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Amid the ambitious plan of the Tata owned Air India to raise its market share substantially to at least 30 per cent in the domestic market, there is a buzz within the aviation industry on the possibility of its merger with Vistara, a joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines. On September 15, Air India unveiled its comprehensive transformation plan, to establish itself, once again, as a world-class global airline. It said that over the next five years, it will strive to increase its market share to at least…

Along with the big stations, the Indian Railway Board has decided to rejuvenate small stations as well. Nine stations of the North-Western Railway Zone, including seven stations in Rajasthan and two in Haryana, have been marked for development. These nine stations are Kishangarh (Ajmer), Bhagat Ki Kothi (Jodhpur), Alwar, Bandikui (Dausa), Bhilwara, Sri Ganganagar, Phulera (Jaipur), Rewari (Haryana), Hisar (Haryana). All these stations will be equipped with world-class facilities on the lines of Rani Kamlapati Railway…

It’s impossible not to smile along with this feelgood documentary about four Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa who got jobs in restaurants, discovered in themselves a brilliant talent for wine-tasting and in 2017 were brought together as the exiled team Zimbabwe for the World Blind Wine Tasting Championships in France, with the help of expatriate French sommelier Jean Vincent Ridon and wine guru Jancis Robinson who masterminded the crowdfunded sponsorship.It’s almost too perfectly contoured as a Hollywood narrative: has…

Nagpur Railway Station will soon undergo a major makeover under the redevelopment project headed by the Railway Land Development Authority (RLDA). The junction railway station will be remodelled to accommodate as many as 9,000 passengers during peak hours. In addition, the Nagpur junction will also be equipped with 30 lifts, 31 escalators, a parking facility, and an enhanced waiting area. Nagpur railway station is one of the oldest and busiest stations in Maharashtra. It was first built in 1867. (Image: Shutterstock) The…

Indian Railways has completed the process of awarding contracts for the re-development of Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati railway station. Confirming the development in a tweet, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw wrote, “Tirupati world-class railway station on fast track. All contracts awarded.” The project to redevelop the Tirupati railway station as a ‘ World Class hub’ was announced in September 2019 with a deadline of 2023. However, the project faced challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and was subsequently delayed. (Image:…

When Canadian designer Bruce Mau was invited to Guatemala to help reimagine the country’s future, they introduced him as Bruce, who was “going to redesign Guatemala”. Although this was a bit of a stretch, the scale at which he helped change the nation’s outlook was similarly huge. Guatemala was originally called Guate by the Indigenous people, but the Spanish later added mala, meaning bad. Mau’s first move was to add an “a”, creating “Guate! Amala!,” or “The love of Guate.” The slogan was part of a larger campaign to…