Month: March 2021
** Kalka-Shimla heritage rail motor car to run as train service, says railways
The ministry of railways on Sunday announced that the Kalka-Shimla Heritage rail motor car will start operations as a regular train service from March 18.
Inviting passengers to experience the bliss of travelling in the UNESCO-declared World Heritage railway line, the ministry said it will run 04505/04506 Kalka-Shimla-Kalka trains as rail motor car special express trains.
** Odisha farmer builds car that runs on solar-powered battery during lockdown
The idea to build his own car hit Sushil Agarwal during the boring lockdown days and he started assembling the parts one by one to construct his vehicle.
** Gujarat Biotechnology Research Center contributes to Covid genomes sequencing
GBRC in Gandhinagar was the second laboratory in India after National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune, to complete the sequencing of a whole genome of the novel coronavirus in April 17, 2020 from a single sample of a Covid-19 positive patient.
** 71 countries, 58 million doses, India’s vaccine diplomacy gets Quad booster
While 80.75 lakh doses have been sent as gift, free of charge, 165.24 lakh doses have been delivered as part of Covax mechanism under the aegis of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation. An estimated 339.67 lakh doses have been sent as part of commercial deals.
** Bhavani Devi becomes first ever Indian fencer to qualify for Olympics
She will compete in the sabre category in Tokyo 2021.
** National award-winning Tamil film director S P Jananathan passes away
Fondly known as ‘Jana’ among his close circle of friends, the 61-year-old director was a bachelor and has been living with his brothers.
** On the road again: Four travel enthusiasts come together to launch ‘caravan rental service’
The comfort of halting at your preferred location without the hassle of looking for accommodation.
Not being bound by check-in or check-out rules, allowing for more flexibility to explore…
All this and more prompted Jigyasu Joshi, Himanshu Jangid, Yogesh Kumar and Pranav Sharma to set up Carvaa Travelers Private Limited.
** Meet the little skating wonder from Kerala who went viral on internet
Five-year-old Thrissur native Janaki Anand, in all likelihood, is one of India’s youngest skateboarder.
She is currently touring South India to bring more attention to the sport
** This Uttarakhand forest range officer helps locals manufacture, market their produce better
It has been a hectic day for Medhavi Keerti, forest range officer of Bhadrigaad range.
Fondly called ‘Ranger Didi’ by locals, she has to train a select few local women for the first-ever ‘Dhatree’ initiative.
Dhatree, meaning mother, is the brainchild of Keerti who started it after senior officials encouraged her to utilise the catchment area treatment (CAT) funds of the Uttarakhand State Forest Department