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Jun 2019

Oct 13, 2019

India Relaxes e-Visa Policy For Chinese Nationals

India has announced significant relaxations in its e-visa policy for Chinese nationals, the Indian embassy in Beijing said, at a time when the leaders of the two nations had met for the second informal summit.
October 2019 onwards, Chinese nationals can apply for an e-Tourist visa (e-TV) of a 5-year validity with multiple entries. The visa fee for this 5-year multiple entry e-TV will be USD 80.
Furthermore, it has been decided that the prospective tourists can avail of single-entry 30-day validity e-TV at a reduced visa fee of USD 25, while for a 30-day e-TV during the months of April to June, the visa fee will be only USD 10.

Oct 12, 2019

Railway Passengers Can Register Criminal Complaints Online

Indian railway has launched a new website and mobile app to facilitate the passengers and railway police to file and address complaints across India. Railways already has a dedicated complaint website and app RailMadad for general grievances but this new service will help passengers to register criminal complaints.
The new website www.railways.delhipolice.gov.in and the mobile app Sahyatri will have the country-wide data of criminals, including their photographs, active in railways' jurisdiction all over India.
Information on unidentified dead body found, missing persons, wanted criminals, absconding/proclaimed offenders, other important law and order related issues would be shared among authorised GRP officers through this service.

Oct 11, 2019

Hindon Airport All Set To Operate First Flight

After a long wait, the Hindon airport is ready to operate its first flight on October 11, 2019. District Magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey informed that the first flight will be to Pithoragarh from Heritage Aviation Company.
The airport has come as a relief for passengers from western Uttar Pradesh as they would not have to travel all the way to Delhi airport to catch flights for certain destinations such as Shimla, Faizabad, Nasik and Hubli.
The airport can handle flights that carry up to 80 passengers. The terminal can accommodate up to 300 passengers at a time.

Oct 04, 2019

'Sarbat Da Bhala Express' Train Flagged Off At New Delhi Railway

Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Harsh Vardhan and Harsimrat Kaur Badal flagged off 'Sarbat Da Bhala Express' train at New Delhi railway station.
The renamed New Delhi-Ludhiana Intercity Express will ply from New Delhi to Lohian Khas via holy city Sultanpur Lodhi.
The request to rename the train was made by Mrs Badal on the occasion of the 550th Parkash Purb.

Ministry of Tourism launches Audio Guide facility App "Audio Odigos" for 12 sites of India (inclu...

On the second day of nationwide "Paryatan Parv 2019" Shri Yogendra Tripathi , Secretary, Ministry of Tourism in the presence of DG, ASI Smt. Usha Sharma launched the Audio Guide facility Audio Odigos for 12 sites of India(including Iconic Sites).
An MoU for Gol Gumbad, Delhi with Government of Delhi and Resbird Technologies was also exchanged for the development of Tourism Amenities during the programmeat Paryatan Parv New Delhi.

Oct 03, 2019

Railway Cleanliness Survey: Jaipur, Jodhpur, Durgapura Emerge Top Three Clean Stations

Three stations in Rajasthan bagged top honours but none in the national capital figured in the top 10 list of railways' cleanliness survey, unveiled by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Among the 109 suburban stations assessed, Andheri, Virar and Naigaon were the top three.
Jaipur, Jodhpur and Durgapura were the top three ranking railway stations among 720 stations.
In the national capital, Anand Vihar Terminal was ranked 26, New Delhi station 165 and Hazrat Nizamuddin stood at 241.
While Sadar Bazar was among the last in the list of clean stations, Delhi Cantonment, Delhi Junction and Shahadra were ranked 389, 390 and 378 respectively.

Vande Bharat Express: Amit Shah Flags Off Delhi-Katra Train

Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off the new Vande Bharat Express from New Delhi Railway Station to Vaishno Devi, Katra, Jammu.
Katra is the last station on the way to famous Hindu pilgrimage Vaishno Devi.
The Vande Bharat Express will reduce the journey time between Delhi and Katra by eight hours.
From a usual travel time of 12 hours in this route, Vande Bharat will only take 8 to reach Katra. En route, the train will halt at Ambala Cantt, Ludhiana and Jammu Tawi for two minutes each.
During the flagging ceremony, Shah said he was proud that this 'Made in India' train was being flagged-off from New Delhi.

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