Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened a 351km stretch between Khurja and Bhaupur in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday for the Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) business operations. He also dedicated a state-of-the-art Operations Control Center in Prayagraj to the nation. The total 2,843 km project – listed as the largest rail infrastructure …
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Dear readers, Throughout the year at ExplainSpeaking, we have strived to make sense of the most important developments in the Indian economy. As the year ends, here are the 2020 highlights and five things to look out for in 2021. The 2020 calendar year started on a rather weak note …
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Ram Chandra Prasad (RCP) Singh was appointed on Sunday the next national president of Janta Dal (United). A former IAS official, Singh had served as Nitish Kumar’s chief secretary in his previous term as prime minister and voluntarily retired in 2010 to be nominated for the party’s Rajya Sabha. He …
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The Tibet Policy and Support Act, approved by the US Senate earlier this week, closes a turbulent year in US-China relations. The House of Representatives passed the legislation in January. It will become law after the President of the United States passes it. The previous version The TSPA is an …
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About the Biden administration and China Many people in India, the United States, and elsewhere have been trying to figure out how the Biden Administration would respond to China’s challenge. They have been partly concerned by some hesitation that was seen during the Obama Administration … President Trump himself, at …
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India’s urban mass rapid transit will mark a milestone on December 28 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to mark the country’s first ‘driverless’ metro in Delhi. The first ‘driverless’ train will be deployed on the 38 km long Line 8 or the Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro, …
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Written by Johnson TA | Bangalore | Updated: December 24, 2020 7:19:19 am Men wearing protective masks walk past the broken windows of a facility run by Wistron Corp, a Taiwanese Apple maker, in Narsapura, near Bangalore, India, on December 14, 2020 (Reuters Photo). Worker unrest after failure to repair …
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Written by Abhishek Angad | Ranchi | Updated: December 22, 2020 4:48:06 pm Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren during the brainstorming. (Express photo) Shortly after taking office on December 29, 2019, the Hemant Soren-led government in Jharkhand had decided to drop “all cases” related to the Pathalgadi movement from 2017-2018. …
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Written by Pranav Mukul | New Delhi | Updated: December 21, 2020 5:23:31 pm After Future’s deal with Reliance, Amazon said the deal was a violation of a non-compete clause and a preemptive right pact it had signed with Future Group. On Monday, the Delhi High Court refused to grant …
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Written by Vishal Menon, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 20, 2020 9:22:38 pm Probably the biggest concern for India is Mohammed Shami’s injury, who has ruled him out of the series. (Photo: AP) Virat Kohli’s absence, goalkeeper Wriddhiman Saha’s hitting form, and the collapse in …
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