Scenes from IIT Delhi #Jobs

NCRTC has submitted the DPR for Ghaziabad-Jewar RRTS link to Yamuna Authority

72 km route will have both Rapid Rail & Metro operations like Delhi Meerut RRTS

A total of 22 stations will be built ~ 11 RRTS & 11 Metro

To be built in two phases:
Phase-1 ~ Ghaziabad to Ecotech VI, 39 km, 7 RRTS & 11 Metro stations
Phase-2 ~ Ecotech VI to Noida Airport, 32 km, 4 RRTS & 1 Metro station

Interchange with Aqua Line at Gaur Chowk

Estimated cost ~ ₹20,043 Cr

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#Infra #Infrastructure

🇮🇱⚔️🇵🇸 ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR CASUALTIES

Israel: 822 Civilians Killed, 672 Security Personnels killed, 10.5K+ Wounded.

Palestine(Gaza & West Bank)

Gaza: 33.1K+ killed, 75.8K+ wounded and 1.6+ Hamas fighters killed and 200 captured in Israeli territory

West Bank: 456 killed, 4.7k+
wounded

Spillover:

Lebanon: 332 Killed

Syria: 224 Killed

#War

It's been exactly 6 months since the conflict began on 07/10/2023

🥇 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stood out with its continued accumulation of gold reserves.

Weekly data from the RBI revealed a 6-tonne increase in gold holdings in February alone.

This brings the total year-to-date buying by the RBI to over 13 tonnes, with total gold reserves now reaching 817 tonnes.

So India now has more Gold reserves than Saudi Arabia and UK at 817 Tons.

For comparison, US has 8133 tons of Gold reserves and China has 2257 tons of Gold reserves.

#India #Economy

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🇮🇳 EAM S Jaishankar urges countries to NOT make political statements on India's internal affairs or else they will get a 'very strong repIy' from India

He said "These are old habits, these are bad habits"

"There is a certain maryada (restraint) among countries. No country has the right to comment on India's internal politics" - EAM S Jaishankar said

#ForeignPolicy #India #Geopolitics

Govt may shelve Rs 2-trn freight corridor plan

🚆 The move comes in the wake of the railways having to hard-sell the recently commissioned east and west freight corridors to potential bulk customers, and the issues that have cropped up of the network planning of these projects.

🛤 The government is likely to abandon the plan to set up three more dedicated freight corridors (DFCs) – East Coast, East-West and North-South – at an estimated combined cost of Rs 2 trillion.

🚈 The Centre may instead opt for a few commodity-specific rail networks, a senior railway official told.

#Railways #Infra

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Infographic: Where People See a Terrorism Threat

This chart shows the share of respondents who think that terrorism is one of the biggest challenges in their country (in percent).

In #India this decreased a bit in 2023

#Infra #railways

Tamil Nadu to get its second international cricket stadium in Coimbatore. #Sports #Infra

🇬🇧 BBC shuts down operations in India, hand over ops to a private company.

#India

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#IAF jets touch down on Lucknow-Agra Expressway in a special landing exercise to test the operational efficiency of the airstrip, in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao

#Defence

Maharashtra and Gujarat governments have extended lucrative land offers to Tesla Inc. for the establishment of an electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing plant.

#Manufacturing #EV

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⚡️After Chabahar port of Iran, India has gained the rights to operate a second overseas port, Sittwe, in Myanmar.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has approved a proposal for (IPGL) to take over the operations of the entire port located on the Kaladan River.

#IndianSubcontinent #Geopolitics #Ports 🇮🇳🤝🇲🇲

🚚 Combustion engine is 'dead', expect a big disruption in mobility after elections, says Amitabh Kant

The G20 Sherpa and Former CEO of Niti Ayog Amitabh Kant has urged the automobile industry to work towards a 100% transition to electric mobility in two and three wheelers. "ICE is a dead technology.

The future is all electric and all companies must work towards that or risk losing market share", Kant said at the launch of Ather Energy's new family scooter

#Energy #EV

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India receives fresh batch of Igla-S air defence system from Russia, to be deployed at LAC


#Defence #Conflict

https://theprint.in/defence/india-receives-fresh-batch-of-igla-s-air-defence-system-from-russia-to-be-deployed-at-lac/2031688/

Market capitalisation of all listed stocks on BSE hit the Rs 401.10 lakh crore crossing Rs. 400 lakh crore milestone for the first time ever.

#Economy

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Be prepared for Black Swan events and expect the unexpected, Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande tells officers at Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) in Wellington, Tamil Nadu. #Defence

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan issue joint statement. They "stressed the importance of dialogue between Pakistan & India to resolve the outstanding issues between the two countries, especially the Jammu and Kashmir dispute to ensure peace and stability in the region"

Saudi, Pakistan joint statement makes no reference to UNSC resolution on Kashmir, something that has been standard formulation for Islamabad. Instead, it urges bilateral resolution of issues, echoing the Shimla Pact, which is New Delhi's line.

#Geopolitics

India has allowed 10,000 MT of onions to UAE. Directorate General of Foreign trade announcement 🇮🇳🤝🇦🇪 #Exports #agriculture