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Indian Railways to install TRI-NETRA to reduce train accidents
The Indian Railways has launched the Terrain Imaging for Diesel Drivers- Infrared Enhanced Optical and Radar Assisted (Tri-NETRA) system to avoid train accidents. The system will be installed on locomotives for enhancing the vision of Locomotive Pilots in inclement weather. The device uses infrared and radar technology to collect signals up to a distance of 2-3 km and displays the information (composite video image) on a screen fitted inside the locomotive. The Tri-Netra will alert the drivers of any physical obstruction on railway tracks ahead and thus give ample time for the driver to apply the brakes to prevent train accidents. It is made of high sensitivity infrared video camera, high-resolution optical video camera and a radar based terrain mapping system. These three components shall act as three eyes (Tri-Netra) of the Locomotive Pilot.
Nalanda University enters UNESCO’s World Heritage List
“The archaeological site of Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda University) in Bihar has been included in the UNESCO’s World Heritage List, which also featured three new sites from China, Iran and Micronesia. The inclusion of the four new sites was announced at the 40th session of The World Heritage Committee meeting in Istanbul in Turkey. Nalanda stands out as one of the most ancient universities in South Asia““The site includes stupas, shrines, viharas (residential and educational buildings) and important art works in stucco, stone and metal. The University engaged in the organised transmission of knowledge over an uninterrupted period of 800 years.
Union Cabinet Reshuffle 2016
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expanded his Union Council of Ministers with 19 new Ministers of State. President Pranab Mukherjee administered oath to these new ministers, and elevated MoS Prakash Javadekar to a Cabinet rank. The new faces in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s council of ministers come mainly from Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharash-tra.“Here are the names of those inducted: SS Ahluwalia, Ramesh Chandappa Jigjinagi, Parshottam Rupala, MJ Akbar, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Anil Madhav Dave, Vijay Goel, Rajen Gohain, Mahendra Nath Pandey, CR Chaudhary, PP Chaudhary, Ramdas Athawale, Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Jasvant Sinh Bhabhor, Mansukh Mandaviya, Faggan Singh Kulaste, Ajay Tamta, Anupriya Singh Patel, and Krishna Raj.“Anupriya Patel, the Apna Dal MP from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, is the daughter of party founder Sone Lal Patel, she has been veering the Uttar Pradesh party towards the BJP in the run up to the elections. There is widespread speculation that the party will merge with the BJP before the elections”. The portfolios for the newly inducted ministers will be made known by the Union government later this evening. Earlier in the day, five ministers tendered their resignations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They are Nihalchand, Ram Shankar Katheria, Sanwar Lal Jat, Manuskhbhai D Vasva and M K Kundariya.
Centre launches India’s first pilot programme to run two wheelers on CNG
Union Government has launched a pilot programme to run two wheelers on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in New Delhi to curb air pollution in cities. The project was jointly launched by Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar at the CGO Complex CNG station. The first-of-its-kind pilot programme in India to run two-wheelers on CNG has been launched by Indraprastha Gas Limited (IGL). It is being implemented by IGL under its “Hawa Badlo” movement along with GAIL (Gas Authority of India Limited). These CNG two-wheelers are substantially economical as compared to similar variant of petrol vehicles.
231 Projects Under Namami Gange Launched
“Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on 7 July inaugurated 231 projects under the Namami Gange Programme.The projects were inaugurated from Haridwar, Uttarakhand in various locations in different states namely Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Haryana and Delhi. These projects involve modernization and redevelopment of Ghats and crematoriums, development of sewage infra-structure and treatment, afforestation, tree plantation, pilot drain project, interceptor drain project, trash skim-mers and conservation of biodiversity. 47 such projects were inaugurated at various locations in Dehradun, Garhwal, Tehri Garhwal, Rudraprayag, Haridwar and Chamoli districts of Uttrakhand. 20 projects will be inau-gurated at various locations in North 24 pargana, Nadia, South 24 pargana and Howrah districts of West Bengal. 26 projects were inaugurated at various locations in Buxar, Vaishali, Saran, Patna and Bhagalpur districts of Bihar. 112 projects under Namami Gange programme were in-augurated at various locations in Amroha, Bijnor, Hapur, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Mathura, Allahabad, Varanasi, Farukhabad and Kanpur districts.
Ban on Cash transactions above 3 lakh rupees
“The Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money has recommended ban on cash transactions of above 3 lakh rupees in a day and a separate law to declare such transactions as illegal and punishable. “1. It has also suggested upper ceiling of cash holding at 15 lakh rupees to curb illegal wealth in the economy. “2. The SIT felt that the cash transaction limit can only succeed if there is a limitation on cash holding. “3. The panel said, in case any person or industry required holding more cash, it may obtain necessary permission from the Commissioner of Income Tax of the area. “4. The SIT headed by retired Justice M B Shah, submitted its fifth report to the Supreme Court on methods to curb black money in the economy.”
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