Public transport fares to rise across Victoria from January 2026, fuelling commuter anger over cost pressures; here’s everything you need to know about the new ratesVictorian public transport fares will increase from January 1, 2026, with daily full fare caps rising by 40 cents to $11.40 for Zone 1+2 tr...
21 Dec, 2025, 10.56 AM IST
Germans mourn the 5 killed and 200 injured in the apparent attack on a Christmas marketTragedy struck a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. A car plowed into the crowd, leaving five dead and 200 injured. A 50-year-old doct...
22 Dec, 2024, 06.11 AM IST
Death toll in attack on Christmas market in Germany rises to 5, with more than 200 injuredTragedy struck a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. A car plowed into the crowd. Two people died. Sixty others were injured. Authoriti...
21 Dec, 2024, 05.05 PM IST
Asia's oldest operating trams see slow death in IndiaKolkata's 151-year-old tram network is under threat due to neglect, despite being a cheap and eco-friendly transport solution. Enthusiasts ...
22 Sep, 2024, 10.05 AM IST
Traveling to France? Here is what you need to know about the protestsViolent protests in France have disrupted Paris and dozens of cities across the country since the fatal police shooting of a teenager in a ...
05 Jul, 2023, 10.29 AM IST
Traveling to France? What you need to know about the protestsProtests have erupted in dozens of French cities following the fatal shooting of a teenager in a Paris suburb, resulting in riots and wides...
04 Jul, 2023, 09.41 PM IST
France deploys 45,000 police, armored vehicles amid riotsUnrest has flared nationwide, including in cities such as Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Strasbourg and Lille as well as Paris where Nahel M., ...
01 Jul, 2023, 06.40 AM IST
Beyond electric cars: how electrifying trucks, buses, tractors and scooters will help tackle climate changeIf all cars on the road became powered by renewable electricity, we'd cut almost one-fifth of our emissions. We'd also be much better place...
03 May, 2022, 10.31 AM IST
Dubai reopens parks, hotel beaches in further easing of curbsThe United Arab Emirates business and tourism hub Dubai has allowed public parks to reopen and hotel guests to access private beaches, stat...
13 May, 2020, 01.09 PM IST
Xi Jinping’s debt clampdown has left a trail of dead projectsEconomists and policy makers see the restraints on borrowing as a necessary step toward choking off some of the nation’s construction and i...
16 Jan, 2018, 10.32 AM IST
Chinese firm delivers first mountain subway trainChina's Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) Qingdao Sifang won the contract to develop a new type of train with a larger driving force...
27 May, 2017, 03.01 PM IST
Beijing to open first driverless subway lineThe 16.6-km Yanfang Line, which is being debugged, will improve convenience of transportation for residents living in the city's southweste...
24 Mar, 2017, 02.10 PM IST
China rolls out first hydrogen-powered tramcarHydrogen fuel cells are a new clean energy source, widely used in the automobile industry, but lagging behind in the field of rail transit.
20 Mar, 2015, 11.16 PM IST
BRT must to make Delhi world-class city, says Enrique PenalosaOther changes are needed, too, to improve the quality of life in Delhi, he said. Walking spaces, greenways and protected cycling tracks are...
18 Nov, 2014, 03.20 PM IST
3 mobile phones & a paper notebookDr Robin Jeffrey, author of Cell Phone Nation, on the essentials he travels with
13 Jun, 2014, 08.58 AM IST
- China tests advanced tram
The tram makes less noise and can carry over 300 passengers when it consists of three carriages, reported a state-run news agency.
17 Feb, 2014, 05.05 PM IST
- Siemens shares slump after profit warning
Siemens AG issued a profit warning on Monday, saying weaker-than-expected performance in its major business projects in the current quarter...
18 Mar, 2008, 05.42 AM IST