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Last Updated: April 13, 2023, 11:54 ISTThe government plans to launch 75 Vande Bharat Express trains by August. The planned routes include Mumbai to Madgaon, Jabalpur to Indore, Howrah to Puri, Secunderabad to Pune and Thiruvananthapuram to Mangalore.Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off Rajasthan’s first and India’s 15th Vande Bharat Express train on April 12 via video conferencing. Now, as many as 4 Vande Bharat Express trains are operating on different routes. As stated in the reports, the government plans to launch…

Last Updated: March 30, 2023, 11:00 ISTThis bridge is made of structural steel and will be able to withstand temperatures ranging from minus 10 degrees Celsius to 40 degrees Celsius.Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav conducted the first trial on the world's highest railway bridge over the Chenab river.The state of Jharkhand will soon get better connected to Jammu and Kashmir as there are plans to run a train directly between Ranchi and Jammu Tawi to Srinagar. The route will also include Ramgarh, Patratu and Latehar. The…

The Central Bank of Nigeria Wednesday issued operational guidelines for open banking in Nigeria. The operational guidelines outline the procedures that govern how banks and other financial institutions are permitted to access and manage customer data. Open banking is a financial services concept that allows third-party financial service providers to access banking data, typically through application programming interfaces (APIs), with the explicit consent of the customers. It basically allows customers to share…

Last Updated: March 01, 2023, 17:05 ISTThe 2A and 7 lines of the Mumbai Metro were inaugurated last month by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Essentially an extension of Mumbai Metro Line 7, it is expected to connect Mumbai with Mira-Bhayandar while also reducing congestion at Dahisar toll boothMumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is set to complete the first phase of the Metro Line 9 corridor by next year. The project is expected to connect Mumbai with Mira-Bhayandar, while also reducing congestion at…

Last Updated: February 09, 2023, 14:48 ISTSecond Phase of the Mumbai Metro was launched by PM Modi on January 19 (Twitter @Dev_Fadnavis)The Phase 1 of Mumbai Metro Line 3 will connect Aarey Colony to Bandra Kurla-Complex and 84 percent work has completed on this routeThe Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) has completed nearly 84 percent of the work on the underground Mumbai Metro Line 3. MMRC is all set to roll out the first phase of the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro Line 3 by the end of 2023. The Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro…

Last Updated: February 15, 2023, 20:36 ISTAll rapid trains operating along the route will be operated and controlled from this centre.Trains will be equipped with Wi-Fi, USB charging points, large windows, integrated air conditioning and automatic door control, among others. India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System from Delhi to Meerut will become operational from March 2023. The rapid rail system is scheduled to start operating from Sahibabad in Ghaziabad to Duhai Depot in March 2023 with amenities similar to…

Next fiscal year CSMIA plans to deploy 60 more EVs, including ambulances, forward command post, security and airside operations and maintenance utility vehicles.Mumbai: The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), a front runner in driving sustainable aviation practices in the country, introduced its first batch of 45 electric vehicles (EVs) on Wednesday, replacing its existing conventional fleet, as part of its Operational Net Zero mission by 2029.Next fiscal year CSMIA plans to deploy 60 more EVs,…

Last Updated: January 20, 2023, 12:50 ISTIndigo Airlines (Photo: Paras Yadav/News18.com)As per Indigo Airline, this innovation is resulting in huge time savings across India's largest fleet of 300 aircraftWith a view to enhance operational efficiency, IndiGo airline has introduced sensor technology for faster and more accurate scanning of life vests on the aircraft.Life vests are mandatory safety equipment to be carried on all passenger aircraft in commercial service. These vests require periodic checks to ensure adequate…

Last Updated: January 16, 2023, 10:39 ISTFurther, it is planned that the railway track will be fully operational by the end of this year.The first section of the Dausa-Gangapur Railway Track is likely to operate from March.After a long wait of 28 years, the Dausa-Gangapur Railway Track is finally nearing completion. The route will connect Delhi-Ahmedabad and Jaipur-Mumbai. The construction of the railway track started on February 1, 1997. As per the government of India’s official website, the project is expected to be…

The art of translating a strategy into operational metricsTL;DR:Data/Business analysts can sometimes be given the “amazing opportunity” to help create some metrics. Or they can see the need for the creation of new metrics and proactively take on those tasks. But while building metrics is easy, designing good metrics is hard.More than tracking, metrics are ways for organizations to align stakeholders around one vision of the world and one common goal, and this comes with a set of challenges.One framework can help…