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Boeing Starliner Mission: The Setbacks That Plagued the Aerospace Giant
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has encountered major setbacks following its first human-crewed mission to the ISS. Technical failures, including engine malfunctions, prompted NASA to use SpaceX's Crew Dragon for astronaut transport. This incident adds to Boeing's history of safety concerns, particularly following the 737 Max crashes. As Boeing striv...
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Trial Landing Successful At Navi Mumbai Airport, Operational Next Year
The Navi Mumbai International Airport successfully conducted the trial landing of an aircraft with the touchdown of an Airbus C295 plane on Friday.
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Bosch, Tenstorrent to Collaborate on Standardising Automotive Chips
Bosch will collaborate with Tenstorrent to create a platform for standardising the building blocks of automotive chips. Hastened by the introduction of electric vehicles, autos have increasingly become products that resemble large computer systems that operate via a battery on four wheels.
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"We Will Not Spare You": Nitin Gadkari Warns Contractors Over Poor Roads
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday came down heavily on agencies and contractors over ill-maintained roads, saying good operators would be awarded but bad ones would be "driven out of the system".
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Ola to Shutdown Operations in UK, Australia, New Zealand; to Focus on India Business
Ride-hailing services provider Ola has decided to shut down operations in the UK, Australia and New Zealand and will continue to focus on India business, its promoter ANI Technologies said on Tuesday.
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Navi Mumbai Gets Its First Metro: Check Out Route, Fares, Timings
Navi Mumbai's Metro Rail began its operations yesterday with Line 1 linking Belapur to Pendhar, covering 11.1 km.
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IAF's C-17 Aircraft Airlifts Critical Equipment For Uttarakhand Tunnel Rescue Op
Amid rescue operations underway in Uttarakhand at the Silkyara tunnel site, a C-17 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force has been deployed to airlift almost 22 tonnes of critical equipment from Indore to Dehradun, officials said on Friday.
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Delhi Transport Department Ordered to Ban App-Based Taxis 'In Accordance With SC Order', Says Minister
Delhi's transport department has been directed to ban app-based taxis "in accordance with the Supreme Court's orders" on Wednesday the city's Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Wednesday. The Supreme Court asked the Delhi government to consider allowing only locally registered taxis to ply on the city's roads earlier this week.
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Yogi Adityanath Flags Off 51 Buses To Be Operated By Women
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday flagged off 51 buses of the state transport corporation that will have women drivers and conductors.
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India Will Have World's Second-Largest Metro System: Union Minister Hardeep Puri
Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said that India will have the world's second-largest operational urban transport metro system in a year and a half.
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Aviation Body Allots Three-Letter Code 'DXN' To Noida Airport
"IATA has allotted the three-letter code -- DXN -- for the Noida International Airport," airport's Chief Operating Officer Kiran Jain said here.
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Bengaluru Strike Today, Check Transport Options Before Travelling
All routes of the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will be operational as usual on Tuesday despite the bandh called by farmer bodies over Cauvery issue.
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UP State Buses Coming To Delhi To Be Restricited From September 7-10
Uttar Pradesh Road Transport Corporation has decided to limit bus operations through various routes to Delhi from September 7-10 due to the G20 Summit to be held in the national capital.
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Government Approves Rs. 57,613-Crore Scheme to Deploy 10,000 Electric Buses Across 169 Indian Cities
Seeking to enhance green mobility, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the 'PM-eBus Sewa' scheme under which 10,000 electric buses will be provided to 169 cities under the public-private partnership (PPP) model. The scheme would have an estimated cost of Rs. 57,613 crore out of which Rs. 20,000 crore will be provided by the central government a...
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Ola Electric Said to Have Recorded $136 Million Loss in FY 2022-23, Missing Revenue Goal
India's largest e-scooter maker Ola Electric recorded an operating loss of $136 million on a revenue of $335 million in the last financial year which concluded in March, three sources told Reuters, missing its publicly disclosed revenue goal.
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Boeing Starliner Mission: The Setbacks That Plagued the Aerospace Giant
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has encountered major setbacks following its first human-crewed mission to the ISS. Technical failures, including engine malfunctions, prompted NASA to use SpaceX's Crew Dragon for astronaut transport. This incident adds to Boeing's history of safety concerns, particularly following the 737 Max crashes. As Boeing striv...
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Trial Landing Successful At Navi Mumbai Airport, Operational Next Year
The Navi Mumbai International Airport successfully conducted the trial landing of an aircraft with the touchdown of an Airbus C295 plane on Friday.
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Bosch, Tenstorrent to Collaborate on Standardising Automotive Chips
Bosch will collaborate with Tenstorrent to create a platform for standardising the building blocks of automotive chips. Hastened by the introduction of electric vehicles, autos have increasingly become products that resemble large computer systems that operate via a battery on four wheels.
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"We Will Not Spare You": Nitin Gadkari Warns Contractors Over Poor Roads
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday came down heavily on agencies and contractors over ill-maintained roads, saying good operators would be awarded but bad ones would be "driven out of the system".
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Ola to Shutdown Operations in UK, Australia, New Zealand; to Focus on India Business
Ride-hailing services provider Ola has decided to shut down operations in the UK, Australia and New Zealand and will continue to focus on India business, its promoter ANI Technologies said on Tuesday.
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Navi Mumbai Gets Its First Metro: Check Out Route, Fares, Timings
Navi Mumbai's Metro Rail began its operations yesterday with Line 1 linking Belapur to Pendhar, covering 11.1 km.
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IAF's C-17 Aircraft Airlifts Critical Equipment For Uttarakhand Tunnel Rescue Op
Amid rescue operations underway in Uttarakhand at the Silkyara tunnel site, a C-17 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force has been deployed to airlift almost 22 tonnes of critical equipment from Indore to Dehradun, officials said on Friday.
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Delhi Transport Department Ordered to Ban App-Based Taxis 'In Accordance With SC Order', Says Minister
Delhi's transport department has been directed to ban app-based taxis "in accordance with the Supreme Court's orders" on Wednesday the city's Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Wednesday. The Supreme Court asked the Delhi government to consider allowing only locally registered taxis to ply on the city's roads earlier this week.
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Yogi Adityanath Flags Off 51 Buses To Be Operated By Women
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday flagged off 51 buses of the state transport corporation that will have women drivers and conductors.
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India Will Have World's Second-Largest Metro System: Union Minister Hardeep Puri
Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said that India will have the world's second-largest operational urban transport metro system in a year and a half.
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Aviation Body Allots Three-Letter Code 'DXN' To Noida Airport
"IATA has allotted the three-letter code -- DXN -- for the Noida International Airport," airport's Chief Operating Officer Kiran Jain said here.
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Bengaluru Strike Today, Check Transport Options Before Travelling
All routes of the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will be operational as usual on Tuesday despite the bandh called by farmer bodies over Cauvery issue.
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UP State Buses Coming To Delhi To Be Restricited From September 7-10
Uttar Pradesh Road Transport Corporation has decided to limit bus operations through various routes to Delhi from September 7-10 due to the G20 Summit to be held in the national capital.
-
Government Approves Rs. 57,613-Crore Scheme to Deploy 10,000 Electric Buses Across 169 Indian Cities
Seeking to enhance green mobility, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the 'PM-eBus Sewa' scheme under which 10,000 electric buses will be provided to 169 cities under the public-private partnership (PPP) model. The scheme would have an estimated cost of Rs. 57,613 crore out of which Rs. 20,000 crore will be provided by the central government a...
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Ola Electric Said to Have Recorded $136 Million Loss in FY 2022-23, Missing Revenue Goal
India's largest e-scooter maker Ola Electric recorded an operating loss of $136 million on a revenue of $335 million in the last financial year which concluded in March, three sources told Reuters, missing its publicly disclosed revenue goal.
