RailOne App Reaches 4.76 Crore Downloads, Records 10 Lakh Daily Average Ticket Bookings

India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Daily Average tickets 10 lakhs Reserved tickets 2.79 lakhs Unreserved tickets 7.24 lakhs Downloads 4.76 crores With a view to expand digital mode of procurement of reserved as well as unreserved tickets Railways has launched RailOne App on 01.07.2025. This App enables passengers to book reserved as well as unreserved tickets on mobile phone. This App combines all the public facing services of Indian Railways like reserved t...


Indian Railways Approves Provision of Kavach Version 4.0 on 660 Route Km of Izzatnagar Division of North Eastern Railway at Rs.295 crore

India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Indian Railways has approved the provision of Kavach Version 4.0 on 660 Route Km of the Izzatnagar Division of North Eastern Railway (NER) at an estimated cost of Rs.295 crore. The work has been approved under the umbrella work "Provision of Kavach with communication backbone of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) on balance sections of Indian Railways." Kavach is India's indigenously developed Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system desig...


Indian Railways Approves Construction of 4 Lane ROB at Geratpur-Ahmedabad Section in Gujarat at Rs.153 Crore

India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: In a major step towards safer and smoother movement of road traffic in Gujarat, Indian Railways has approved the construction of a 4 lane Road Over Bridge at Level Crossing No. 305 on the Geratpur-Ahmedabad section of Western Railway. The work has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs.153 crore. The project has been sanctioned under Western Railway's ongoing umbrella work for construction of road over and under bridges, foot over bridge...


HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING AND INVESTMENT

India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Government in Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is primarily responsible for development and maintenance of National Highways (NHs). The Government has inter-alia decided to focus on development of Access controlled National High Speed Corridors (HSCs) / Expressways, development of ring road / bypasses of cities with population of more than One Lakh with priority on those cities which have population of more than Five Lakh, d...


IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF PM RAHAT SCHEME

India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Discharged from Scheme post no response from Police within prescribed timelines Life threatening cases not found eligible under the scheme by State Police* 1 Gujarat 6,416 474 146 7,036 2 Madhya Pradesh 6,275 336 150 6,761 3 Assam 968 1,089 34 2,091 4 Uttar Pradesh 679 168 40 887 Jammu And Kashmir 6 Andhra Pradesh 391 244 42 677 7 Chhattisgarh 371 257 16 644 8 Haryana 431 44 17...


AI uncovers hidden cancer stem cells responsible for tumour recurrence paving way to precision medicine

India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: A new artificial intelligence (AI) framework that identifies three distinct developmental states of cancer stem-like cells can help identify hidden cancer stem cells from thousands of patient samples and bring precision medicine one step closer to reality specially in areas with limited health facilities. Cancer remains one of humanity's greatest medical challenges. Although modern treatments can destroy millions of cancer cells, ...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: S. No. Scheme/Programme Focus Area Budget Outlay Research, Development and Innovation (RDI)Fund Deep technologies including quantum computing, robotics and space; Artificial Intelligence; Biotechnology; Digital economy; Energy security and transition etc. Rs. 1.0 lakh crore National Quantum Mission (NQM) Quantum Computing, Quantum Communication, Quantum Sensing & Metrology, Quantum Materials & Devices Rs. 6,003.65 crore N...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: BENEFICIARIES SELECTED UNDER INSPIRE SHE

India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: State/UT Total Applications received Total number of students selected/scholarships awarded 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Andaman and Nicobar 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Andhra Pradesh 160 55 49 35 40 14 95 25 18 18 32 0 Arunachal Pradesh 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Assam 114 123 240 145 176 98 64 45 115 75 73 ...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: RURAL TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Government, through Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), have been actively promoting technology transfer, rural innovation and scientific solutions to address livelihood challenges in agriculture-dependent regions across the country. Through its competitive diverse schemes and programmes, efforts are being made by DST to empower the communities by adopting techno...


PARLIAMENT QUESTION: NATIONAL MISSION ON INTERDISCIPLINARY CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (NM-ICPS)

India, Aug. 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is implementing the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), with a total outlay of Rs 3660 crore for a period of nine years. The Mission, launched in 2018, aims to strengthen India's capabilities in emerging cyber-physical technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT) & Internet of Everything (IoE), Da...