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So, can we say that the next time you decide to grab your bag and your spouse, you will get to roam around the city in the metro? Seems very near and sounds good. Last time when I visited Agra to see The Cemetery of Mumtaz Mahal, popularly called The Taj Mahal, with my spouse, I had little chance to think about the wheres and hows of reaching there, plus a place to stay, since we were thronged by The State-Licensed Travel Assistants, as they called themselves. Though we were a bit confused and doubtful of him, we had no other choice and had to go after seeing his price sheet. Maybe the next time you go, you won't see any such people who are more than happy to help you. The BJP-led state government has started to work on the Agra metro project which costs more than Rs. 8,379 crores (think how luxurious a palace you can build for yourself with this). The Phase I was inaugurated virtually on 7th December 2020 by PM Narendra Modi. The project covers a distance of 29.4 km and has two co...

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History is made on 1st July 2020 with railways achieving 100% punctuality rate. Second highest record was made on 23rd June with 99.5% punctuality as just one train arrived late. Now this is not a small achievement given all the constraints that railways face while running a train on it's designed path and in the given time slot. The point to be noted is this achievement is made during Covid-19 pandemic. In Pre-Covid times, 13,000 passenger trains and 8,000 freight trains used to run every day. And on 1st July, just 220 passenger trains along with 3,000 loaded freight trains and 2,200 empty ones had run. Now this is a good sign as the "starting trouble" has been overcome. Why trains are always late to reach u? Now why should the trains delay at all? There are mainly two types of issues which the railways face. 1. Internal-  This includes unforseen situations like signalling problems which make trains wait in outskirts. There can be power issues or even track b...

When we hear of swine flu, most of the us think they are talking about a single virus. But in reality, swine flu is a family of viruses which originates from pigs. One of it's members is the very notorious H1N1 virus which has caused the 2009 pandemic. The new G4 virus is said to be a mutated form or the descendent of the H1N1 virus. The virus is found in Pigs and humans of China. As we know the food habits of the Chinese include all the animals one can ever imagine on the  surface of mother Earth. So one won't be surprised to find pigs on the dinner plate of a Chinese. In fact, the pork consumption in China is quite high. Hence, a lot of pig farms can be found in major cities of China. The sad truth is most of the pig farms in China have been contaminated with the G4 virus. 10% of the pig farm workers, which accounts in lakhs and lakhs, have been said to have got infected with the virus. Currently the virus is spreading only from pigs to humans but scientists have w...

India has banned 59 Chinese apps. The declaration came from Union Minister for Law and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad who tweeted from his official Twitter handle, "for safety, security, defence, sovereignty and integrity of India and to protect data and privacy of people of India, the government has banned 59 mobile apps. Jai Hind!". The press release said that a few apps have been banned under the section 69A of Information Technology Act. The apps posed danger to the privacy of the people and the security of India. Plus there were many complaints of the apps stealing and then sending the data to servers outside India. The security system of apple had earlier warned that it caught tiktok secretly spying on millions of iPhone users. Can India ban Chinese imports? India can't ban Chinese goods as it goes against the WTO norms. Internet service providers ( voda, airtel etc) and playstore have been instructed to block these apps. The step adopted by India is...

On 24th June, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh, who is also the MP from Doda-Kishtwar region of Jammu, declared that two new BRO bridges were inaugurated in Udhampur and Bhaderwah through a virtual ceremony.    The Doda Kishtwar region is backward in terms of development due to the surrounding mountains. The road which connects the rest of India with Jammu and Kashmir is Pathankot trunk road. It is a very big military base and passes through Jammu to meet Srinagar. The government requires an alternative way to travel between Jammu and Kashmir which passes through Doda and Kishtwar region. This passage will be beneficial during tough times(like winters) and it will be shorter by upto 100 km than the previous Jammu-Kashmir highway, which goes off-route, and will also consequently contribute in the development of the region. The first of these bridges is in Udhampur City. It is named Devika bridge. It is a mere 10 meter long bridge and costs around 75 lakhs. It will a...

For those who asked why hospital couldn't be built instead of spending so much money on the largest statue 1.Statue of Unity The world's tallest “Statue of Unity” is a pride of India and a decent honor to the fearless who undivided and integrated India, our precious Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. He was highly respected for his leadership in uniting the 552 states of India to form the single Union of India. ★ Advantages of Statue of Unity Increase in the transport, restaurants, accommodation, service sectors. It is estimated that this statue will remain as it is for 1000 years which implies that it will contribute to the national income of India through tourism for centuries. Local people getting employment. For those who asked why hospital couldn't be built instead of spending so much money on the largest statue: 2.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Medical Science and Research  Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute of Medical Science and Research. It is a mult...