Topic: Piyush Goyal
The return of Amit Shah on Republic & Aaj Tak, Amish Devgan’s ‘faultless’ China logic
A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.
‘Tears’ to tweets — why Piyush Goyal’s throwing everything he’s got to fight Shramik PR mess
As Railways Minister, Piyush Goyal is overseeing the massive Shramik Express initiative, which is meant to facilitate the biggest human migration India has seen in decades.
Stray trains: Poor planning by Indian Railways or overwhelming load on some routes?
The Indian Railways reacted to the controversy over ‘stray trains’ by calling it “route rationalisation” of Shramik Specials, which are meant to ferry migrant workers back home.
Kerala govt slams Railways, Centre for sending train from Mumbai ‘without intimation’
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan said the matter has been brought to PM’s attention, while Finance Minister Thomas Issac said ‘Railways wants to be super spreader’.
Yogi vs Uddhav vs Piyush Goyal: Will politics over migrant workers hurt economic revival?
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray’s accusation that the Railways is not running enough trains to ferry migrant workers sparked a Twitter war with Railway minister Piyush Goyal.
States’ consent not needed for Shramik trains now, Modi govt brings in order after disputes
Home Minister Amit Shah and Railways Minister Piyush Goyal had accused opposition-ruled states of not allowing trains for migrant workers to enter their states.
Railways adds 500 passengers to Shramik Special trains, no details on social distancing steps
Railways officials said over 4.5 lakh passengers have reached their home states via Shramik Specials so far. A majority of these trains — 272 of 363 — were headed to UP and Bihar.
Modi govt has put 498 crawling rail projects worth Rs 6.75 lakh crore on temporary freeze
The projects will be kept alive by allocating token amounts, but some ‘critical’ and ‘super critical’ ones will be prioritised, rail ministry officials say.
It’s not business as usual, Indian Railways is being transformed: Railway Board chairman
In an interview, Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav spoke about the reasons behind unifying 8 railway services, restructuring of the board & other issues.
India and US could agree on trade margin regulation for high-end medical devices
US has been asking India to remove price caps on high-end medical devices under the proposed trade deal. Healthcare industry in India against rollback of price controls.
Covid shows online teaching can be the future, but physical classrooms still the real deal
Despite the convenience and utility of online teaching during a pandemic, there's a strong case to be made for why physical classroom's shouldn't go out of style.
Coronavirus succeeds where demonetisation failed as Indians dump cash for digital payments
Value of UPI transactions reached all-time high June as people feared handling banknotes amid the pandemic. Electronic fund transfers have also rebounded.
Defence
Indian Army to order second batch of 72,000 Sig 716 assault rifles from US
The new rifles will replace the existing Indian Small Arms System (Insas) rifles used by the forces and manufactured locally by the Ordnance Factories Board.
Uttar Pradesh is India’s broken heartland, break it into 4 or 5 states
Uttar Pradesh, our largest state by population and most powerful, is also the worst governed. A state with 1-in-6 Indians has no hope because of its size.