some widely followed average has turned must obviously exaggerate the movements of the market"Alfred Winslow Jones warned that investors reacting only after widely followed market averages turn can amplify market swings and lead to l...
- How leftover wheat straw stopped China’s shifting desert sands and helped bring vegetation backA simple straw checkerboard system developed at Shapotou in China’s Tengger Desert helped protect the Baotou-Lanzhou railway from shifting ...
- Indian Railways has a plan for more tracks, less congestion and more trains: What are the train routes where your journey will become easier?Indian Railways is set to upgrade seven heavily trafficked routes, transforming them into four-line corridors. This ambitious project targe...
- Indian bullet train costs below global benchmarks: Official estimatesIndia's Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor costs are significantly lower than comparable international projects. Officials state the...
- PM Modi reviews projects with investment of Rs 30,000 crore under PRAGATI meetingPrime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 53rd PRAGATI meeting reviewing six key infrastructure projects. These projects span nine states wi...
- A Scottish inventor patented an image-transmission machine in 1843. More than a century later, it would become the office fax machineA Scottish inventor patented an image-transmission machine in 1843. More than a century later, the technology would evolve into the fax mac...
- Europe turned railway tracks white during extreme heat; the low-cost solution tackles a problem hidden in the steelEuropean transport systems are grappling with the impact of rising extreme heatwaves. To combat this, railway tracks are being coated in wh...
- Mumbai suburban rail network to get 238 AC EMU rakes by 2030Indian Railways will prioritise manufacturing 238 AC EMU rakes for Mumbai’s suburban network, with production beginning in 2027 and the ful...
- Rajdhani Express stops for 90 elephants near Habaipur station, ensuring safe passageA herd of ninety elephants, mostly calves, prompted the Rajdhani Express to stop. Forest personnel alerted railways, ensuring the herd's sa...
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