Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer Satish Kumar took over as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board, Ministry of Railways, on Sunday.
Amid the heavy rainfall in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the train services have been disrupted due to water logging over the tracks at several locations.
The domestic air passenger traffic in India experienced a 7 per cent year-on-year (YoY) increase in July 2024, reaching 1.30 crore passengers, according to the data by Director General of Civil Aviation.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw laid the foundation stone of a new hangar for standard and broad gauge rolling stock, manufacturing BEML Bengaluru on Sunday.
The Prime Minister also highlighted that so far more than three crore people have travelled by these trains and these numbers are proof of the success of Vande Bharat Trains.
The central government has granted Navratna status to four of its companies -- Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd (NHPC), Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd, and Railtel Corporation of India Ltd, Department of Public Enterprises said in X posts.
Amazon India and the Ministry of Railways on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further strengthen the existing partnership between the two for reliable and fast transportation of Amazon India packages through the railways network.