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Export preparedness: Tamil Nadu takes top spot, Gujarat slips to 4th

The ranking is based on four main pillars: Policy, business ecosystem, export ecosystem and export performance

135 million escaped poverty in five years, says NITI Aayog report

The report also highlighted that the Centre's welfare support during the peak of the Covid pandemic helped reduce the incidence of multidimensional poverty

To avert coal woes, Railways to lower coastal shipping freight rates

First-mile, last mile rail freights account for 71% of coastal shipping costs

European Investment Bank to offer €1 bn loan for green hydrogen mission

The EIB had joined India Hydrogen Alliance in February

Odisha tragedy: Only 30% opted for world's cheapest travel insurance

Railways' plan, costing just 35 paise per passenger, offers a cover of up to Rs 10 lakh

Rushed green nod, poor planning in focus as rains wash away hill roads

Another major concern, according to experts, is the way these projects are awarded

Walkie-talkies: Rlys gets exemption from Make in India procurement policy

This comes after locally sourced technology provided poor communications over increased distances

CBI arrests three railway officials in Balasore train accident case

Zonal officials charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, disappearance of evidence

Rail freight sees first YoY decline since Covid in June; sea cargo flat

Earnings from freight operations in June also decreased 0.95 per cent YoY to Rs 13,316 crore

Staff alertness could have averted Odisha triple train accident: Probe

While the official responsibility by the CRS has been pinned on the signalling staff, the probe also found several systemic issues, which, if corrected in time, could have averted the accident

Seek larger share of tech pie as Indian rail infra matures: Wabtec chief

Transit's focus will remain on components, but open to partnerships to scale higher

Stop shortcuts: Railway Board chairman message after Balasore tragedy

Negligence or interference in the operations of interlocking is prima facie being seen as the cause behind the Balasore three-train accident

Gadkari pitches for 15% methanol-blended diesel to reduce logistics cost

Sees promise in Assam's methanol economy; has asked state's CM to explore possibility of converting normal to methanol trucks

Centre plans to raise up to Rs 45,000 cr through road monetisation in FY24

In 2021, the NITI Aayog had envisaged almost a fourth of centrally operated highways to be put up for monetisation

Balasore aftermath: Railways eases execution of Kavach and safety works

Signalling and telecom projects would no longer need economic justification

India, US sign MoU to establish collaboration in greener railways

Broad tenets of the agreement include long-term energy planning including clean energy for Indian Railways

'Slow coach': 188 rail projects delayed over poor zonal planning

156 rail projects miss submission deadline, 32 await compliance

Sarbananda Sonowal seeks faster Sagarmala execution from Maharashtra govt

The two ministers also discussed the ambitious Vadhavan Port. Low draft depth of Indian ports has been an issue plaguing the maritime economy for long

Review committee set to clear Rs 41,000 crore Nicobar Port project

On April 3, the Kolkata Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) put a two-month stay on any further work in the EC granted to the project

Indinfravit closes acquisition of Rs 8,270 cr roads from Brookfield

The acquisition of the fifth road project - Gorakhpur Infrastructure Company Private Limited - is pending the receipt of requisite regulatory approvals